Two FDNY Firefighters Tested Positive for Cocaine, Face Ax

January 25, 2004 -- Two firefighters who tested positive for cocaine after FDNY investigators raided their East Harlem firehouse last week are likely to get the ax, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.

Firefighters John Condon and Brian McParland - of Engine 53/Ladder 43 on Third Avenue - were tested in a surprise inspection last Sunday by the department's Bureau of Investigation and Trials. The termination would make a total of 14 smoke-eaters fired for drugs since April 2002.

Investigators found at least one case of beer and several bottles of liquor.

Some residents told The Post they had seen firefighters in uniform going into a nearby pizza parlor carrying six-packs of beer.