For the 21st year, the fire service takes to the pages of Firehouse® to share and compare statistics. Part 1 features fire department profiles and total calls for 2001.
Captain John M. Sullivan Covering in 6th division (was in Fire Prevention Bureau on 9/11)16 years I was up in the Bronx working in Fire Prevention, so I had a fire department ...
I went to go look for Joe. There was a place for parking cars, park-and-ride, on the corner of Liberty Street. There were a couple of cars on fire. People were saying that they...
Firefighter Jimmy Guidice Engine 94Seven years I worked the night before and saw the coverage on television. We were dispatched to Engine 35 in Manhattan as a staging area with...
Then I responded. I took a couple of EMTs who were responding from here with us and we got right to West Broadway and Vesey, right by 7, when I heard another explosion. I looked...
June 3, 1902: HARTFORD, CT - An explosion and fire, caused by lightning, rocked a building on Capitol Avenue. The lighting caused a fire on the second floor that spread to a tank...
The recent 14th annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner hosted by the Congressional Fire Services Institute and the CFSI National Steering Committee was held in Washington...
If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of Heaven for kindling the first fire upon the earth, how ought the gods to honor the men who make it their professional business to put ...
Months have passed since the terrorist attacks of September. Much rhetoric has been espoused regarding the next wave of attacks and where we should spend the money given to us...
A training exercise goes bad. One firefighter dies. Two others are injured. The fire department's assistant chief is indicted on manslaughter and assault charges. This is the ...