FDNY Veteran Saved From Cardiac Arrest By Defibrillator He Lobbied For Months Earlier
A longtime member of the FDNY may have been saved simply by asking that his building be equipped with a defibrillator.
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A longtime member of the FDNY may have been saved simply by asking that his building be equipped with a defibrillator.
First responders say they arrived at the home on 160th Street near 140th Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The flames quickly consumed the second floor of the house.
Firefighters were able to put out the flames inside a 20-story building in the Wilson Houses on East 105th Street.
Some signature sounds around the city could be changing. There's a push by some city lawmakers to change emergency sirens on police cars, fire trucks and ambulances.
Firefighters rescued a family from a burning house in Queens on Sunday. The fire started at around 9 a.m. on 42nd Avenue in Elmhurst.
The 47-year-old is throwing her white hat back in the ring, returning to the job after 15-year retirement.
CBS2's Jessica Layton reports that dozens of people were forced to stand in the freezing cold as more than 100 members of the FDNY battled flames and the elements in Brooklyn.
Authorities tell CBS2 that the blaze broke out in a building on East 52nd Street just after 5 a.m. Saturday.
The 30-year-old fell to his death Sunday while responding to a crash on the Mill Basin Bridge in Brooklyn.
Services started Wednesday for late Firefighter Steven Pollard, who fell to his death while responding to a crash over the weekend in Brooklyn.
The 30-year-old firefighter fell to his death while trying to help two people hurt in a car crash on the Mill Basin Bridge late Sunday night in Brooklyn.
Officials say firefighter Steven Pollard slipped through a gap on the Belt Parkway's Mill Basin Bridge and fell more than 50 feet to his death.
The flames broke out around 4:45 a.m. inside a home on 159th Street near 115th Road in Jamaica.
CBS2 has learned that member of the FDNY was killed in the line of duty on the Mill Basin Bridge late Sunday night.
Both units will operate from neighboring locations while their firehouses are cleaned and decontaminated.
Firefighter Eric Werner is accused of fatally striking a 63-year-old man on Route 9A in Buchanan Saturday.
A Queens man is dead after a building went up in flames on Sunday night.
Politicians, firefighter union leaders and local residents say it was a mistake to remove the firehouse from use 15 years ago.
An extradition hearing will be held around 9 a.m. Friday for 29-year-old Joseph Desmond in Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Faizal Coto was laid to rest around 11 a.m. at Leone Funeral Home Inc. in Park Slope.
Faizal Coto, 33, was found lying next to his damaged car on the Belt Parkway Sunday Morning.
Investigators said 33-year-old Faizal Coto suffered head trauma and was found lying next to his damaged car on the Belt Parkway.
Flames came out of the windows at the Serbian Mission to the United Nations after a fire broke out on the third floor.
Investigators said the 33-year-old firefighter suffered head trauma and was found lying next to his damaged car.
The chief of the New York City Fire Department has been relieved of his duties amid an investigation of unspecified inappropriate behavior.
