By Jack J. Murphy
In collaboration with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), the Fire Safety Directors Association of Greater New York (FSDA) dedicated a display case at the City Fire Museum on October 9, 2014 in honor of the six World Trade Center (WTC) Fire Safety Directors, seven floor fire wardens, and concerned citizens who perished on September 11, 2001.
In attendance were the FSDA membership, several members of the Hayes, Fitzsimons and Crowther families, FDNY Headquarters Staff and Fire Companies Engine 10, Engine 217, Engine 320, and Ladder 166 representing those FSDs who either worked or retired out of their firehouses. FDNY Assistant Chief, John Sudnik, Manhattan Borough Command was the keynote speaker.
Display case items (see photo above) are:
- An original copy of New York City Local Law-5 (1973) requiring a fire safety director to be a steadfast life safety centurion to high-rise office building occupants.
- FSDA 10th and 20th Anniversary Journals
- Fire Engineering Magazine Covers: WTC 1993 and 2002.
Refer to Fire Engineering‘s 2002 Issue for article on the WTC: Actions of Fire Safety Directors and Fire Warden Teams.
- WTC Fire Safety Guide
- WTC Fire Safety Team (Fire Warden) Hat
- WTC Fire Safety Team Flashlight
Photo 2: WTC Fire Safety Team (Fire Warden) Hat and Fire Engineering September 2002 cover.
Photo 3, from left to right: James Weck, Nyack Fire Chief; Jefferson Crowther & Allison Crowther, parents of Nyack FF Wells Crowther; Jack J. Murphy, FSDA Chairman; Russell Touhey, FSDA President, Nick Gaudiosi, FSDA Past President and 9/11 Committee Chair; and John Sudnik, FDNY Assistant Chief, Manhattan Borough Command.
For more details on the Dedication ceremony, go to the FSDA Web site at:
http://fsdagreaterny.org/archives/events/fsda-display-at-fire-museum
