On this episode of Our American Stories seen through the eyes of four generations of a firefighter family Five Floors Up tells the story of the modern New York City Fire Department From the days just after the horse-drawn fire truck to the devastation of the s when the Bronx was Burning to the unspeakable tragedy of to the culture-busting department of today a Feehan has worn the shoulder patch of the FDNY Here's Five Floors Up author Brian McDonald with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories seen through the eyes of four generations of a firefighter family Five Floors Up the story of the modern New York City Fire Department From the days just after the horse-drawn firetruck to the devastation of the s when the Bronx was Burning to the unspeakable tragedy of to the culture-busting department of today a Feehan has worn the shoulder patch of the FDNY Here's Five Floors Up author Brian McDonald with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories seen through the eyes of four generations of a firefighter family Five Floors Up the story of the modern New York City Fire Department From the days just after the horse-drawn fire truck to the devastation of the s when the Bronx was Burning to the unspeakable tragedy of to the culture-busting department of today a Feehan has worn the shoulder patch of the FDNY Here's Five Floors Up author Brian McDonald with the story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Rep Ralph Norman Karoline Leavitt Rep Pat Fallon and Pete Cagnassola join the conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories on September th more people were evacuated from Lower Manhattan than Dunkirk and all thanks to FDNY fireboats tugboats and pleasure boats Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories many of us know the story of Flight because of the heroic actions of the people in the airplane But do we know the stories of those who responded to it on the ground ATC controlman Dennis Fritz and Christian Boyd a paramedic and volunteer firefighter share the story of what they saw in and around Shanksville Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

When the roof of Paris rsquo Notre-Dame Cathedral caught fire in April its ancient wood beams and lead sheeting created a furnace so hot it couldn rsquo t be contained After the cathedral rsquo s spire dramatically fell attention turned to its bell towers If the giant steel bells rsquo wooden frames also burned their collapse would bring both towers down leaving the cathedral in ruins Pulling his firefighters back for safety General Gallet commander of Paris rsquo Fire Department pondered what to do next A firefighter named Remi nervously approached ldquo Respectfully General rdquo he said ldquo I propose [... more]

The city of Texarkana sits squarely on the state border between Texas and Arkansas The city of inhabitants has two mayors two city councils and two police and fire departments The cross-town sporting rivalry between high schools draws an uncommonly high attendance reflecting the deep allegiance each has to their own state rsquo s school More significant challenges arise as well such as disputes over the shared water system governed by two sets of state laws Yet the town is known for its unity despite the line that divides it Residents gather annually for a dinner held on State Line [... more]

This week on Family Policy Matters we bring you Part of an excerpt from an address given by former Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran to NC Family's Major Speakers Dinner in Winston-Salem North Carolina on November [... more]

Christian Car Guy [... more]