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On January 22, 2013, FDNY crews were alerted to fire in a three frame at North 7th Street and Bedford Avenue. Firefighters arrived to find fire in the walls on the first floor,
fire between the buildings as well as extending to exposure two.
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Crews fight Manhattan fourth alarm in the bitter cold
The FDNY battled a fouralarm fire in an apartment build-ing in Upper Manhattan as well astemperatures in the low teens onJanuary 23rd.
At about 8:15 p.m., companieswere dispatched for a kitchen fireat 2440 Amsterdam Ave. at 181stStreet, just a couple of doors awayfrom the quarters of Engine 93 andLadder 45.
A 10-75 (all hands) was trans-mitted for a working fire in a 100
x 200 five story brick OMD. Asecond alarm was transmitted asheavy fire on the first and secondfloor on the B/C section of thebuilding.
Flames continued up to thethird, fourth, and fifth floorsprompting a third alarm at 8:46and a fourth alarm at 9:23 p.m.
Firefighters were able to stopthe progress of the fire before ittook hold of the cockloft.
With wind chills below zero,several minor injuries to firefight-ers and civilians due to the icyconditions occurred, but no seri-ous injuries were reported.
Units began to go back inservice at about 10:30 p.m.
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On January 27th, FDNY crews were toned to East 135th Street and Walnut Avenue in the Bronxfor a fire in a two brick commercial building. They arrived at the paper recycling plant, need-ing a third alarm for the fire.
Three alarms in the Bronx
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FDNY Tower Ladder 22 works at a fourth alarm fire in Manhattan onJanuary 23rd.
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At 11:18 a.m. on January 17th, Box 2-2 2040 at 136 LincolnAvenue was struck for a one story taxpayer 20 x 50. Crewsarrived to find fire in the basement of a dry cleaners with fireat the meters. The fire extended to exposure four, which wasa deli and 4a, a laundromat. Four handlines were stretchedand in operation. The fire was knocked down in approxi-mately 40 minutes. One firefighter suffered minor injuries withno injuries to civilians.
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STEVE WHITE
Second alarm in Staten Island
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On February 7th at Bushwick and Flushing Avenues in Brooklyn, Engine 238 and Ladder 108worked a car fire. The vehicle sustained extensive damage, but no injuries were reported.
Car fire in Brooklyn
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On February 7th, a fire broke out in a three brick at Irving Avenue and Stockholm Street. Crewsarrive to find a fire on the second floor and used one hose line to extinguish it.
One alarm fire in Brooklyn
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On February 6, 2013 shortly after midnight, an off duty NYPDofficer was involved in a motor vehicle accident at the inter-section of Nostrand Ave and Ave N in the Midwood section ofBrooklyn. Responding units included members of the FDNYand their EMS along with members of the Flatlands VolunteerAmbulance Corps. Members of the Flatlands Volunteer Am-bulance Corps treated the NYPD officer, who sustained non-life threatening injuries while FDNY EMS treated the civilianinvolved in the MVA. The Flatlands Volunteer AmbulanceCorps transported the injured NYPD officer to MaimonidesHospital Medical Center.
STEVE SOLOMONSON
STEVE SOLOMONSON
Off duty NYPD officer injured in crash in Midwood
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On January 19, 2013 at approximately 12:30 a.m., FDNY crews were alerted to the Long IslandExpressway westbound at College Point Boulevard in Queens for an accident involving twocars and two trucks. Two patients were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Truck accident in Queens
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On January 27th, FDNY crews were called to Rust Street andMasbeth Avenue in Queens. They arrived to find a rail car fireand used one line and one tower ladder to extinguish the fire.
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Rail car fire in Queens
On January 20, 2013 at approximately 1:00 p.m., the FDNYresponded to a reported scaffolding collapse in the rear of6161 Strickland Avenue in Mill Basin Brooklyn. FDNY E-323reported a large piece of scaffolding detached from a verylarge commercial building known as the Reds warehouse.The scaffolding was leaning against a utility pole with livewires. Con Ed was requested to respond. No injuries werereported in this incident.
Scaffolding collapse in Mill Basin, Brooklyn
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On January 22, 2013, FDNY crews were alerted to fire in a three frame at North 7th Street andBedford Avenue. Firefighters arrived to find fire in the walls on the first floor, fire between thebuildings as well as extending to exposure two. There, they found fire on the second and thirdfloors as well as in the cockloft. Crews used five hose lines to extinguish the fire. A small col-lapse occurred on the top floor and two members were trapped for a short time. They were re-moved to a local hospital, luckily, only with minor injuries.
Four alarms needed in Brooklyn
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Engine Company 210 is lo-cated at 160 Carlton Avenue and isanother fine example of architec-tural design, synonymous with thetimes.
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The inside was remodeled in2008 in more of a contemporarymotif, with the new house watchand a stainless steel kitchen, butnot so much as to rob it of its char-acter.
The neighborhood is a desig-nated New York City Historic Dis-trict. It was also placed on theNational Registry of HistoricPlaces.
The first park in the borough,Fort Greene Park was first namedWashington Park, before being re-named in 1897. It was establishedas Brooklyn’s first park in 1847and sits on Dekalb Avenue. Thepark’s most famous feature, thePrison Ship Martyrs Monument, isa memorial to the more than11,000 prisoners of war who diedin captivity aboard British prisonships during the RevolutionaryWar.
After being moved from a pre-vious site near the Brooklyn NavyYard in 1873, the remains of somewho died on those ships are in-terred in a crypt beneath its base.
Fort Greene is also home to theBrooklyn Academy of Music, lo-cated on Lafayette Street since1908. The academy was estab-lished in 1861 and receives morethan 500,000 people from aroundthe world yearly for its broad arrayof cultural programs. It was alsoadded to the National Registry ofHistoric Places in 2006.
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As the 1990’s arrived, so didthe restoration, lead by preserva-tionists and professionals to restoreit and lobby for its historic districtstatus. This helped further its resur-gence and granted the area land-mark status in 1984.
The neighborhood’s best-known icon, the Williamsburg Sav-ings Bank is located at Hansonplace. The 37 story building wasbuilt in 1929 by the architecturalfirm Halsey, Mccormack andHelmer. It was designed with itslandmark dome top and vast bank-ing hall, making it one of the mostextravagant interiors of any struc-ture in New York City.
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On January 25, 2012, a fire broke out at 67th Place and Myrtle Avenue in Queens. Crews ar-rived at the private home and found fire on the second floor. They used two hose lines to ex-tinguish the fire. One male was removed from the resident and transported to a local hospitalfor severe smoke inhalation.
One hurt at Queens all hands
On February 8th at 82nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue, a firebroke out in a two brick. Crews arrived to find heavy fire inthe basement. Firefighters had to contend with an extensiveamount of stock that hindered their efforts. The fire wasknocked down quickly, using three hose lines.
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On January 27th, crews were called to a fire in a taxpayer of three stores at 105th Street andNorthern Boulevard in Queens. Crews found extension to the second, third and fourth floors.Six lines and two tower ladders were used to extinguish the fire.
Four alarms in Queens
JOSEPH EPSTEIN
On January 18, 2013 at 65th Street and Admiral Avenue, crews arrived to fire in the basementof a two story private home. Extension was found on the first floor and two hose lines wereused to extinguish the fire.
All hands in Queens
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FLASHBACK
Manhattan eighth alarm on September 26, 1999. Fire tore throughseveral brownstones and a couple of OMDs on 149th Street be-tween Broadway and Amsterdam Ave. on a Sunday afternoon.
BILL TOMPKINS
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PATCHES
Broad Channel Fire Department
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At Decatur Street and Forest Avenues on January 13th, crews found a fire on the first and sec-ond floors. They used two hose lines to extinguish the fire.
All hands in Queens
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Ladder 34 in action at the Manhattan fourth alarm on February 23rd.BILL TOMPKINS
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APPARATUS IN ACTION
FDNY Tower Ladder 14 operates on the "Bravo" side at a fouralarm fire in the Bronx.
BILL TOMPKINS
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PATCHES
FDNY Engine 66 and Ladder 61 are located in Co-op City in theNorth Bronx. The fire house was opened in 1974. Co-op City wasbuilt on what used to be known as Freedomland: the Bronx’s1960s theme park, which closed in 1964.
FDNY 66
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A member of Engine 154 hard at work on LIncoln Avenue at a sec-ond alarm.
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On February 11th, FDNY crews were called to 30th Drive and Crescent Street in Queens formanhole fires. They arrived to find four manhole fires with extension to a private home. Heavysmoke was pushing from the manholes and crews were able to contain the fire in the home.The cause is under investigation.
Manhole fires in queens
FDNY Deputy Chief Stanton gives directions at a Bronx 4th alarmon December 16th.
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FDNY Ladder 106 in Brooklyn
EUGENE WEBER JR.
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