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 […]
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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...2 jump from second-floor window to escape blaze
2 jump from second-floor window to escape blaze in Highland Park 1 / 36 Firefighters battle a blaze at a house in Highland Park. July 26, 2016 (Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com PrintEmail By Spencer Kent | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter […]
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...Firefighters Rescue Children
Firefighters Rescue Children From Delaware County Fire Escape Firefighters saved a three children and two adults after they escaped onto a fire escape as flames tore through Delaware County apartments overnight. The blaze broke out as many residents slept inside a subdivided home at W 3rd and Yarnall streets in Chester, Pennsylvania around 12:30 a.m. […]
Read more...For Fallen Comrades
Essex police & fire band steps up for fallen comrades Di Ionno Instructor Mike Glackin checks Joe Brogan’s drones as George Hemmer looks on during practice for the Essex County Police and Fire Emerald Society Pipes and Drums at The Shillelagh Club in West Orange on May 9, 2016. (Alexandra Pais | For NJ Advance […]
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...Estate of Woman, 26, Who Died After a Fall Plans to Sue New London
The intent to sue claims the city should have known that the area wasn’t safe. New London, CT By BRIAN MCCREADY (Patch Staff) – March 6, 2016 4:40 pm ET Next on Patch » 2 Fugitive Murder Suspects Held Overnight in New London Estate of Woman, 26, Who Died After a Fall Plans to Sue New London The intent to […]
Read more...Apartment Fire Displaces Occupants
Written by Darryl Woodson North Randolph Street Fire Update Wednesday, 5 p.m. Noah Duncan stood behind the house at 201 N. Randolph St. this afternoon waiting for a locksmith to come and open his car door. The Washington and Lee senior hadn’t locked his keys in the car − he’d lost them, along with […]
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