DA looking into ‘potentially catastrophic’ conditions at apartment building Updated: May 14, 2017 – 11:41 AM The Allegheny County district attorney’s office is looking into conditions inside of a Wilmerding apartment building. Vincent Coury, a tenant of Faller Apartments, said he has a crack in the gas line to his stove, a hole in his ceiling […]
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Firefighter’s Manoeuvre Ends in Fatal Fall
Firefighter’s Practiced Maneuver, Five Stories Up, Ends in Fatal Fall By ANDY NEWMANAPRIL 21, 2017 William Tolley, a New York City firefighter, died on Thursday after falling from a tower ladder. CreditUli Seit for The New York Times It was a routine operation at a routine apartment-building fire using a piece of equipment that was tailor […]
Read more...Former NYU student who fell from fire escape wins $29M suit
Former NYU student who fell from fire escape wins $29M suit By Julia Marsh March 8, 2017 | 5:24pm Modal Trigger A former NYU student was was paralyzed from the waist down after falling from a fire escape. A former New York University athlete won a $29 million verdict in Manhattan court Tuesday – one that cannot be appealed […]
Read more...17 Families Evacuated
17 Families Evacuated in Early Morning Apartment Fire in New Rochelle, 3 Injured November 27, 2016 – 10:27 Posted in: NEW ROCHELLE POLICE & FIRE Rate Article: 0 Your rating: None 0 No votes yet Photos and Video from Fire Scene Dramatic video shot by tenant of 11 Locust NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Three people, […]
Read more...FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSE SENDS HIM PLUMMETING 4 STORIES
BROOKLYN MAN STABLE AFTER FIRE ESCAPE COLLAPSE SENDS HIM PLUMMETING 4 STORIES Tim Fleischer is live in Brooklyn with the latest details. Friday, March 18, 2016 PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS, Brooklyn (WABC) — A man fell four stories when the fire escape he was standing on partially collapsed in Brooklyn Friday night. Authorities say the 23-year-old […]
Read more...Show Us Your Fire Escape (Please)
THIS ARTICLE IS DANGEROUS for although it looks really cool, putting obstructions on your fire escape endangers the occupants and the firefighters who may use them as well. Usually it’s the ONLY means of egress out of a burning building. Yes, newer buildings require a fire staircase inside, older buildings DO NOT have this. Actually, […]
Read more...Heat Takes Toll on Long Island Firefighters
Heat Takes Toll on Long Island Firefighters JUL 23, 2016 SOURCE: NEWSDAY Photo credit: CBS NY Five people had minor injuries — and a cat was killed — during a five-alarm fire at a Hempstead apartment building Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The blaze heavily damaged two or three apartments in the six-story, 36-unit building at 36 Cathedral Ave., […]
Read more...Brooklyn Pastor Held On Bail In Charges In Deadly Flatbush Fire
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A Brooklyn pastor was behind bars late Thursday, charged with manslaughter in a fire that left a man dead. As CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported, the fire happened two years ago. But police just caught up with the Rev. Luckner Lorient in Florida Tuesday night, and he was in Brooklyn Criminal Court in […]
Read more...1 Hurt After Fire Escape Collapses in Brooklyn
1 Hurt After Fire Escape Collapses in… The FDNY told News 4 Investigates on Monday that the last time the fire escape had been inspected was in 2014 and that the building’s owner never received a a violation. Andrew Siff reports. (Published Monday, March 21, 2016) A fourth-floor fire escape partially collapsed while a man […]
Read more...Construction worker, 62, dies after plunging six stories in East Harlem
BY CHELSIA MARCIUS, ROCCO PARASCANDOLA NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, February 4, 2016, 4:09 PM MICHAEL SCHWARTZ/FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The man, 62, fell to his death while grabbing equipment being passed to him by a worker standing near him on scaffolding. A 62-year-old construction worker plunged six stories to his death in East Harlem Thursday […]
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