An FDNY lieutenant who barreled into a burning Brooklyn building and pulled out a hulking man and unconscious woman was honored Wednesday with the department’s highest award. Brian Colleluori, of Ladder 174 in East Flatbush, was feted with the James Gordon Bennett Medal for his extraordinary act of bravery on Feb.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news

When it comes to help, firefighters are often better at giving it than asking for it, said Cedar Rapids Fire Captain Eric Vandewater. But since the beginning of 2015, Vandewater and others at the fire department — with the assistance of Dr. Jim Coyle, a counselor with Cedar Memorial who specializes in sudden and unexpected life loss — are working to shift that way of thinking.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the gazette

While the cities are less than 10 miles apart, Henderson and Evansville fire departments don't have a formal agreement to help the other out if needed. To bridge the gap, the Henderson Fire Department is pushing for a formalized mutual aid agreement that legitimizes help between departments. The Evansville City Council will vote on the proposal on June 13.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: evansville courier & press

When firefighters responded to the mass shooting at Memorial and Wycliffe in west Houston Sunday, they found themselves under fire. "As we almost came to a stop, is when he shouldered his rifle and started aiming at us and firing on us. I could see him through the rest of the windows,” Houston Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston

Syndie Molina was a star member of the city’s elite rescue-paramedic squad. The FDNY asked her to appear on “Good Day New York” with Regis Philbin and to do a Q&A with The New York Times. “I was the face of the department. I loved the department,” she says. But after 10 years with the FDNY, she has flamed out.
- PUB DATE: 6/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post