WNYF: With New York Firefighters

Queens Box 33-4711, 138-10 Farmers Boulevard/137th Avenue, Springfield Gardens, September 19, 2009. photo by Firefighter Michael Gomez, Squad 288

WNYF 4th/2009 issue is on final approval. The magazine will be printed and delivered to the firehouses soon thereafter, in December.

The official training publication of the New York City Fire Department. WNYF is distributed four times a year (quarterly) and contains articles of interest to anyone involved in the fire service. Oriented to those directly involved in fire operations and fire safety, WNYF publishes articles of technical or practical importance to those individuals routinely engaged in providing firefighting services. [ Subscription Information ]

Featured articles and the authors include:

1. BISP, Planning Crucial to Successful Operations at Hospital Fires, by Deputy Chief Michael Mullins
2. The FDNY Planning Section Chief (T3) (sidebar), by Deputy Assistant Chief Robert Maynes
3. Working Together to Make Fire Safety a Priority at Hospital Emergencies (sidebar), by Assistant Chief Michael C. Weinlein
4. Post-Control Phase (sidebar), by Assistant Chief James E. Esposito  
5. Six-Alarm Brush Fire on Staten Island Rages on Easter Sunday, by Deputy Assistant Chief Ronald R. Spadafora and Deputy Chief James E. Leonard                           
6. A Rejuvenation—FDNY’s Symposiums, by Assistant Chief Howard Hill (retired)
7. Tower Ladders Prove Vital at Chinatown Four-Alarmer, by Deputy Chief Kevin F. Woods
8. MRI Technology: First Responder Operational and Safety Issues, by Deputy Assistant Chief Ronald R. Spadafora
9. Rebuilding and Solidifying FDNY’s Pre-Eminent Positio

Here are some of the articles we’re working on for the 1st/2010 issue of WNYF:

1. Commercial Airliner Lands in the Hudson River, by Deputy Chief James Daly and Battalion Chief Michael Buckheit  
   1. SCUBA Operations, by Firefighters Bill Owens and Cosmo DiOrio
   2. Runs and Workers for 2009
   3. Helicopter Crash into the Hudson River, by Deputy Assistant Chief Ronald R. Spadafora and Deputy Chief Daniel Donoghue
   4. Six-Alarm, Wind-Blown Fire in Queens, by Deputy Chief James DiDomenico
   5. Safety First—Avoiding Collisions, by Lieutenant Christopher Kendall
   6. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), by Captain John Gormley and Firefighter Jason Brezler
   7. High-Rise Glass Removal Operations (alpha wet cutting blade), by Lieutenant Thomas Donnelly
   8. Queens Transformer Fire, by Deputy Chief Steve Kubler and Battalion Chief Steven San Filippo

    

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