Topic: New York City Fire Department
Hundreds of firefighters battled a pair of intense wind-blown brush fires on Staten Island Wednesday.. . One of the blazes - fueled by strong...
As the inferno raged on a Hudson River pier, it spewed smoke that could be seen for miles and wind-blown flames that seared dangerously close to a...
Andrew Isolano was part of the FDNY response at Ground Zero on September 11th. He can still recall the sights and sounds from that fateful day...
The world's smallest teen made a big impression on New York City Tuesday, during a promotional tour for 'Ripley's Believe it or Not!' latest book...
PALM COAST/FLAGLER COUNTY . . . . The city of Palm Coast and the Red Knights of Palm Coast will have a commemorative 9-11 event on Saturday at...
The debate over diversity in the FDNY has focused on one statistic - 91% of the Bravest are white.. . But in the shadow of the legal battle to...
Several hundred supporters and opponents of plans to build a mosque near the site of the September 11, 2001 attacks staged peaceful rival protests Sunday, some brandishing signs against Islam and others denouncing religious bigotry.Though small in scale,
Never united, Sept. 11 family members divided over planned Islamic center near ground zeroIn the debate over plans to build an Islamic cultural center blocks from ground zero, political leaders often cite the feelings of the Sept. 11 victims' families.But
Judge says NY fire department entry test unfair to blacks, stops hiring of 300 firefightersA judge has halted the hiring of more than 300 new firefighters amid the legal dispute over discrimination claims at the Fire Department of New York.In a ...
Lawsuit: Fire Department's Exams Discriminated Against Black, Hispanic RecruitsThe mostly white Fire Department of New York discouraged racial diversity by using recruitment exams that inadvertently discriminated against blacks and Hispanics, the U.S. Dep
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