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On Saturday, May 11th, 2013, Battalion 51 transmitted a second alarm at 4:50 p.m. on arrival to Box 99-22-6093 for the address of 105-06 131st Street in Ozone Park,

Queens.

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RICHIE YORK

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FDNY, BCVFD and WHBVFDrespond to major accident

The FDNY, Broad Channeland the West Hamilton Beach Vol-unteer Fire Departments respondedto a major accident in the BroadChannel area of Queens on Friday,May 10th around 5:00 p.m.

There was a total of ten pa-tients transported, with two in crit-ical condition and three withserious injuries.

The 17 year old driver of thewhite Honda was speeding in ex-cess of 100 mph, with a doughnut(spare tire) mounted in the rear and

six passengers when he suddenlylost control, hopped a grassy me-dian and slammed into two on-coming vehicles.

The impact caused the Hondato split in half, separating the en-gine from the rest of the vehicleand sending pieces of the vehiclein every direction.

“It’s amazing no one was

killed,” a police source said.Southbound traffic on Cross BayBoulevard was shut down forhours while the NYPD investi-gated the motor vehicle collision.

The incident occurred in a se-cluded area of the boulevard sur-rounded by the Jamaica BayWildlife Refuge, a mile south ofthe North Channel Bridge.

All patients were in stable con-dition by Saturday.

- RICHIE YORK

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On May 13, 2013 at approximately 8:00 a.m., FDNY units inMaspeth responded to a house fire at 73-32 53 Road. The firewas located in the basement of a two and a half story woodframe private dwelling. Two lines were stretched and oper-ated at this fire. One civilian was rescued by members andtransported to Elmhurst Hospital in critical condition. The firewas placed under control at 8:50 a.m.

FRED BACCHI

Maspeth private house

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Ladder 20 ran with this 1989 Seagrave tiller. It was their first whiteover red piece of fire apparatus.

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All hands in Jackson HeightsOn April 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.,

all hands went to work at QueensBox 7765, located at 30-65 86 Streetin the Jackson Heights section of theborough.

At 7:06 p.m., Battalion 49 trans-mitted the all hands and reportedfire in a two story brick privatedwelling 20x40 with heavy fire con-ditions in the basement with heavysmoke throughout the building.

A burst length on the first lineresulted in a mayday being trans-mitted by Engine 307.

As the F.A.S.T. truck was enter-ing the building, the members ofEngine 307 were exiting on theirown. All members were accounted

for and the mayday was canceled.Two firefighters were treated

and removed to local hospitals byFDNY/EMS. Both injuries werenon life threatening. Two additionaltrucks were special called to thescene.

The fire was placed under con-trol at 7:45 p.m.

- FRED BACCHI

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Engine 277 and Ladder 112 recently celebrated 100 years of service to the community of Bush-wick, Brooklyn with a ceremony at their quarters. Past and present firefighters attended the cer-emony. Their firehouse was rebuilt and their new quarters was dedicated in 1977. “The traditionsof the firefighters who came before you now live through all of you,” Fire Commissioner Sal-vatore Cassano said. “You’ve overcome any challenges to get the job done.”

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100 years for Engine 277

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FDNY Ladder Co. 84 has been assigned a new Ferrara 100-foot rearmount aerial ladder.

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FDNY Ladder 80 has been assigned a new Ferrara 100-foot rearmount aerial.

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FDNY Battalion 23's GMC in Staten Island has added customgraphics.

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On May 27, 2013, FDNY crews were alerted to a fire at 178th Street and 130th Avenue in Queens.One hose line was used to extinguish the fire.

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Firefighter Drew (Ladder 116/Rescue Collapse 4) using the sur-veyor's transit to monitor wall movement at a recent building col-lapse in the Woodhaven section of Queens.

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EMS Appreciation Night at Citi FieldAn EMS contingent of honor

guards from Jersey City MedicalCenter (NJ), Pitts-burgh (PA), andBoston (MA) par-ticipated in the10th Annual EMSAppreciation Nightat Citi Field beforethe New York Metsversus AtlantaBraves game onMay 16th.

EMS personnelwere invited to the game at a dis-counted rate, courtesy of theMets.

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NYC's first-ever pink ambulance from Midwood Ambulance, unveiled at an exciting ceremony duringEMS Week. Pictured here (L-R) are Midwood's five owners, Paul Rapisarda, Anthony Rapisarda, AlRapisarda, Grace Rapisarda-Torres and John Rapisarda, along with a group of breast cancer sur-vivors as well as Elizabeth Lombardi, Manager of American Cancer Society and Jessica Peterson, Di-rector of Special Events for American Cancer Society.

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lance recently celebrated EMS Weekby unveiling their newest vehicle, abrand-new pink ambulance designedand dedicated to supporting breastcancer awareness.

The first of its kind in the NewYork City area, this incrediblyunique pink ambulance by MidwoodAmbulance has the pink breast can-cer ribbon logo emblazoned on italong with the "Join the Fight" slo-gan painted on the vehicle. EMT'sand paramedics working on this am-bulance will be wearing pink gloves.

During the festivities, a gianttarp was literally pulled off the pinkambulance by representatives of theAmerican Cancer Society and agroup of breast cancer survivors,along with Midwood Ambulancestaff who, in honor of breast cancerawareness, wore pink "Join theFight" shirts and pink gloves. Sev-eral Midwood employees also re-ceived 20 year length of serviceawards at the event that included astaff barbeque under a large tent.

Al Rapisarda, President of Mid-wood Ambulance, stated, "We areproud to serve the New York Citycommunity and beyond as the healthand well being of all residents of ourregion is so very important to us. Ourpink ambulance will be a visual re-minder every day of our commit-ment to the patients we serve, manyof whom have been diagnosed withbreast cancer."

He added, "We want to show oursupport for these women by creatingawareness, promoting prevention,education and treatment of breastcancer... and not just during the

month of October, when there is anational focus on breast cancer, butthrough a commitment all year-round."

According to Mr. Rapisarda,"Our commitment to breast cancer ispersonal. As a family-owned busi-ness actively run by five siblings, ourmother, Frances Rapisarda, is abreast cancer survivor, and it is ourwish to honor her, along with allwomen, with this important cam-paign. Midwood Ambulance isproud to serve our community withoutstanding emergency and non-emergency medical transportation,with unparalleled customer serviceand compassion."

Breast cancer is the most com-mon cancer among Americanwomen (except for skin cancers).About 1 in 8 of all women in the US(12%) will develop invasive breastcancer during their lifetime. At thistime there are more than 2.9 millionbreast cancer survivors in the UnitedStates. Today, two out of three peo-ple diagnosed with cancer are sur-viving. In fact, more than 400 peoplea day in the US are celebrating birth-days that would have otherwise beenlost to the disease.

This year, the American CancerSociety is turning 100 years old.Midwood Ambulance is proud to bea part of this effort to Join the Fightagainst breast cancer.

Founded in 1956, MidwoodAmbulance is one of the largest pri-vately-owned medical transportation


businesses in the New York City area.A leader in ambulance services, Mid-wood Ambulance works closely withhospitals, nursing homes and otherhealth care facilities as well as com-panies to provide emergency and

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Two alarms in Elmhurst, QueensOn Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at

3:00 p.m., firefighters responded toa fire at 74-15 Woodside Ave (110Police PCT).

The fire was located on the firstfloor commercial laundry and ex-tended to the apartments above.Residents of the building wereevacuated by firefighters.

Engine Company 287 and Lad-

der Company 136 were first to ar-rive along with the 46 BattalionChief, who requested a secondalarm be transmitted due to the firespreading to the second floor.

Other responding units were

Engines 289, 292, and Ladders 138,154, TL117 as well as Squad 288and Rescue Company 4.

No injuries were reported atthis fire and the fire was broughtunder control at 3:50 p.m.

- FRED BACCHI

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On Saturday, May 11th, 2013, Battalion 51 transmitted a second alarm at 4:50 p.m. on arrival toBox 99-22-6093 for the address of 105-06 131st Street in Ozone Park, Queens. BC-51 reportedfire on the first, second floor and attic of a two and a half story private dwelling with extensionto exposures two and four. By 5:09, BC-51 put the incident probably will hold, with the mainbodies of fire knocked down and negative primary and secondary searches.

RICHIE YORK


Two alarm in Ozone Park

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This Mack/Saulsbury 1,000 gpm pumper from Sparta Center nowserves the Rockaway Point Volunteer Fire Department in Queens.

KEN SNYDER

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Tower Ladder 117 - F.A.S.T. Truck readies equipment at the sceneof an all hands in Jackson Heights

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FDNY Ladder 120 responded to a two car MVA on Eastern Parkway and Rockaway Avenue forpeople possibly trapped inside a vehicle. On arrival, they confirmed the pin job and removeddoors to properly extricate the victims for EMS. EMS Station 44 is located a block away and hadunits on scene immediately. A total of six patients were transported to Brookdale Hospital instable condition. NYPD ESU also assisted with the extrication.

RICHIE YORK

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MVA extrication in Brooklyn

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Engine 8 of the Point Breeze Volunteer Fire Department in Queensis a 1994 International KME 750/300.

KEN SNYDER

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FDNY Firefighter Rob Corwin on Bradford Street in East New York.He was turning on the hydrant for a group of kids.

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39 Engine, 16 Truck

I want to start by thanking ourtroops who risk everything for meto have the freedom that I havehere. They are truly great. Second,thanks to Chief Lerch andLieutenant Dan Maye and theFDNY Mand Library for all oftheir help with this and future arti-cles.

For my inaugural column, Ithink it would only be fitting totalk about a truly stunning fire-house located on 67th Street inManhattan, 39 Engine and 16Truck.

In 1998 it was designated acity landmark by the landmarkspreservation commission. Built in1884 and finished in 1886, this sixstory building was designed byfamed architect Napoleon Lebrun,who would design more than fortyfirehouses for the city during a tenyear span.

This was the first headquartersfor the New York City FireDepartment. Prior to the merger ofthe five boroughs, the BrooklynFire Department had its own head-quarters located on Jay Street indowntown Brooklyn.

Although the departmentwould be officially organized in1865, it would not incorporate theother boroughs until 1898.

This firehouse would alsoserve as the offices of the chief ofthe department, commissionersand staff, as well as the school ofinstruction for probies, medicaloffice and the fire alarm telegraphsystem.

Today, 39 Engine was estab-lished in March of 1875 and 16Truck was established inNovember of 1873, along withHigh Rise Unit No. 2.

After touring this firehousetwice, it is easy to fall in love withits character and Romanesquestyle. It fits in in one ofManhattans nicest neighborhoods,the Upper East Side.

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When built, it included a 150foot tall tower that was used as afire watch to scan the horizon forfires. It would be removed twodecades later due to the fact thatlarger buildings were now beingbuilt obscuring its views.

One other note was that thisbeing the training facility all thescaling ladder drills were per-formed here on the rear windowsof the fire watch tower. Chris Hoellof the St Louis Fire Departmentwas hired in 1883 to train theFDNY members in the recentlyinvented Hoell life saving appli-ance, which would later be namedthe scaling ladder.

The use of this device,enabling firemen to go from floorto floor on the outside of the build-ing, is such a daring feat that nomatter what period of time it wasused, absolutely took nerves ofsteel.

When entering this firehouse, itis truly a step back in time...if thesewalls could talk. It makes me wishI was entering inside for the firsttime one hundred years ago to seewhat the times and the men

were like and to see the oldequipment being driven by thehorses.

It was a much more simpletime, but so much more appealingfrom an historic standpoint. I don’tknow what is my favorite feature,from the pink polished granitecolumns that surround the frontdoor to the oval balconies on thethird floor or the ornamental tinceilings and oak interiors. All wasbuilt for $175,000.

Despite its beauty, members dohave to work hard to keep it cleanand very presentable. They do agood job of it and a lot of companypride is present here. I implore any-one who has an affinity for charac-ter and style to see this firehouse.

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