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On the evening of December 27, 1983, firefighters in Buffalo, New York responded to a call regarding a propane gas leak. Shortly after their arrival, the propane ignited, leveling a warehouse and causing a wide swath of damage. Five firefighters and two civilians were killed in the blast and dozens more injured.
The Buffalo Fire Department provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Buffalo, New York. The department serves a population of 278,349 people in a geographic area of 40.38 square miles (104.6 km 2 ).
August 2 – Waldbaum's supermarket fire, Brooklyn, New York. Six New York City firefighters died when the roof collapsed, plunging 12 firefighters into the flames. November 5 – A fire at the Younkers Department store at the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa, killed 10 store employees. The store was closed and rebuilt a year after the fire.
One firefighter is still missing while fighting the blaze, according to a city spokesperson cited by ABC News. Approximately 40 pieces of equipment were used to fight the huge fire, which caused a ...
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Buffalo Airport Fire Department responds to all fire and emergency medical aid calls in the terminal complex and adjacent property. The airport was formerly served by Buffalo Fire Department Engine 7 (crash-fire-rescue unit) until 1981 and was transferred to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority . [ 11 ]
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Whitfield was born April 1957 in Buffalo, New York to Ruth Whitfield and Garnell W. Whitfield, Sr. [3] He started working as a firefighter in the Buffalo Fire Department in 1984. Throughout his career, he served as the city fire departments's chief fire administrator, deputy commissioner of administration and deputy commissioner of emergency ...