Upper West Side Brownstone Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 2nd alarm at 12:03 in a 5 story brownstone at 254 West 73rd street. Fire was initially reported on the 3rd floor of a 5 story brownstone. All hands was transmitted on arrival for fire showing on the fourth floor. Two minuted later an additional engine and truck were requested by Division 3, and then a second alarm. Fire was through the roof and extending to the exposures. Squad 18 was sent to the exposures where FFs DiBenedetto and McGuire found fire in the ceiling of the top floor of exposure 2 and FFs Guglielmo and Darcy checked the top floor of exposure 4.  FF Gerber went to the roof via Ladder 35's bucket then operated the Ladder pipe extinguishing the fire in the cockloft.  Fire was brought under control after two hours of extensive overhauling due to 15 foot peaked roof cockloft and collyers mansion conditions.  View fire video here   View news footage video here         Brownstone built in 1890, before fire

2ND ALARM ON 35TH STREET Saturday, June 7, 2008 - Squad 18 responds to 148 East 35th street. The box was transmitted at 1624, and a second alarm was transmitted before going under control.

NY RANGERS Sunday, June 1, 2008 - New York Ranger number 19 Scotty Gomez stopped by to hang out with the men of Squad Company 18; Eric Lahoda, John Darcy, Rob Serra, James Gerber and Howie Scott.

OOOPS Friday, May 23, 2008 - Rollover Friday morning at 7:00 AM on 42nd and 10th ave

10-77 AT THE PETERSFIELD BUILDING Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - A 10-77 was transmitted for a fire on the 10th floor of the Petersfield building, located at 301 East 21st Street. The fire was started in apartment 10C by an unattended candle in the living room and quickly spread to the other rooms. Firefighting efforts were hampered by Collyers Mansion conditions in the apartment, with over three feet of clothes and other furnishings throughout. The Petersfield building is extremely unusual in that although it is a hi-rise fireproof building with no fire escapes, each floor only has one stairway, and the building is not sprinklered. NYC building code requires two means of egress from every occupancy, or floor in the case of a class J-2 high rise fireproof multiple dwelling, but this building was built before these codes were instituted and thus grandfathered in. Additionally there was a fatal fire in this building a year ago, in the north wing.

ALL-HANDS DUCT FIRE Saturday, May 10, 2008 -  Box 0948 at 137 East 61st Street, all-hands transmittted for a duct fire.  Squad 18 was sent to the roof of the setback to cut a hole in the roof and duct work and to check for extension.  Squad operated for 1/2 an hour and returned to service.

FIRST DUE 10-75 AT ST VINCENT'S HOSPITAL Friday, May 9, 2008 - After returning from a run, the members of Squad 18 were standing out front of quarters enjoying the summer evening. We began smelling a burning plastic odor out front of quarters. We checked the garbage cans, the alley, up and down the street, but could not find it. Even people on the street wee asking us where it was coming from. While still searching, a box came in for an automatic alarm at Saint Vincent's hospital. Getting off the rig, the maintenance people said there was a fire in the elevator machine room atop the Coleman building. Saint Vincent's hospital is made up of a number older buildings that have been interconnected, some dating back to 1929. The fire was located in the elevator machine room, atop the 18 story Coleman building. We were able to take elevator in another building to the 10th floor, but had to walk the other nine floors to the roof. The fire was extinguished in an hour and a half Squad 18, backed up by 3 Engine and assisted by 5 and 12 Truck

10-75 IN 9TH BATTALION Thursday, April 3, 2008 - Fire at 7:35 AM on 48th street, between 8th and 9th aves.

MIDTOWN CRANE COLLAPSE KILLS 7 Saturday, March 15, 2008 - SQUAD 18 responded.

WINDS CAUSE HAVOC Sunday, March 9, 2008 - Gusts near 50 MPH ripped the top floor off of a building under construction in the West Village, showering the streets with wooden forms and rebar. The 15 story building located 469 W. 12th on West Street between 12th and Bethune was not the only building to experience problems due to the high winds. The winds sent a loose chain crashing into the side of the Trump SoHo tower on Saturday night, cracking windows and showering the street with glass. The cable at the Trump SoHo project was swinging from the 26th floor when it hit the north side of the tower at 246 Spring St. around 10 p.m.       SOHO Trump

SQUAD 18 SKI TRIP Friday, February 29, 2008 - Great conditions all week at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. Over 18 inches of snow fell.

SIDEWALK SHED INJURY Sunday, February 17, 2008 - A worker fell about 15 feet off the portable ladder onto the sidewalk shed.

CONGRATULATIONS LT. PAPACCIO Monday, February 11, 2008 - Once again, Squad 18 is proud to announce the promotion of Tommy Papaccio. All were on hand, including Vinny and Zach Papaccio, to watch the ceremony at FDNY headquarters.

EARLY MORNING 3RD ALARM ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE Thursday, February 7, 2008 - Fire broke out in a commercial occupancy on the ground floor of a 34 story fireproof multiple dwelling at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 72nd Street just before 5:15 a.m. The three-alarm blaze at 200 E. 72nd St. was brought under control by 6:50 a.m. Watch The Video Here

CRANE COLLAPSE IN TRIBECA Friday, February 1, 2008 - Crane collapse reported at 4:15 pm on Greenwich Street between Watts and Debrosses Streets. No workers were harmed in the accident, but the crane required two other cranes to be brought in to dismantle the damaged crane.