Tag Archives: FDNY

Once again, I give you the best firefighting calendars for 2019. I have enjoyed putting this article since 2010. For the most part, each of these calendars below represent dozens of people who volunteer their time to produce and market a calendar each year to raise money for their charity.

Retired FDNY Lt. James J. O’Donnell has published his first book "Sons of Valor, Parents of Faith". His 30 year career ended with his last response being 9-11. Since then, he has returned to his studies in Theology and Religious education. All proceeds from the book are earmarked for FDNY charities. The book is available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble. 

While there are no prizes for being named a top calendar here on Fire Critic, there are bragging rights...and ultimately the purpose of this post is to help sell more calendars which will help out more charities.

Great historic video from the FDNY in 1951. Take a few minutes to check it out!

If you are an instructor, the legacy that Pete Lund has left is something that should drive you to consistently reevaluate yourself in offering the very best to the fire service. Read on....

See what it is like to be an FDNY Probie. This is class 3 of 2014. Do you think you have what it takes? Enjoy!

A half dozen firefighters were treated for minor injuries after fighting a raging residential fire in Douglaston Monday afternoon, according to the FDNY. The fire broke out on the second floor of a two-story home at 129 Ridge Rd. at around 3:13 p.m., fire officials said. It took the FDNY more than an hour to get the blaze under control.

"No Day Shall Erase You From The Memory of Time" - Virgil Today is the 13th Anniversary of September 11, 20001

FDNY firefighters and EMS members saved the lives of three young children from a fire on Loring Avenue in Brooklyn on July 29. “It’s what we strive to do every day and it’s a good thing to be able to save someone’s life,” Lt. Christopher Bedard, Ladder 107, said. “Everyone involved did a phenomenal job.”

FDNY Ladder 119 Lt. Gordon "Matt" Ambelas died while searching an apartment on fire in a high-rise last night in Brooklyn. The incident occurred on 19th floor of the Independence Towers on Wilson St. at about 9:10 p.m Saturday. Ambelas was 40 years old and a 14 year veteran of the FDNY. He lived on Staten Island with his wife and two children.