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Fire Department and Department
of Immigrant Affairs to begin food collections at firehouses
for disaster relief in Grenada and Jamaica
The Fire Department joined the Department of Immigrant Affairs
today in announcing the designation of nine firehouses in
three separate boroughs as collection points for non-perishable
foods in order to help aid those in Jamaica and Grenada that
have been severely affected by Hurricane Ivan. The firehouses
will act as drop-off points for anyone wishing to assist in
the relief effort. The FDNY will be working closely with the
NYC Department of Immigrant Affairs in facilitating the pick-up
and delivery of the goods to the devastated countries. Those
that wish to help are asked to place all food in boxes or
clear plastic bags for drop-off at one of the houses listed
below:
Brooklyn:
Battalion 41 / Engine Company 248 – 2900 Snyder Avenue
- Flatbush
Engine Company 255 / Ladder Company 157 – 1367 Rogers
Avenue - Flatbush
Battalion 58 / Engine Company 257 / Ladder Company 170 –
1361 Rockaway Parkway - Canarsie
Battalion 38 / Engine Company 234 / Ladder Company 123 --1352
St. John’s Place – Crown Heights
Queens:
Engine Company 303 / Ladder Company 126 – 104-12 Princeton
Street – South Jamaica
Engine Company 317/ Ladder Company 165 / Battalion 54 –
117-11 196th Street – St. Albans
Engine Company 311 / Ladder Company 158 – 145-50 Springfield
Blvd – Springfield Gardens
Bronx:
Engine Company 62 / Ladder Company 32 – 3431 White
Plains Road - Williamsbridge
Battalion 15 / Engine Company 63 -- 755 E. 233rd Street –
Wakefield
For more info contact the NYC Department of Immigrant Affairs
– 212-788-7654
Press Contact: Francis X. Gribbon / Mike Loughran
(FDNY) (718) 999-2056
http://www.nyc.gov/fdny
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