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New York City Expected To Name New Fire Commissioner

Robert Tucker, CEO of T&M USA, poised to succeed Laura Kavanagh as NYC's fire commissioner, bringing security expertise and fresh leadership to the FDNY.

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New York's first female fire commissioner says she will resign once a replacement is found

The first female commissioner of the Fire Department of New York says she plans to resign because it is time to “pass the torch” after two years in the job

The Independent UK

After fire kills 3, NYC officials say retailers, delivery apps must do more to ensure e-bike safety

New York City officials say retailers and food delivery companies must do more to halt the proliferation of unsafe e-bike and e-scooter batteries, after a fire blamed on an electric scooter’s lithium ion battery killed three people over the weekend

The Independent UK

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FDNY first responder deaths from 9/11-related diseases now equal fatalities in attack

Two further members of the fire service died in September, bringing the total to 343

The Independent UK

OLD FDNY first responder deaths from 9/11-related diseases now equal fatalities in attack

Two further members of the fire service died in September, bringing the total to 343

The Independent UK

FDNY deaths from 9/11-related illnesses now equal the number killed on Sept. 11

Two recent deaths brought the total to 343, matching the death toll from Sept. 11, the FDNY said. Some 11,000 former and current FDNY employees suffer from 9/11-related illnesses, 3,500 with cancer.

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As e-bikes proliferate, so do deadly fires blamed on exploding lithium-ion batteries

Federal officials are considering a crackdown on defective lithium-ion batteries that power hoverboards, scooters and motorized bicycles because of a rash of deadly fires caused by exploding batteries

The Independent UK

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4 killed, 2 injured in fire sparked by lithium ion battery at NYC e-bike shop

NEW YORK — Four Chinatown residents died early Tuesday after a raging e-bike fire tore through a repair shop previously flagged for unsafe conditions, with scores of terrified survivors fleeing into the darkness outside their homes.

Tribune News Service

4 dead after fire in e-bike shop spreads to apartments in New York City

Authorities say a fire that started in a New York City e-bike shop spread to upper-floor apartments, killing four people and injuring several others

The Independent UK

First pictures of mum and daughters, 8 and 10, killed in devastating apartment fire

Heartbroken family members came to the scene of the burned out flat in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, to console eachother. A neighbour pointed out chalk drawings on the sidewalk that the two young girls made while playing last week.

Daily Mirror

Family inconsolable as they discover mum and daughters, 8 and 10, dead in New York fire

Tributes are pouring in for a mum and her two daughters who were killed when in a fire at their Brooklyn apartment. Fire services have shared a picture of the kitchen, where the blaze is said to have started

Daily Mirror

Another chief demands demotion as FDNY top brass turmoil continues

NEW YORK — Another FDNY chief has asked to be demoted as the department continues to quake from the ongoing clash between Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and the department’s top brass, sources told The New York Daily News.

Tribune News Service

FDNY commissioner Laura Kavanagh is one of three women running New York's biggest agencies

The FDNY chief has navigated a tumultuous early tenure.

Fortune

FDNY firehouses still ‘hostile’ to firefighters of color despite years of civil rights litigation, Vulcan Society president says

NEW YORK — The head of the city’s Black firefighters group bashed the FDNY for not making significant progress in creating a “less hostile” atmosphere at firehouses — despite changes required by a groundbreaking civil rights lawsuit.

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NYC Rep. Velazquez joins fight against exploding e-bike batteries

NEW YORK — The FDNY could get some federal help in its ongoing fight against exploding e-bike batteries.

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3 firefighters seriously injured battling wind-whipped Staten Island blaze, FDNY says

NEW YORK — Two firefighters and an FDNY lieutenant were seriously injured Friday when a massive blaze tore through a pair of homes in a Staten Island duplex, causing a section of the building to collapse, fire officials said.

Tribune News Service

E-bike battery sparks fire that tears through Brooklyn home; resident critically injured

NEW YORK — A faulty lithium-ion battery sparked a raging fire inside a Brooklyn home early Tuesday that critically injured a woman living inside, FDNY officials said.

Salon

EMS in crisis as NYC faces tridemic

Inadequate staffing, longer hours and surging 911 calls put residents at risk

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The Independent UK

Woman filmed dangling from 20th-floor window in Manhattan high-rise fire recounts heartstopping rope rescue

The three-alarm fire broke out around 10.30am on Saturday at a building on 429 East and 52nd Street in Manhattan

Tribune News Service

Firefighters rescue woman dangling from window as blaze traps dozens in Manhattan high-rise

NEW YORK — Firefighters rescued a desperate woman hanging from a window 20 stories above the street as dozens of people were trapped inside a Manhattan high-rise Saturday in a massive blaze that was sparked by an e-bike battery, the New York City Fire Department said.

The Independent UK

Dozens injured as lithium battery fire rips through Manhattan high-rise: ‘Unbelievably dangerous’

Videos showed two people dramatically being rescued by firefighters who were scaling a building on ropes

The Independent UK

First-ever female commissioner to lead NYC fire department

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed acting Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh to lead the department on a permanent basis

Tribune News Service

Laura Kavanagh will become first female commissioner in FDNY's 157-year history

NEW YORK — The FDNY’s acting commissioner is to be appointed to the job permanently on Thursday, City Hall and Fire Department sources told the Daily News.

The Independent UK

First responder stabbed to death in ‘barbaric’ attack

The EMS worker was one of the first responders to the World Trade Centre on 9/11

The Independent UK

Man arrested in fatal stabbing of New York City EMS worker

Police say a man has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a veteran emergency medical worker in New York City

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