The Rockland County Fire Instructors Association is sponsoring a Seminar on February 20, 2023 to benefit the Joey D Foundation and the Andy Fredericks ScholarshipSpeaker is Jeff Cool Retired Firefighter FDNY Rescue 3 and member Volunteer Hose Co #2 West Haverstraw Fire Department. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for registration
New Jersey Deputy Fire Chiefs Association presents Jeff Cool with a check for $1200
Northwest Bergen Mutual Aid Association presents Jeff Cool with a $2000 check.
The Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation is proud to announce our 2022 Grant Recipients for the purchase of Personal Safety Systems, Safety Equipment and the requisite Training. 15 Departments across America will receive a total of $166,078.00 for the purchase of 278 Systems. The recipients are Ashland MA, Benton Harbor MI, Clinton SC, Ft. ...
Thin Line Service Dogs is a pioneering organization that was established in 2021 to support the need that provides service dogs to our First Responders and Veterans with disabilities. Thin Line's goal to utilize the puppy in training to service dogs, peer support dogs, facility dogs and our change of career dogs to enhance the lives of our First Re...
Fire News donates $50,000 to local charities Fire News held a charitable awards event recently donating a total of $50,000 to five fire related charities. The commitment to donate the funds was made by Fire News publisher Frank C. Trotta when the Fire News 9/11 20thAnniversary Issue was released last fall. Publisher Frank C. Trotta and Chief O...
The Foundation, in partnership with Steve Sanguedolce, of "Affordable Drill Towers", and Chief Griffin and his fire service instructors from the Woodlands Emergency Training Center, held our first "Lonestar Training Seminar" this past April in Woodlands Texas. With two days of 22 Hands On Classes to choose from and 1 day of lecture presentations, o...
Like our original seminar, which will be held November 4-6, 2022, the newest training offering boasts three days of world class training. The Lonestar Training seminar, sponsored by Affordable Drill Towers, will take place deep in the heart of Texas on April 8-10, 2022. For those farther west who haven't made it out to Long Island yet, here's anoth
The Foundation held their 8th Annual Training Seminar this November 5-7. Over 300 students and instructors from all over the country and Canada were in attendance. Two days of hands-on training were conducted in the field and at different venues. Nineteen hands-on subjects were taught, including: live burns in residential and commercial dwellings,
The Red Coat Challenge was a 5 mile, 20 station Special Forces experience including: hostage rescue, archery, hand-to-hand, and a whole lot of firearms! Each station honored a fallen hero and the event concluded with a Hero Walk to remind participants what they did this for. The Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation received a generous donat
https://youtu.be/qnTTIlkXmPQSpecial guest will be retired 35 year FDNY veteran Deputy Chief Division 6 Commander Joe DiBernardo. After coming back from the Vietnam War in 1966 he was called and appointed to the FDNY in June 1966 and Assigned to Engine 39. In 1968 he worked in Engine 36 after a department-wide lift order. In 1973 he was assigned to
