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On May 14th, officers and members of the Jersey City and New York City Fire Departments assembled at St. Paul the Apostle Church to say goodbye to F.D.J.C. Fire Captain Mark Lee, 53, of Engine Co. 10. - See full story on page 10
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FireďŹ ghters from the FDNY are all over the car that witnesses say was speeing through the intersection killing two people.
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Dryer fire in Queens On May 29, 2014, a small fire broke out at Bleecker Street and Grandview Avenue in Queens. Firefighters used one hose line to extinguish the one alarm fire, which began in a dryer. No extension was found in the duct work.
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The car that was hit by the speeding Nissan remained in the intersection for hours after the collision.
Two dead in horrific collision outside Kings Plaza Shopping Center A witness said, "it sounded like an explosion." Another person said they just couldn't believe how fast the car was going... in excess of 100 mph. The end result was two people dead in their car at the intersection of Flatbush Ave and Ave U just outside the Kings Plaza Shopping Mall in the Old Mill Basin section of Brooklyn. Among the numerous ambulances and FDNY fire apparatus that responded were members of
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the Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps. At least one member of the Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance boarded the FDNY EMS ambulance and assisted them with the transport of one of the victims with CPR in progress to Coney Island Hospital, where that victim was pronounced dead.
The second victim, who was a female in her 20's, was pronounced dead at the scene after being extricated from the auto. Several hurst tools were in operation attempting to free the victims. The intersection of Flatbush Ave and Ave U was shut down for hours and traffic in that area was a nightmare. - STEVE SOLOMONSON
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Dinner dance On May 22, 2014, many dispatchers were honored for their work during Superstorm Sandy at the Fire Alarm Dispatchers dinner dance. It was held at the Dyker Beach Golf Course in Brooklyn.
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Ladder 118 located on Middagh Street, downtown Brooklyn recently responded to a third alarm in Staten Island.
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Fatal pin job in Canarsie, Brooklyn LUKE PATTERSON
FDNY Tower Ladder 35 is seen here operating at 8 Ave and Columbus Circle for a call.
Engine 257 and Tower Ladder 170 responded first due to Remsen Street and Avenue N in Brooklyn on May 4th, 2014. Multiple victims were pinned inside the Hyundai sedan after the driver of the green Honda van slammed into it and another vehicle while fleeing from police. Rescue 2 and Squad 252 responded in and assisted with the extrication of five, including one child, who was pronounced DOA at the hospital.
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FDNY and WHBVFD responds to flooding FDNY Battalion 39 along with South Queens companies responded to multiple calls in the Lindenwood/Howard Beach area of Queens on the night of May 3rd after heavy rainfall and backed up storm drains caused severe flooding. Cars stalled out in the streets while anxious homeowners struggled with their basements flooding.
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Multiple calls came in for electrical fires and smoke conditions. Units disabled utilities and checked for extension of small fires. The next morning, the Office of Emergency Management, Red Cross Disaster Relief Services,
FDNY, WHBVFD, NYPD, DEP and utility companies such as ConEd held inter-operations assisting the hundreds of residence with severe flooding related problems. The WHBVFD assisted homeowners with their pump units to remove flood water from basements. - RICHARD YORK RICHARD YORK
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FDNY Engine 23 is seen here at 8 Ave and Columbus Circle for a alarm response.
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There is no “I” in EMS EMS ISSUE CHELLE CORDERO
STEVE SOLOMONSON
On Arrival of the FDNY heavy fire was showing from the manhole.
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A second car was parked nearby when the manhole exploded for the second time. This car sustained minimal damage.
Stubborn manhole fire ignites car, causes evacuations in strip mall On May 9, 2014 at approximately 11:00 a.m., a manhole erupted in flames and extended to an automobile on the corner of E 68 St and Ave L in the Bergen Beach section of Brooklyn. FDNY Engine 323 and Ladder 159 were dispatched to the scene for a car fire and found that the car had heavy fire coming from the hood area when in fact the fire was coming from the Con Edison manhole just under the auto. The firefighters managed to move the car off the manhole, but
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not before the car was destroyed. Heavy fire was coming from the manhole and shooting approximately eight feet into the air. Eng323 managed to knock down the heavy fire temporarily, but the smoke got heavier and soon the manhole erupted again with heavy fire. FDNY Engine 228 was special called to the scene from Sunset
Park for use of their purple K. Con Ed arrived on the scene in about an hour and the incident was placed under control. At least six civilians were treated for exposure to carbon monoxide as the CO readings in the adjacent strip mall were at dangerous levels. FDNY EMS Paramedic and Conditions 58 Brett Fields was on scene coordinating the EMS efforts. - STEVE SOLOMONSON
The term “Chain of Survival” was coined by writer Mary Newman in the late 1980s and referred to the multiple steps of CPR from early recognition through advanced ALS; since then the chain has been adapted by the American Heart Association and modified to reflect the latest methods. The “Six Links of Survival™”, developed in 2003, for pediatric dental offices, helps prepare the staff to manage patient medical emergencies while waiting for professional EMS to arrive. We in EMS have “Six points on the Star of Life” which includes: 1) Early detection, 2) Early reporting, 3) Early response, 4) Good on scene care, 5) Care in transit, and 6) Transfer to definitive care. Each system shares the basic philosophy that success is only as strong as its weakest link. While each scenario includes detection, response and advanced care, none of the systems includes teamwork – every emergency response is multi-faceted and more often than not inter-agency. Using the average EMS response as an example, we start with the bystander (or patient) who recognizes a problem, an emergency call (usually to 911), dispatch of the ambulance and other agencies, treatment on scene, transport, patient reception at a hospital, continuing medical care. An EMT, paramedic or other ambulance response may be aware of these other components, but they are very often out of sight and mind during the emergency response. Depending on your location and whether you are part of an independent EMS agency or part of fire-based EMS, you may or may not be dispatched with fire department personnel. Police are often included in the emergency response. Community education is a helpful, first step – the more individuals who are both aware of what to look for and may know steps to take until professional medical help is present will help make an easier and more accurate response. The person who initiates this response by calling 911, local police or pressing a life-alert button alerts us to the emergency. Calling 911 is the most direct route to an expedited response. Your local community probably has a 911 Dispatch Center although sometimes a local police department will receive your emergency call.
Whoever answers the phone needs to gather information quickly and accurately and make a fast decision which agency or agencies will be needed to be dispatched. Dispatch will relay vital information including the nature of the emergency, location and sometimes any known obstacles to reaching the patient such as traffic, weather, locked doors, etc. Trained dispatchers may be civilian or police personnel; typical training includes active listening, crisis intervention and being able to calm a hysterical caller, accurate information gathering, the ability to communicate clearly, record keeping, decision making, and often being able to verbally guide a phone caller through vital life-saving measures such as CPR. The information the dispatcher is able to pass on to responding agencies may make a big difference in both time and emergency preparedness. Dispatch may include a multiagency response of EMS, fire and police. Each agency works cooperatively to provide patient care (EMS) in both BLS and ALS levels, extrication (fire), crowd and traffic control (police), lift assists, rehab, notifications, and more depending on the nature of the emergency. Police escort or traffic assistance may aid in rapid transport to the hospital. Each agency member may be focused on his or her individual responsibilities, but overall the inter-agency teamwork makes the entire job flow smoother. By notifying the receiving hospital what they can expect (patient status) and approximate time of arrival, they can be better prepared to care for the patient promptly and efficiently. Eventual turnover of patient care to the hospital includes communication (both verbal and documented) regarding history, treatment and interventions. Each component of the team helps make the response and patient care easier and more effective. It’s time for more inter-agency training including dispatchers, emergency responders and hospital staff. Combined and cooperative drills and incident critiques will help improve collaboration, patient care, responder safety, and overall outcomes. Off-duty fun activities will also foster awareness and easy relationships between services. In addition, the familiarity that comes from inter-agency interaction will help to improve teamwork, morale and public perception.
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Worcester State Hospital Fire VIDEO REVIEW Video reviews by John Malecky
Worcester State Hospital Fire Worcester, Massachusetts Photography by D. M. Wenc Available from: FSP Books & Videos 188 Central Street, Suite #4 Hudson, MA 01749-1330 1800-522-8528 E-mail: support@fire-police-ems.com www.fire-police-ems.com Price: $19.95 This DVD is 38 minutes in length. It was transferred from the original VHS to a DVD in 2012. The fire happened on July 22, 1991. It is first important for the reader/viewer to know that the videographer took in this fire after taking up from another fire a distance away. I write this because for the first five minutes or so the viewer will see a blank screen with only the time and the date showing. Within the five minutes is a flash of the vehicle he is in, responding on a highway to a column of smoke off in the distance. This smoke is the hospital fire. During the black screen presentation (which is when the camera is turned off to save wasted time), one can hear the radio traffic of companies arriving and an order from the chief for a fourth alarm. This is all written so that the viewer does not think that the DVD is defective! The hospital is an old historic building, most likely vacant (condition of occupancy is not mentioned) and from the looks of the building, it has the telltale sign of being a state hospital, namely drab and depressing. It is a large building with an inclined roof running the length of it with dormers in some parts be-
tween the ridge pole and the floor below. The fire has possession of the top of the building and is through the roof in some sections. A tractor-drawn aerial (which appears to be an E-ONE tractor pulling an older Maxim aerial trailer) has the ladder raised and eventually a ladderpipe is deployed. It appears to be an outside fight, but during the period of firefighting, an evacuation signal was given so I guess there may have been attempts made at an interior attack. There is a part of the roof buildup that resembles a cupola, but I’m not sure if that would be what this section was called. Anyway it eventually becomes fully involved with fire. It is decided to have the firefighting force fallback to a safer position and the aerial is actually moved while the ladder is still raised. The ladderpipe is eventually re-deployed, but the stream is not hitting the fire but falling short onto the exterior of the building where there is no flame. It’s quite possible that there was insufficient water pressure. The blaze was eventually elevated to five alarms with over 100 WFD firefighters in attendance reinforced by members from nine other mutual aid fire departments. In its height, the fire runs the length of the building. The videographer pans both the fire building and the fireground. I saw one mutual aid chief wearing a white helmet without a front piece, but the town’s name and his rank were on the back of his bunker coat. The scene brought back memories of some of the older apparatus many of us were used to seeing such as Maxim Model “S” pumpers, a Mack “R” pumper and more. The video abruptly ends probably due to the transfer from VHS to DVD. It is a scene with plenty of fire!
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All hands in Ridgewood On May 11, 2014, FDNY crews were alerted to a fire on the first floor of a private home at Palmetto Street and Woodward Avenue in Ridgewood. One hose line was used to extinguish the fire. A dog was rescued from the home by firefighters.
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Engine 282,from Borough Park Brooklyn, displays their motto on their rear mud flap at third alarm in Staten Island.
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FDNY Squad 270, a 2014 Seagrave, at the scene of a call in Queens.
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Engine 320 and Ladder 167 are located at 36-18 Francis Lewis Boulevard in the Auburn/Bayside section of Queens. FDNY Ladder 167 is a 2006 Seagrave 100 foot rear mount STEVE WHITE
All hands at Staten Island Mall On May 1, 2014, 7-5 Box 2957 was alerted for a fire in an electrical panel on the roof at the Staten Island Mall. Tower Ladder 85 worked the front of the mall at this all hands fire. RUSSELL CURLEY
FDNY Engine 320 is a 2004 Seagrave 1000 gpm pumper
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3 Engine and 12 Truck in Chelsea
FDNY HOUSES by Larry Woodcock
Chelsea, Manhattan, a neighborhood on the west side of the borough is primarily a residential enclave with tenements, townhouses, and row houses. If you throw in some restaurants, and art galleries (some located in remodeled warehouses) along with retail; you have one of the most desirable areas of Manhattan. The community goes back as far as the mid 1750s, when farm land gave way to residential and industrial with the population of immigrants from other countries to working and living in the neighborhood. The Hudson River Railroad along Eleventh Avenue allowed the piers on the Hudson to be easy ports for manufacturing, from lumberyards to breweries, to truck terminals. Now, most of the area along 10th and 11th Avenues is post-industrial and some would argue that Chelsea has become the new center of the New York City art world. For a piece of history, go to the Chelsea Market Place on Ninth Avenue and 16th Street. It is an enclosed food court that includes several bakeries, restaurants, and markets, which are all inside a nine story former factory that was once home to the National Biscuit Company, aka Nabisco. This was where the Oreo cookie was invented in 1912 and produced for many years. The Dirty Dozen and the pride of Chelsea can be found here as well. 3 Engine, 12 Truck, and the 7th Battalion also occupy this neighborhood located at 146 19th Street, off Seventh Avenue. This modern firehouse by New York City standards was built in 1965 and designed to incorporate three companies. Not far from here is the High Line, an elevated rail line used to transport freight that ran through Chelsea in 1847. In the early 30’s, it had fallen out of use. It remained abandoned and most of it demolished until 2006 when it was converted into an elevated urban park, worth seeing. Call it an aerial greenway; there are numerous entrances along the route, which extends one mile in length along 10th Avenue from Gansevoort Street up to its terminus at 30th Street. Chelsea is also known for its historic district, an area roughly extending from 19th to 23rd Streets, from Eighth to Tenth Avenues. It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as well as New York due to the fact that it contains some of the oldest buildings in the city and contains significant examples of period architecture and multiple styles dating as far back as 1840. One of the most iconic build-
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ings in New York City and perhaps in America is the Flatiron Building. Built in 1902, it was one of the first skyscrapers ever built and one of the tallest in New York at the time. The national historic landmark sits on a triangle island located between Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street. It stands at 22 stories and measures 285 feet with an elaborate crown and numerous setbacks near the pinnacle. The tapered design is its most recognizable feature. The building is designed by
Chicago’s architect Daniel Burnham in the beaux-arts style popular of the era. Like a classic Greek column, its limestone and terra cotta façade is separated into three parts horizontally. Since it was one of the first buildings to use a steel skeleton, the building was constructed to 285 feet, which would have been difficult with other construction methods at that time. Engine Company 3 was organized in September of 1865 and housed on 17th Street until July of 1906 when they moved in with Engine 19 on 25th Street. They then
relocated to 20th Street in October of 1960 before moving into their current firehouse in February of 1967. 12 Truck was organized in December of 1865 and was housed on 20th Street until moving into their current firehouse in February of 1967. The 7th battalion was organized on January 1, 1869 moved around numerous times before settling in with 3 and 12 in February of 1967. High Rise Unit 2 is also housed here since its inception in August
of 1976. It responds on all 10-77s and when special called. It used by members of the engine when needed. The combined companies have had 12 line of duty deaths in their history, multiple medals winners and unit citations have been awarded, respectively. These are some original companies in the history of this department, having endured many hard times, not to be forgotten. Thanks to my friend Mickey Wilson, one of the senior men in the truck, and a true gentlemen on this job.
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Jersey City and FDNY mourn firefighter On May 14th, officers and members of the Jersey City and New York City Fire Departments assembled at St. Paul the Apostle Church to say goodbye to F.D.J.C. Fire Captain Mark JUMP TO FILE # Lee, 53, of Engine 051414123 Co. 10. Captain Lee passed away having succumbed to respiratory failure. Lee, who worked removing rubble from the World Trade Center site after 9/11 in search for survivors, had to leave active duty at the end of 2013. - RON JEFFERS
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Ladder 11 from "Alphabet City", Manhattan, at Staten Island third alarm.
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FDNY Engine 316 is located at 27-12 Kearney Street in the East Elmhurst section of Queens. They still use3 their 1998 Seagrave pumper, 1000 gpm.
OEM’s NYC Mobile Data Center responding to the flooding emergency in Queens
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Five minute “caffeine free” energy boost
Vehicle News
FIREFIGHTER FITNESS Lori Ann Hodgkinson
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Squad Company 61 with their new 2013 Seagrave Rescue Pumper, they received their new rig in mid January 2014 but was out of service until late May due to mechanical issues.
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Engine 73 with their new 2014 Seagrave pumper, they received their new rig in late May 2014.
Looking for a quick “pick me up”? Why not give yourself a five minute energy boost? I was recently asked to provide a few “desk jockeys” with a quick "caffeine free" midday energy Boost. Fitness, motivational levels and age varied across a broad spectrum. Each participant was provided a 32oz bottle of water. Here’s what worked for them, and it can work for you, pretty much anytime, anyplace! Do as many repetitions as you can during the 30 seconds without using momentum or sacrificing proper form or alignment. Remember to work at an intensity level (speed) suitable to your current level. Progress to the next movement without rest. Once you have completed all the movements go back and repeat each one a second time. In a seated or standing position begin while holding the 32oz bottle of water in front of you (elbows bent, bottle close to your body) at chest level and extend overhead to near straight arm po-
sition. Return to starting position. For a greater challenge, if standing try performing the movement while standing on leg, being sure to alternate legs ½ way through. If seated, you can further vary the exercise by raising the bottle in your right hand only then switching to the left half way through. Keep the empty arm extended overhead throughout. Repeat for 30 seconds. Next, while standing, hold the water bottle in front of you at chest height (overhead for a greater challenge), sit down near the edge of a chair (if you don’t have a chair, squat as though you do) then stand up to the starting position. Repeat for 30 seconds. Continue by sitting near the edge of a chair (if no chair, you can sit on the floor/ground) with the water bottle at chest level and somewhat close to your body (elbows bent). Keeping hips fixed rotate only at the waist as far as you can (keeping bottle in front of your chest) and then to the opposite direction. You can pause in the forward facing (start) position between rotating to each side if you are more comfortable with that. Continue this for 30 seconds. Seated or standing (if done standing, be sure knees are slightly bent) hold water bottle overhead. Keeping elbows up and shoulders stationary (close to your ears/head) flex the elbows to bring
the bottle down behind your head. Return to starting position. As with all the previous movements, continue for 30 seconds. Stand up. Raise one knee to hip height (or as close to hip height as you can), lower it back down to the floor then switch knees. Continue alternating knees for 30 seconds. (For a greater challenge, raise both arms overhead each time you lift one knee and return them to shoulder height as you raise the other knee). Continue alternating knees for 30 seconds. Repeat all five movements a second time for a total workout time of five minutes. When finished, slowly rotate your head and hold it to the left for ten seconds, and then repeat to the right side. Facing forward, inhale (through your nose) as you shrug your shoulders up and hold two seconds then exhale (through your mouth) as you relax them down. Drink eight oz of water (1/4 of the bottle) and continue to sip the remainder of the bottle throughout the day. The combination of the increased daily movement and better hydration levels may be just what you need to keep your energy level up. As long as your physician approves this is a simple, effective and caffeine free energy boost you can perform daily or even twice throughout your day.
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Tower Ladder 51 operating at a second alarm fire on Matthews Avenue with their 2013 Seagrave 95' Aerialscope tower ladder.
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Tower Ladder 58 with their 2013 Seagrave 95' Aerialscope tower ladder.
FDNY Battalion Chief John A. Calderone, left, with his son, Jersey City Firefighter John Jr, in their dress blues.
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