The following is a list of some of the manufacturers, suppliers, and others who contributed equipment, personnel, or other assistance to the rescue/recovery efforts at the sites of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Some of those listed set up funds to benefit families of victims.
On January 29, 2001, at 0942 hours, the Elmsford (NY) Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of Routes 287 and 87 for a reported overturned tractor-trailer truck with entrapment.
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The three of us were supposed to be in Dallas, Texas: the old-timer, me; my retired-too-young, dynamo friend, Den, from FDNY's Rescue 1; and "Mojica," a lieutenant presently assigned to Rescue 1 who was my newest friend from the last fringes of my career as he was just starting his
You arrive on scene to find a 38-year-old female complaining of mild abdominal pain. She states that she vomited several times, starting 45 minutes after eating a cheeseburger at a local restaurant
Has there ever been a time when so many firefighters were lost? There probably has been: Dresden, Germany; the sacking of Rome; or maybe the first day the chief said, "Just put on this new self-contained breathing device and you can spend 30 minutes inside the fire."
It's time to get down to the real root cause of fire in America. The United States has the worst civilian fire death record of all industrialized nations despite technological improvements in protective gear and equipment and progress in code development
Though the horror of the past weeks is still unthinkable, now is the time for firefighters to accept responsibility for the call to action placed on us by the sacrifice of our brothers and sisters from the New York City area