Yonkers firefighters pull woman from burning apartment

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Actually a pretty good and seemingly accurate article about what happened. Strong work guys!

YONKERS - Firefighters pressed an air mask across the trapped woman's face and pulled her from a burning apartment on Bronx River Road Friday when flames erupted near a sofa and spread to her Christmas Tree.

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2015/12/25/yonkers-firefighters-pull-woman-burning-apartment/77905630/

NBC 4 New York Article: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Yonkers-Firefighter-Danny-Lee-Rescue-Woman-Burning-Apartment-New-York-Christmas-363524141.html

INCIDENT ALERT: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/52145-yonkers-working-fire-12-25-15/

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Yonkers Uniformed Fire Officers Association

Media Release

From: Yonkers Uniformed Fire Officers Association

December 25, 2015

Yonkers Fire Lieutenant Rescues Woman Trapped in Burning Apartment

Young lady awoke to discover her exit was blocked by heavy fire. Fire Lieutenant crawls past fire to rescue her in back bedroom. Both Lieutenant Nee and the fire victim have been transported to Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx.

This morning at 10:05 am the Yonkers Fire Department received a 911 call for black smoke coming from a third floor apartment at 355 Bronx River Road, an eight-story apartment building in Southeast Yonkers. While Firefighters were en-route, Yonkers fire dispatchers received another 911 call, this time from a panicked young lady who related that she was trapped in the back bedroom of the fire apartment- heavy fire in the living room area was blocking her exit and her bedroom had become filled with smoke.

Firefighters from Ladder 73 and Engine 313, located on Kimball Avenue, were first to arrive at 10:09 am, four minutes after being dispatched. Firefighters from Ladder 73 forced entry to the locked apartment door as Engine 313 began the process of stretching a hoseline to the burning apartment. Prior to a hoseline being out into place, Lieutenant Nee crawled past the heavy fire and proceeded to the rear bedroom where the victim was trapped. In heavy smoke conditions, Lieutenant Nee shared his air-mask with the victim as he rescued her from the burning apartment. Shortly thereafter, Firefighters from Engine 313 were able to place their hoseline into position, and made an aggressive attack on and extinguishment of the fire. The apartment suffered heavy fire damage and the remainder of the building suffered smoke and water damage. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Both Lieutenant Nee and the victim were transported to Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx, New York where they are each being treated for smoke inhalation and elevated carbon-monoxide levels. Lieutenant Nee is a six-year member of the Yonkers Fire Department and a USMC Iraq War Veteran.

Notably, Nee was laid off during a City of Yonkers budget crisis in 2010, and Yonkers Fire Officers have not received a cost of living increase in salary from the City of Yonkers in seven years! The Uniformed Fire Officers Association, who did not endorse Mayor Mike Spano in his most recent run for office, have been mired in a protracted contract negotiation stalemate with Mayor Spano and recently filed for impasse. While the larger Yonkers Firefighters Union received a 10-year contractual agreement 9-months ago, Mayor Mike Spano has been insistent that he will not grant a similar agreement to the Fire Officers unless they agree to contractual language that would gut the longstanding line-of-duty injury protections that have been in place. Yonkers Fire Officers are willing to accept the exact same contractual language that the Firefighters Union accepted nine months ago, including their agreement that applies to line-of-duty injuries. However, Mayor Mike Spano has demanded that in order to receive the same cost-of-living increase in salary granted to Firefighters, the Fire Officers Association must accept significantly less protection from line-of-duty injuries than what has been granted to Yonkers Firefighters. Today’s events are a stark example of why the Uniformed Fire Officers Association is unable to allow the contractual protections for their members injured in the line-of-duty to be gutted by Mayor Mike Spano for political and/or personal reasons.

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Excellent work Lieutenant Nee! Prayers for a speedy recovery.

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Good job!!

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Great work Lt. Nee!