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FDNY MEDAL RECIPIENTS 2025 Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Medal/NYS Honorary Fire Chiefs Association Medal ........................ FF. Michael D. Kotzo, L-28 Christopher J. Prescott Medal ............................................................................ EMT Amber M...

This coming Tuesday night, the 1st of April, we will be holding the monthly Zoom meeting at 7:30 p.m. I am honored to announce that Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker has been invited to be the guest speaker. Commissioner Tucker has been on the job for the last six months but has been exposed...

This coming Tuesday night gathering will feature an inside look at how FDNY Dispatchers handled the War Years fire traffic. 40-year veteran, who had worked in all 5 borough offices, Gary Greenbaum had put together an extremely interesting presentation with over 100 slides showing the equipment...

WHEN: TUES EVENING, 4 Feb 2025 at 1930 HRS, Eastern Time. SPEAKER: William Jones, Industrial Telecommunications Manager. SUBJECT: Inside review of the Feb 27, 1975, Telephone Building Fire that occurred in NYC Our guess speaker will be providing an inside look at a major telephone switch...

How many of old fire service tools & equipment do you remember? Was the life net still in use when you came on the job? How about a power saw? Our guest speaker will be Tom O’Connell is a retired Division Chief from Broward County Fl. Fire Rescue. He was born and raised in the Bronx and later...

Meetings take place on the Zoom platform on the first Tuesday Starting time is 1930 Hrs, NYC time. In case you don't receive an invite and you would like to attend, please reach out to Atlas at: Atlas@NYCFire.net These meetings are open to all registered members of this website. Jan 7th Feb...

YOU ARE INVITED: We started 2024 monthly Zoom meetings with a guest speaker who has been connected over 50 years to the fire service. This time, Wayne Powell from Maryland is returning to talk about a recent trip that he took last month with some friends to two fire related museums in the...

WHEN: TUES EVENING, 12 NOV, 2024 at 1930 HRS, Eastern Time. SPEAKER: Glenn Usdin SUBJECT: Fire Apparatus - Glenn is the owner of a Pennsylvania company that manufactures and rehabs fire apparatus. Glenn Usdin Mr. Usdin has been a published professional photographer for over 50 years, as...

What are your plans for Tuesday night, October 1st? Come on and join the NYC Fire.Net Monthly Zoom Meeting. You are not going to want to miss this quest speaker. Background on the speaker: Is a member of this website. He is a paid firefighter within the city of New York, but not FDNY. He...

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WHEN: TUES EVENING, 3 September, 2024 at 1930 HRS, Eastern Time. WHERE: On Zoom. For information - E-mail: Atlas@NYCFire.net SPEAKER: William Dennis, Retired Norwich, CT., Fire Captain (ret) aka WILLY, Uncle Willy, besides NFD2004 will be telling his story. SUBJECT: A view from a...

The following was written today by one of our site members about his former boss and close friend, another site member, Jerome Hauer, former Commissioner of NYC Emergency Management. Today we commemorate the one year anniversary of the passing of Jerome Hauer Ph.D., MHS, the first Director of...

MESSAGE FROM THE FIRE COMMISSIONER It has been the joy and honor of a lifetime to lead the greatest and most resilient Fire Department the world has ever known. I have spent the last few days in the same way I started at the Department 10 years ago, sitting with members in the field and...

This month NYCFire.net has crossed the ‘Thin Blue Line’ by inviting one of our own longtime members to be the guest speaker. Steve Mancini, did not serve within FDNY, but alongside them as a member the NYC Arson Explosion Task Force. Steve has been with NYCFire.net since November of 2007 and...

The Fire Commissioner is the person who is responsible for the total operation of the City of New York Fire Department. The Fire Commissioner is not responsible for directing the extinguishment of a fire, but is responsible to make sure that the fire gets extinguished as safely and as fast as...

THIS IS NOT A MISTAKE!!! Yes, you did receive a notification that Tom Bendick was going to be the guest speaker last month, but due to a last minute emergency medical procedure, Tom was unable to present his presentation. So please join us tomorrow night. A special thanks goes out to Gary...

Thomas Bendick. Lieutenant Thomas Bendick has 24 years of service and is assigned to the Fire Academy. Prior assignments include Engine 66 and 65 and FDNY EMS. His background includes Communications and Media for local TV, and currently supervises all aspects of technology as it relates to...

LEARNING FROM OTHERS’ EXPERIENCES David Traiforos is a 52 year member of the fire service. Started his career as a fire cadet, then became a paid on call fireman. Got hired as a paid fireman, promoted to Lieutenant , Captain and Battalion Chief and appointed to the position of Chief of...

Dr. Harry M. Archer Medal ..................................................................................................................................FF Artur Podgorski, L-108 Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Medal/NYS Honorary Fire Chiefs Association...

WHEN: TUES EVENING, 2 April 2024 at 1930 HRS, Eastern Time. WHERE: ZOOM # 503 919 8362 SPEAKER: Vito Maggiolo SUBJECT: A look into the job of being the POI for the Washington Fire & EMS Dept. Vito Maggiolo currently serves as the Public Information Officer in the nation’s capital for...