218K views · 7.1K reactions | Special Delivery! Meet FDNY Firefighters from Engine Company 44 and their neighbors, Lissa and Thomas. They live across the street from the firehouse and FDNY members helped deliver their second son, Barrett, just two weeks ago. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Facebook

“This video is a demonstration of the ice and cold water rescue training our Firefighters receive. The situation would have played out the same had the water been frozen. We tether a member, send them out to secure the patient, who will be placed on a stokes basket and removed up the ladder. This can happen any time so we need to be prepared,” says FDNY Captain Arthur Fitzpatrick, Water Rescue Unit, who along with Ladder Company 18 conducted a drill at the South Street Seaport simulating a perso

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“The puppy was deaf and blind. He had been missing for a couple of days. The family didn’t know where he was. Then today, they heard him whimpering in the wall,” says FDNY Lieutenant Steven Lucchese, Engine 83, who responded to a call for a trapped puppy in the Bronx with FDNY Firefighters Patrick Chatterton, Brian Murphy, Anthony Morales, and Kyle Nevin. “The homeowner was renovating the bathroom, and there was a hole where the bathtub used to be. We used our flashlight, but we couldn’t see the