FDNY on Instagram: "On Thursday, HazMat Operations held an interagency subway terrorism drill with NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner and @nycemergencymanagement simulating a sarin incident. “This is a high consequence, low frequency event. So by working with our partners, by having our members go through this, don the gear, making the radio communications, worry about on air time, entry, exit, decontamination, we hit a lot of points. So if we do have this event, we’re prepared and can take ca

FDNY on Instagram: "Just after 8:00 Wednesday morning, FDNY members responded to reports of an explosion at 207 Alexander Avenue in the Bronx. Units arrived at a collapsed structure attached to the building. There are no reported injuries. “We responded in less than four minutes. Numerous FDNY and EMS units responded to the scene. We ran our dogs over the pile of bricks which is the structure that collapsed. It is a ventilation shaft connected to the boiler. We believe that’s where the explosion