Instructor: FDNY Firefighter Eugene Stolowski, FDNY Rescue 3, Operations Manager Fire & Family Transport Foundation
This presentation tells the story of the tragic day that the New York City Fire Department suffered on January 23, 2005 in the Bronx, NY. A total of six Firefighters were trapped above the fire floor in the rear of a tenement. To avoid getting caught in the flash over that was about to occur, the firefighters were forced to bail out windows without the help of ropes and fall five stories to the alley below.
Two firefighters were tragically killed with the four others critically injured. A third died from those injuries years later. Along with another fatal fire in Brooklyn, NY, the day is now known throughout the fire service as the Black Sunday's Bronx Fire. The presentation gives a step-by-step detailed experience of a fire that went from normal to unimaginable conditions in the blink of an eye. Numerous lessons are shared from this day from two of the firefighters who survived to talk about it. The presentation includes audio of the radio transmissions that day along with video and photos of the building.
Monday, January 5, 2026, 7PM, Avalon Elementary School, 235 32nd Street, Avalon, NJ
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FREE
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