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Every year on the anniversary of the passing of Paul Brady, a Malverne firefighter who died in the Malverne firehouse in 2006, members of the Fire Department honor him, his loyalty, humor and devotion to the department through a series of rituals.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/27/16
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When Robert Meyer and John Wolffe joined the Malverne Fire Department, it was 1966 and they were 18 and 23 years old, respectively. In those days, firefighters would dress for a fire while en route to it, grabbing whatever protective gear was on the truck. Those who were already dressed would hang off the side of the truck as it raced to the scene. The biggest hoses the trucks had were 2½ inches in diameter, and could pump 1,000 gallons of water a minute.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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6/7/16
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In honor of their 10th anniversary, the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association unveiled a new monument dedicated to the region’s youngest volunteers in Eisenhower Park on May 15. A …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/19/16
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On Saturday, April 9, as part of fire safety initiative, more than a dozen Red Cross volunteer teams will canvass homes in the Town of Hempstead to install free smoke alarms in homes that do not have working devices.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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3/30/16
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March is the month we recognize the American Red Cross for all it does, as we have since President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed it so in 1943: “I request that during that month . . .
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3/3/16
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After 11 years of civil and criminal trials, a Bronx Supreme Court yesterday awarded $183 million to five plaintiffs involved in the “Black Sunday” case, which killed three firefighters, one from Malverne, and injured three others while they were battling a blaze in Tremont section of the Bronx.
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2/23/16
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David Walsh, a 44-year volunteer for the Malverne Fire Department and a 16-year member of the Malverne Volunteer Ambulance Corps, died Jan. 28, of complications related to diabetes. He was 63.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/17/16
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A quick-burning fire that started on the porch of an Eimer Ave. home in Malverne, and rapidly began spreading to other rooms of the house, was swiftly extinguished by the Malverne Fire Department last Sunday morning.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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2/10/16
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Sun and warmer temperatures are making the Jan. 23 blizzard seem like a distant memory, but there’s still a month and a half to go until spring . . .
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2/4/16
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A dried-out, eight-foot Christmas tree can light, blaze and burn to ash in less than a minute, causing considerable damage in the process, according to research by the National Institute of …
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By Barbra Rubin-Perry
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12/23/15
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