July 10, 2018
July 5, 2018
A Texas man was arrested in North Carolina for violent threats against a local television station in Bryan, Texas. According to a federal indictment, the suspect made several threats over the phone, triggering interstate communications threat charges. His tirades and violence are nothing new, as he was arrested in 2008 for throwing a cinder block […]
June 28, 2018
A Captain for the Long Beach Fire Department in California was fatally shot Tuesday at the scene of a fire on the second floor of a senior housing residence in an 11-story building. Fire crews, responding to fire alarm and sprinkler activations, as well as reports of broken windows from an explosion, extinguished a small […]
June 28, 2018
Nearly 26 years ago, the first NYC EMS Museum opened. In 2013, it was closed to make way for some much needed construction. The NYC EMS Museum, located on the grounds of Fort Totten in Bayside, reopened in May 2018 to display how the FDNY’s EMS […]
June 21, 2018
A forest ranger was called to the city of Jalpaiguri in northeast India to capture a 66-pound, 18-feet long rock python because the snake had just consumed a goat near a school. The ranger came to the rescue and was able to secure the python around his body with his “animal control” pole, but before […]
June 14, 2018
A 29-year-old Tunisian man was arrested in Cologne, Germany on Wednesday after a raid on his apartment revealed a homemade ricin lab, which authorities believe was to be used in an unspecified Islamist-inspired attack. Police and Fire hazmat teams set up a laboratory and mitigation operation after a possible tip from American intelligence led them […]
June 7, 2018
Fifteen people were killed this week in Nicaragua in anti-government protests, raising the total over six weeks to 100. The deputy police director said the latest deaths were a “product of the actions of delinquent groups who operate wearing masks.” Both demonstrators and police have been treated for injuries in the “political uprising.” Assessment: The […]
May 31, 2018
The FDNY’s Reduce Your Risk project was established in 2017 by the Department’s Contamination Reduction Workgroup to increase awareness of the cancer risk faced by Firefighters and promote the proactive measures that should be taken to combat this deadly, but frequently, avoidable occupational hazard. FDNY Deputy […]
July 10, 2018
July 5, 2018
A Texas man was arrested in North Carolina for violent threats against a local television station in Bryan, Texas. According to a federal indictment, the suspect made several threats over the phone, triggering interstate communications threat charges. His tirades and violence are nothing new, as he was arrested in 2008 for throwing a cinder block […]
June 28, 2018
A Captain for the Long Beach Fire Department in California was fatally shot Tuesday at the scene of a fire on the second floor of a senior housing residence in an 11-story building. Fire crews, responding to fire alarm and sprinkler activations, as well as reports of broken windows from an explosion, extinguished a small […]
June 28, 2018
Nearly 26 years ago, the first NYC EMS Museum opened. In 2013, it was closed to make way for some much needed construction. The NYC EMS Museum, located on the grounds of Fort Totten in Bayside, reopened in May 2018 to display how the FDNY’s EMS […]
June 21, 2018
A forest ranger was called to the city of Jalpaiguri in northeast India to capture a 66-pound, 18-feet long rock python because the snake had just consumed a goat near a school. The ranger came to the rescue and was able to secure the python around his body with his “animal control” pole, but before […]
June 14, 2018
A 29-year-old Tunisian man was arrested in Cologne, Germany on Wednesday after a raid on his apartment revealed a homemade ricin lab, which authorities believe was to be used in an unspecified Islamist-inspired attack. Police and Fire hazmat teams set up a laboratory and mitigation operation after a possible tip from American intelligence led them […]
June 7, 2018
Fifteen people were killed this week in Nicaragua in anti-government protests, raising the total over six weeks to 100. The deputy police director said the latest deaths were a “product of the actions of delinquent groups who operate wearing masks.” Both demonstrators and police have been treated for injuries in the “political uprising.” Assessment: The […]
May 31, 2018
The FDNY’s Reduce Your Risk project was established in 2017 by the Department’s Contamination Reduction Workgroup to increase awareness of the cancer risk faced by Firefighters and promote the proactive measures that should be taken to combat this deadly, but frequently, avoidable occupational hazard. FDNY Deputy […]