9.7K views · 605 reactions | Today Acting Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh and Acting Chief of Department John Hodgens posthumously appointed FDNY Probationary Firefighter Vincent Malveaux to Firefighter First Grade. Firefighter Malveaux made the Supreme Sacrifice on December 3, 2021. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Facebook

Today, Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, FDNY members, family, and friends attended a walkout ceremony for Chief of EMS Operations Lillian Bonsignore, who is retiring today after 31 years with the Department. The FDNY wishes Chief Bonsignore a happy a healthy retirement. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

Today the FDNY remembers one of the worst tragedies in Department history, when six Firefighters were killed in a fire at a Brooklyn Waldbaum’s on August 2, 1978. Nearly 20 Firefighters were on the roof of the supermarket when the central portion gave way, plunging 12 members into the flames. Lt. James E. Cutillo of Battalion 33, Firefighter Charles S. Bouton of Ladder 156, Firefighter Harold F. Hastings of Battalion 42, Firefighter James P. McManus of Ladder 153, Firefighter William O’Connor of

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