Tag Archives: New York

150 firefighters from 14 are fire companies are battling the stubborn fire. The flames are working their way through the large series of connected buildings that once housed the Firth mill company of Cornwall.

Here is a short video of fire through the roof on 80 South Division Street in New Rochelle, New York.

This video by Guy Zampatori is of a house fire on April 7th on Evergreen Street in Rochester, New York.

Fires from New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts

Check out these very well done and probably totally unauthorized advertisements for Folgers and Maxwell House Coffee...done by Firefighters. Hat tip to The Secret List for the links and information In case you were wondering what coffee we drink at Roanoke Fire Station #3...it is H & C coffee we purchase by the case.

The Elmont Fire Department in Long Island is under scrutiny for using the Confederate Flag (stars and bars) in their logos. Apparently, the Elmont FD has a run territory that includes 35,000 people. Most of whom are black. Questions are rising over the departments use of the confederate flag in their logos.

Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company Firefighter Jarrett Eleam passed away Wednesday. He fell ill during training with his fire company on Monday night. Eleam, who graduated from Erie County’s Firefighter I Boot Camp class this past summer, died at Mercy hospital in Buffalo. His arrangements are being planned.

FDNY responded to more than 500,000 emergencies in 2010. This is a new record for the department. FDNY continues to be the busiest department in the United States. Meanwhile, the Mayor has proposed decreasing the manpower on engine companies and creating a 20 fire company brownout during the evening. Listen in as Steve Cassidy, the President of the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater NY, discusses the cuts. Captain Al Hagan, the President of the Uniformed Fire Officers Association also talks on the issue.

A Spring Brook (NY) firefighter is recovering in the hospital after being struck by a car while directing traffic at a vehicle collision. The incident happened in Elma, New York. The Ambrose-Searles Move Over Law just began on January 1st.

A cold storage warehouse fire in Albany, New York might burn for days according to authorities. The fire has many reminiscing of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire back in 1999 that claimed the lives of 6 firefighters.