FDNY Firefighter Hurt in Bronx Firehouse Blaze Leaves Hospital
A firefighter, trapped by flames in his firehouse, walked out of a burn center to applause from fellow FDNY colleagues Thursday.
Firefighter Laurie Galioto suffered facial burns when he and others were trapped in the second floor of their Bronx firehouse.
"I got the best care in the world here at Jacobi Hospital," Galioto told a CBS reporter. "And these, the best brotherhood ever..."
About the Author
Susan Nicol
News Editor
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.