Sad Day for Bravest Steel Door Blamed in Tragedy CITY HOME Edition

Some fire union officials questioned whether [James Young] and [Christopher Siedenburg] - who were normally assigned to an engine company, which puts fires out - should have been detailed to a ladder company, which does search and rescue. Young and Siedenburg, normally assigned to Engine Co. 24, had...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inNewsday
Main Author By Joseph W. Queen and Tom Collins. STAFF WRITERS
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 30.03.1994
EditionCombined editions
Subjects
Drennan, John
Fusco, Anthony
Giuliani, Rudolph W
Siedenburg, Christopher
Young, James
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Some fire union officials questioned whether [James Young] and [Christopher Siedenburg] - who were normally assigned to an engine company, which puts fires out - should have been detailed to a ladder company, which does search and rescue. Young and Siedenburg, normally assigned to Engine Co. 24, had been detailed for the night to Ladder Co. 5. They were part of three-member team that included and was led by [John Drennan], a veteran fire captain. Although [Anthony Fusco] said Young and Siedenburg were fully trained in search-and-rescue procedures, [Thomas Von Essen] said: "It's a different job. It's not the same thing . . . It's just common sense" that engine company firefighters should ideally only do details in other engine companies, he said. 1) Photo - Capt. John Drennan, left; Newsday Photos by Daniel Sheehan - 2) Mayor [Rudolph Giuliani] and Fire Commissioner [Howard Safir] speak to reporters. 3) Firefighters at the burned West Village apartment building that claimed the lives of two colleagues. 4) Firefighters in windows of city apartment building after blaze that took lives of two colleagues (A23 NS). 5) Photo-James Young. (A23 NS).