Press Releases / 2012

2012 Press Releases and Media Advisories

Below are New York City Fire Department Press Releases and Media Advisories for the 2012 calendar year. These releases are in reverse date order and list the date, press release number and press release titles.

Date	No.	Title
12/24/12	58-12	Fire Marshals Determine Causes Of Several Major Fires From The Night Of Super Storm Sandy - Including Breezy Point Fire Which Destroyed 126 Homes
12/20/12	57-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano To Preside At Graduation Ceremony For 8 Paramedics And 147 Emergency Medical Technicians
12/19/12	56-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano Joins The New York State Honorary Fire Chiefs Association To Present Sixth Annual Scholarship Awards
12/08/12	55-12	FDNY Bravest Boxers Take On NYPD Boxing Team At 30th Annual Battle Of The Badges
11/25/12	54-12	FDNY Receives $18,000 Grant For Mobile CPR Training Unit
11/19/12	53-12	Mayor Bloomberg And Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano Dedicate Memorial Plaque In Honor Of Lieutenant Joseph Dibernardo
11/05/12	52-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano To Preside At Ceremony Promoting 35 FDNY EMS Members
11/01/12	51-12	*Press Release*
11/01/12	50-12	FDNY Reminds New Yorkers To Change The Batteries In Their Smoke Detectors When They Change Their Clocks This Weekend
10/26/12	48-12	Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano Appoints Joel Golub FDNY Chief Information Officer
10/25/12	49-12	FDNY Holds Memorial Plaque Dedication On 50th Anniversary Of Fire That Took The Lives Of Six Firefighters
10/12/12	47-12	Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano Announces Winners Of The 1st Commissioner's Cup
10/09/12	46-12	Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway And Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano Honor Members Of The Fire Department Who Have Died In The Past Year
10/08/12	45-12	FDNY Holds Memorial Plaque Dedication To Honor Three Firefighters Who Lost Their Lives At The Father's Day Fire In 2001
10/08/12	44-12	FDNY And Tishman Speyer Celebrate Fire Prevention Week At Rockefeller Center
10/05/12	43-12	FDNY Celebrates Fire Prevention Week 2012 With Weeklong Series Of Events
09/28/12	42-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano To Preside At Graduation Ceremony For 61 Paramedics And 81 Emergency Medical Technicians
09/14/12	41-12	Fire Marshals Arrest Serial Arsonist For Setting 13 Fires In Queens Over 4 Week Span
09/14/12	40-12	FDNY Emerald Society Pipes And Drums Celebrates 50th Anniversary
09/12/12	39-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano To Preside At Ceremony Promoting 15 FDNY Members
09/05/12	38-12	FDNY Adds Nine Names To Memorial Wall For Deaths Related To World Trade Center Illnesses
08/29/12	37-12	FDNY Holds Promotion Ceremony For Four Chiefs, Including Chief Of Operations
08/12/12	36-12	FDNY Releases Official 2013 Calendar Of Heroes
07/16/12		Fire Commissioner Cassano Approves Placement of Deceased Lieutenant Joseph Dibernardo's Name On FDNY Wall Of Honor
07/13/12	34-12	FDNY Holds 11th Annual Blessing of The Marine Fleet at Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
07/02/12	33-12	FDNY Conducts "Live Burn" Fire Experiments On Governors Island With U.S. Scientists And Engineers
06/29/12	32-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano to Preside at Graduation Ceremony for 83 Emergency Medical Technicians
06/21/12	31-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano To Preside At Ceremony For FDNY High School Graduates
06/20/12	30-12	Fire Marshals Arrest Norwegian Tourist for Setting Fires in New Yorker Hotel
06/08/12	29-12	Statement from Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano on Addition of Cancer to the List of World Trade Center-Related Health Conditions
06/05/12	28-12	Mayor Bloomberg And Fire Commissioner Cassano To Preside At An Annual Medal Day Ceremony
05/31/12	27-12	FDNY to Celebrate The 100th Anniversary of Engine Company 159
05/30/12	26-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano to Preside at Ceremony Promoting 60 FDNY Members
05/23/12	25-12	FDNY Hosts EMS Health Fair and EMT/Paramedic Competition at Metrotech Commons
05/21/12	24-12	FDNY Holds 18th Annual Second Chance Brunch
05/21/12	23-12	Empire State Building Lights Tower Tonight To Celebrate EMS Week 2012
05/15/12	22-12	FDNY Unveils New Citywide Posters Celebrating EMS Week 2012
05/09/12	21-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano Opens New Quarters for Marine Company 9 on Staten Island
05/09/12	20-12	FDNY Receives $17,500 Grant for Training Equipment and Students at FDNY High School
05/08/12	19-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano and DCAS Commissioner Handy Announce Record-Breaking Number of Minorities Took Firefighter Exam
05/07/12	18-12	Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano Makes Announcement Regarding Record Setting Firefighter Test
04/17/12	16-12	Funeral Arrangements For Lieutenant Richard A. Nappi
04/16/12	14-12	Mayor Bloomberg and Fire Commissioner Cassano Announce the Death ff Lieutenant Richard A. Nappi
04/13/12	13-12	FDNY Hockey Team Takes On NYPD Hockey Team at 39th Annual Game
04/03/12	12-12	Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano Hosts Annual FDNY Foundation Humanitarian Awards Dinner
04/03/12	11-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano to Preside at Ceremony Promoting 41 FDNY Members
04/02/12	10-12	Fire Commissioner Cassano to Preside at Promotion Ceremony for 84 Emergency Medical Technicians
03/22/12	09-12	Firefighter Robert Wiedmann of Rescue Company 2 to be Released from New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
03/20/12	08-12	Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano Appoints José Maldonado As Associate Commissioner For Compliance
03/08/12	06-12	FDNY Fire Commissioner and Stamford Fire Chiefs Join to Urge Everyone to Have a Working Smoke Detector in Their Home
03/06/12	07-12	Fire Commissioner Swears in New York Blood Center Board of Trustees Chairman Howard Milstein as Honorary FDNY Batallion Chief
03/05/12	05-12	FDNY Announces Honorees For Annual FDNY Foundation Humanitarian Awards Dinner
01/25/12	04-12	Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano and New York Blood Center Honor Firefighter Bone Marrow Donors
01/24/12	03-12	Fire Commissioner Salvatore J. Cassano and New York Blood Center Honor Firefighter Bone Marrow Donors
01/23/12	02-12	FDNY Foundation Receives $63,000 Donation From 5.11 Tactical Clothing Company
01/16/12	01-12	FDNY Urges New Yorkers to Have a Working Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector