All, Please take time to check this out and pass it on to teachers and parents of young people. It features many, including FDNY Commissioner & Chief of Department Sal Cassano (Ret) – and it is excellent. And….it is NO COST thanks to the NFFF & the noted sponsors of this important project. You can DOWNLOAD...Read More
Two Firefighters Killed While Conducting a Search During Residential Fire – Dallas, Texas – August 21, 1981 On August 21, 1981, Dallas, Texas Firefighters Charles Rogers and Edward Metters died while searching for occupants in a residential fire when a portion of the roof of the structure collapsed trapping them. The three-alarm fire occurred in...Read More
Two Firefighters Killed in Fire Collapse of Sugar Refinery – Broome Sugar Refinery Fire – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – August 21, 1847 On August 21, 1847, Philadelphia Volunteer Firemen Andrew Butler and Charles H. Hine of the Perseverance Hose Company died while operating at a fire in a sugar refinery on Bread Street near Quarry Street...Read More
Two Firefighters Killed and 49 Other Firefighters Injured in Fire Collapse of Meeting Hall – Grand & Havemeyer Streets, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York – August 21, 1923 On August 21, 1923, FDNY Firefighters Raymond Farrell and James J. Sullivan of Engine 230 died while operating at a five-alarm fire in a three-story brick structure which...Read More
Three Ashland Firefighters Killed in Oil Tank Explosion During General Alarm Fire in Fuel Depot – Centre Coal & Oil Company Fire – Framingham, Massachusetts – August 21, 1963 On August 21, 1963, Ashland Massachusetts Fire Chief Charles Moran, Lieutenant Norman Barry and Fireman John Reebenacker were killed and another 20 people injured when a...Read More
