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The all hands was needed at 62nd Drive and Yellowstone Boulevard in Queens for a fire in a two story private home. Crews found the fire on the first and secondfloors in the rear. Two victims were transported to a local hospital for smoke inhalation.

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Brooklyn fourth alarm damages school buildingA building on the grounds of

Pratt Institute was involved in afire that destroyed the top floor androof of the over century old struc-ture on February 15th.

At about 2:15 a.m., BrooklynDispatch transmitted Box 634 for200 Willoughby Avenue for a re-ported fire.

On arrival, Battalion 31 trans-mitted an “all hands” for heavy fireon the top floor of a six storyheavy timber main school build-ing. Two minutes later a second

alarm was called for. Flames soon had possession of

the entire sixth floor and began tobreak through the roof.

A third alarm was sounded at2:42 a.m. and a fourth at 3:11 a.m.Six handlines were used to knockdown the fire. Two tower ladderswere set up, but did not operate.

The fire was placed under con-

trol at 4:10 a.m. with the sixthfloor gutted and a large part of theroof collapsed. The fifth floor wasalso damaged and the lower floorssuffered extensive water damage.

Two firefighters were reportedto have received minor injuries.

The fire is initially being con-sidered suspicious due to theamount of fire on arrival.

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Queens Box 7483 was transmitted for a reported fire in astore. TL 163 arrived and transmitted the 10-75 and reportedfire in a row of approx 12 attached stores. The fire buildingwas a one story brick 150 X 60. Battalion 49 arrived and trans-mitted the all hands with a request for an additional engineand two trucks due to roll down gates on all stores. The firewas located in the walls and basement between two stores inthe middle of the row. Three lines were stretched and two op-erated at this fire. The incident was declared under control at12:55 a.m.

FRED BACCHI

FRED BACCHI

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KAREN EPSTEIN

Wishing a speeding recoveryReceiving a call that one of our

correspondents had a heart attack iscertainly not something we expectedhere at 1st Responder Newspaper.

Joseph Epstein, a well-knownphotographer in the New York Cityarea, had a major heart attack on Sat-urday, March 2nd.

Due to the fact that his doctor'soffice was closed and not expectedto open until Tuesday, he went to thehospital on Saturday evening com-plaining of symptoms associatedwith the common cold. Lucky forhim, the great doctors treating himworked him up immediately.

He advised the nurses and doc-

tors that he had to be in and outquickly to start his double at work.

For obvious reasons, he didntmake it into work that day. He wasshocked to discover that he was hav-ing a heart attack and the symptomswere masked by his cold.

"They've been taking great careof me and I'm doing well," saidJoseph.

Joseph has had dozens of visi-tors from the Fire Department ofNew York, OEM, other colleagues

as well as his phenomenal family.He thanks everyone for the greatcare his getting as well as the lovefrom his extended family.

Joseph and his son, Allen, havebeen with 1st Responder Newspaperreporting in Brooklyn, Queens,Manhattan and other boroughs asneeded.

They have been an integral partof our FDNY section for manyyears. As the editor of our publica-tions, I consider Joseph a goodfriend and wish him the speediest ofrecoveries.

- HEATHER PILLSWORTH

RICHARD YORK

On March 13, 2013 at approximately 8:25 p.m., FDNY crews were toned out for a fire at 150-29122nd Avenue in Queens. They arrived to find heavy fire on the second floor of a two and a halfstory private dwelling. Crews quickly got to work dousing the flames. The structure sufferedheavy damage.

Second alarm in Queens

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On February 28, 2013 at 11:00 a.m., Queens Box 7003 wastransmitted for a fire in a one story commercial garage, 50 x75. Two handlines operated at this fire located on the mezza-nine level of the building.

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FDNY Marine 6, Marine 1 Alpha and Jersey City Marine 1 arrived at Lincoln Harbor in Wee-hawken, NJ, where three pleasure boats were consumed by fire on February 18th. North Hud-son Regional Fire Department Marine 2 was also on the scene, but a low tide prohibited marineoperations and the fires were extinguished by water and foam handlines operated by land com-panies. FDNY provided a marine FAST team with members prepared in water rescue suits.

FDNY Marine 6, Marine 1 Alpha and Jersey City Marine 1

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The all hands was needed at 62nd Drive and YellowstoneBoulevard in Queens for a fire in a two story private home.Crews found the fire on the first and second floors in therear. Two victims were transported to a local hospital forsmoke inhalation.

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On March 7, 2012 at approximately 4:30 a.m., FDNY crews were called to a brush fire at HowardBeach in Queens. The FDNY firefighters were assisted by the West Hamilton Beach VolunteerDepartment. It appears the fire was started to cover up a murder of two men. Two bodies werefound in the burned out brush.

Brush fire leads to discovery of bodies

1st Responder Newspaper - FDNY April, 2013

Belmont is a neighborhood inthe central section of the Bronx.Now, it is known as the “LittleItaly” of the Bronx. Everyonerefers to it as Arthur Avenue, thecommercial and historical epicen-ter of “Little Italy”.

Comprised of restaurants, pas-try shops, along with delicatessens;it is the hub of the Central Bronx.

A small population of long-standing Italians have kept thisneighborhood a bustling commu-nity that has had many changesthroughout the years.

If you are a bread and pastryfan, these two places are a must.Addeo and Sons for the best breadin the Bronx on Hughes Avenueand De Lillos Pastry Shop on187th Street. Don’t miss out onthese and many other great spe-cialty establishments.

Belmont is mostly row framesand five and six story tenementbuildings with a significant portionbeing taxpayers.

One of the best kept firehousesin this city is located at 2225 Bel-mont Avenue “First due at thezoo”, 88 and 38. This firehousewas built in 1908 at the cost of$65,000 and at a time when the firedepartment was is a transition pe-riod to the twentieth century, get-ting away from the elaborate stylefirehouse that was prevalent in thelate nineteenth century to a moremodern with much less emphasison exterior and more of a focus onthe interior comforts.

Belmont, a mostly Irish com-munity in the late nineteenth cen-tury, is now growing with theadvent of the Third Avenue “El”and the subway system making theBronx more accessible. Neighbor-hoods north and west that wereonce farmlands became a land oftenements and frames.

The Bronx Zoo is Engine 88and Ladder 38’s first due area. Thezoo opened in November of 1899and is one of the world’s largestmetropolitan zoos.

It is comprised of 265 acresand is home to over 4,000 animalsand 650 different species, withmany indoor and outdoor exhibits.

The zoo, through which theBronx River flows, sees over onemillion visitors a year and parts ofthe zoo are listed on the NationalRegistry of Historic Places.

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reer here as a “probie” in June of1916. He distinguished his careeron the job by designing and refin-ing this forcible entry tool that ispart of the standard “irons” set usedby all FDNY truck companies.

When manufactured, depart-ments all across the country pur-chased the tool and it is now usedas a standard tool deployment.Hugh Halligan rose up through theranks, with a short interruption toserve in World War 1, to battalionchief and then to first deputy firecommissioner.

In the war years of the FDNY,Engine 88 and Ladder 38 saw pro-lific fire duty as the work from theSouth Bronx migrated to the centraland northern parts.

Each company would loggedover 6,000 runs per year over a tenyear period.

In October of 1969, a secondsection was added making 88-2.Like many companies in the Bronxat that time, a second company wasinstituted to offset the high call vol-ume that besieged those areas.

They established themselves asaggressive companies with out-standing reputations that still holdtrue today. 88-2 was disbanded inNovember of 1972, after a short ex-istence.

Of all the notable fires in thecity’s and 88 and 38’s long history,one in particular stands out as beingone with the largest loss of life atany one fire.

On March 25, 1990, both com-panies responded to SouthernBoulevard off Tremont Avenue forfire in a social club that was knownto both companies for having beennumerous fire code violations in thepast. The Happy Land Social Clubat 1961 Southern Boulevard was anillegally operated club, containingonly one exit on the first floor.

The fire took the lives of 87people when a jilted lover pouredgasoline in the building’s only stair-well, trapping dozens upstairs. Thefire was put out quickly, but thesmoke and heat asphyxiated thosetrapped on the second floor as theyhad nowhere to go.

LARRY WOODCOCK

Engine 88 and Ladder 38

The sad irony of it was that theintended victim escaped unharmed.Engine 88 and Ladder 38 were bothorganized on the same day: Novem-ber 15,1908.

I attended their centennial cele-

bration, which was a gala affair withmany former members in atten-dance and a tribute to their out-standing reputation.

There are two line of dutydeaths in the history of both compa-

nies. Over twenty five unit citationsand twenty individual medal win-ners are from 88 and 38. It is goodto know that after 104 years, the tra-dition continues.

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FDNY crews were called to Liberty and 150th Street for an MVA with multiple victims on March10, 2013 an 12:43 p.m.

MVA with victims

FDNY crews were called to Cornelia Street and Evergreen Av-enue in Brooklyn for a fire in a three frame. The all hands wasneeded for a fire on the second floor in the rear. One hoseline was used to extinguish the fire.

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All hands in Brooklyn

On February 21, 2013, a fire broke out on the second andthird floors of a three frame at Maujer and Leonard Streets inBrooklyn. Three hose lines were used to extinguish the fire.

Second alarm in Brooklyn

RICHARD YORK

A head on collision at Crossbay Boulevard and 162nd Avenue on March 9th at approximately8 p.m. The accident resulted in four patients from the cab and one from the white sedantransported to the hospital. The driver of the sedan was transported in critical condition andlater succumbed to injuries at Jamaica Hospital.

Five transported in Queens


On February 22nd, FDNY crews were called to 12th Street and43rd Avenue in Queens for a fire in a woodworking shop. Fire-fighters found fire on the first floor in a dust vat and quicklyextinguished it. No extension was found.

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Fire in Queens woodworking shop

On February 13, 2013, FDNY members knocked down atruck fire on Arlene Street in Staten Island. The motorist wasuninjured.

Truck fire in Staten Island

Fire was on the first floor of a three brick, 50 x 100 commercial building located at 7501Broadway in the Elmhurst section of Queens. Fire was located and confined to the store onthe first floor.

FRED BACCHI

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All hands in Elmhurst

An all hands fire on February 21st brought crews to Ellery Street and Broadway in Brookyn.Crews found the fire on the second floor. Firefighters used two hose lines and a tower ladderto extinguish the fire.

Brooklyn all hands


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Members from Tower Ladder 163 after recent fire in a Commercial Truck Garage inMaspeth, NY.

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FDNY members from Engine 165 compare their shaved heads after battling a secondalarm in Staten Island

STEVE WHITE

Members of FDNY Engine 66 and Ladder 61 pose after MTA bus drill.

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Crew of Engine 165 after battling second alarm in Staten Island.

STEVE WHITE

Ladder 154 was the F.A.S.T. truck at a store fire in Astoria.

FRED BACCHI

Crew of Tower Ladder 85 after battling second alarm in Staten Island.

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At 11:15 p.m. on March 15th, the FDNY was dispatched to a reported SUV that crashed into afire hydrant at Kings Hwy and Flatbush Ave in Flatbush, Brooklyn. FDNY Engine 323 and Lad-der 159 reported an SUV that crashed into the fire hydrant and dislodged it from its base sev-ering a major water line. This caused Kings Hwy to be flooded out just east of Flatbush Ave.Several businesses on Flatbush Ave had water in their basements and several homes on KingsHwy were reporting flooded basements just east of Flatbush Ave. FDNY requested the De-partment of Environmental Protection to the scene to assist in the shutting down of the valve,but not before several people reported their basements had already been flooded out. Thewater was finally shut down by the D.E.P. in just about an hour.

SUV takes out fire hydrant


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