Tag Archives: FDNY

This weekend, I attended the 4th Annual Charlotte Firefighter’s 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb in Charlotte, NC. I made the trip down two days before the actual climb since they held the Inaugural Fire Service Training Day on Friday, September 12th. ...

As September approaches, I have been keeping up with the events that are being planned in Charlotte, NC for the Charlotte Firefighter's 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. While I have climbed at a variety of venues, one of the best ones that I have attended is not too far down the road in Charlotte. I first attended the Charlotte Climb 2 years ago, and have made the trip every year since.

This edition of Blowin’ Smoke on The “Model City” Firefighter features FDNY (Retired) Battalion Chief John Salka. Battalion Chief John Salka served for 33 years with the FDNY and was the Battalion Commander of the 18th battalion in the Bronx. ...

ModelCityFirefighter.com’s newest article of Blowin’ Smoke features Kevin Shea, a retired firefighter from FDNY. We are very excited about this Blowin’ Smoke article and grateful for the opportunity to interview Shea on the site. I had the pleasure of meeting ...

As I sat in the recliner last night watching the NBC Nightly News special coverage about Hurricane Sandy last night, I have to admit…tears came to my eyes. Seeing the fires at Breezy Point, the mass destruction on the coast ...

The “Model City” Firefighter is pleased to announce that we are once again growing. We would like to welcome Mike Bish to the crew as a Contributing Writer. Bish previously operated the fire service blog, tenseventyfive, and due to a ...

This is the third part of Brian Edwards’ story about competing with the best in the business during his travels across the country. He also outlines his upcoming events that he is scheduled to participate in this year. In the first article, Brian ...

I’ve been busy over the holidays spending time with my loved ones, but I wanted to finish up the write-up about the last day of my recent trip to New York. We put in two full days of work, and ...

The area of Lindenhurst, located on Long Island, was hit hard during the storm. We started off the morning by helping a Battalion Chief from FDNY on a house that he owns. He fortunately had been able to do a ...

I returned from New York early Tuesday morning, and unfortunately wasn’t able to get much rest before work at 8AM. Tuesday also ended up being a busy day at work with several calls including a working fire. Even though I ...