Meet the Drummer Who Rescued Woman Stranded on an East Village Fire Escape By James Fanelli and Danielle Tcholakian | March 27, 2015 3:27pm Austin Branda, a humble East Village drummer, bounded up a fire escape to save a stranded resident after Thursday’s explosion. View Full Caption DNAinfo New York/Danielle Tcholakian NEW YORK CITY — When Austin Branda […]
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Mom plunges from fire escape when step breaks loose
Mom steps out for fresh air, plunges from fire escape By Kevin Fasick and Natasha Velez May 8, 2014 | 2:24pm Modal Trigger Judy Rivera fell from her building’s fire escape.Photo: Seth Gottfried A Manhattan mom stepped out onto her fire escape for some fresh air — and it nearly killed her when she reached a faulty step and […]
Read more...FDNY evacuates students from roof due to rotted fire escape
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 Stairs collapse, fire escape unstable, FDNY evacuates kids from roof From Daily News From CBS New York: An early-morning rooftop party in the East Village ended Sunday morning after a stairwell collapsed, sending a man falling at least two stories. More than 30 college-aged students at the party were trapped on […]
Read more...Fireman’s article on Fire Escape Safety
OPERATING SAFELY ON FIRE ESCAPES 03/01/2009 BY JOHN FLYNN In more than 20 years as a MEMBER OF THE Yonkers (NY) Fire Department, I have had to use fire escapes many times. Long ago, I came to realize that fire escapes, while designed to be a method of emergency egress from a building for that […]
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