Our mission is to provide fire departments in need with safety training and personal life safety systems.
One day every firefighter will have the training and equipment
to safely escape a fire.
The Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation believes that firefighters can’t save lives if they can’t save themselves. Too often firefighters become trapped unexpectedly due to collapse, flashover, backdraft or more and need to get out FAST. Sometimes the only way out is a window. Our organization knows this all too well – founded by people directly impacted by the FDNY “Black Sunday” where 3 firefighters lost their lives and 3 suffered life-changing injuries – all because they had no way out but a 5th story window.
That’s why we are committed to providing personal safety systems and training to fire departments in need. We achieve this by awarding grants for personal safety bailout systems for firefighters, and offering seminars taught by world class instructors. We hope there’s a day where every firefighter has a way out. And no family, department or community suffers the devastating impact of another “Black Sunday.”
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2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
2017 Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Seminar
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- Congratulations to Instructor Lt. Mickey Conboy Who Will Receive the James Gordon Bennett Medal - The Gordon Bennett Medal is the highest ranking FDNY medal and is awarded for the most outstanding act of heroism of all the medal winners.
- Titusville Fire and Emergency Services Issues a Challenge to Its Members - Titusville Fire and Emergency Services receive a Joey D challenge coin upon completion of their firefighter bailout training.
- Campville Fire Department Receives Grant for New Personal Life Safety Rope Systems Through Partnership with Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation and The Leary Firefighters Foundation - The Campville Fire Department of Endicott, New Yorkreceived a grant from the Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation to replace 30 of its aging personal life safety rope systems. The grant totaling over $30,500 was made possible through a partnership between the Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation and The Leary Firefighters Foundation.
- Lynnfield Fire Department Receives Grant for Personal Life Safety Rope Systems Through Partnership with Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation and The Leary Firefighters Foundation - Lynnfield Fire Department of Lynnfield, Massachusetts is a growing combination department just outside of Boston. The department received a grant through a partnership with Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation and The Leary Firefighters Foundation to provide 44 personal life safety rope systems and training for its firefighters.
- Pleasantville Fire Department Receives Grant from the Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation - The Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation is proud to announce that the Pleasantville Fire Department of Pleasantville, New Jersey has received a grant totaling over $25,000. This grant will provide 43 personal life safety rope systems and training for its firefighters
