There will be a fee of $20 per meeting for non-members to attend FSDA Monthly Meetings. This will be applied toward membership if a person joins the Association within the calendar year. Uniformed and civilian members of the FDNY are always welcomed with no charge.

Future Meetings:

No Meetings in June, July or August

Sept: TBD

Oct: TBD

Nov: TBD

The FSDA is participating in the BuildingsNY Industry Show at the Jacob Javits Center May 8-9.  See information at link below for more details about the event and registration.

The FSDA will be conducting a 45 minute conference breakout session on May 9, 2018 at 2:30 pm. We look forward to seeing our members at the show.

BuildingsNY 2018 website

This year’s Golf Outing will be held on Monday, May 21st at the Douglaston Golf Course.

FSDA 2018 Golf Outing May 21

Last year’s annual golf outing at Douglaston Golf Course WAS A GREAT SUCCESS.  

The Executive Board would like to thank all our golfers and sponsors for making last year’s event a success and look forward to seeing you at this year’s outing. 

The raffle for the trip to Hawaii was held on June 5th, 2017. We congratulate the winners:

Grand Prize Winner:  Kevin Carlton

2nd Place Winner:   Bruce Willman

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THANKS TO OUR 2018 SPONSORS

SPECIAL SPONSORS

HOLE AND PRIZE SPONSORS

The FSDA will be celebrating it’s 40th Anniversary with a cocktail hour at the New York City Fire Museum, 278 Spring St.

Tuesday, June 12, 2018  from 6 pm- 8pm

$25.00 per member (includes 1 guest)

Please print and forward payment with registration: 40th Annv Invite

The International Crisis Management Conference will be taking place in Boston on April 24 and 25th this year.

For more information go to: https://www.crisisconferences.com/conference/

On Thursday, October 9, 2014 a ceremony was held to dedicate a display case at the New York City Fire Museum to the six Fire Safety Directors and other heroic citizens who perished on 9-11-2001.

Items currently on display at the Fire Museum:

Original copy of Local Law #5/1973  – donated by Zygmunt Stazewski, P.E.

FSDA 10th & 20th Anniversary journa – donated by Jack J. Murphy

Fire Engineering Magazine covers (November 2002 article highlights the actions of the fire safety directors and fire wardens on 9/11/2001) – donated by Pennwell Coproration

WTC Occupant Fire Safety Guide – donated by Larry Byrnes, FDNY BC Bn-1 (retired)

WTC Fire Warden Hat – donated by Nick Gaudiosi, FDNY Capt. Lad 7 (retired)

WTC Fire Warden Flashlight – donated by Thomas Byrnes, WTC DFSD

Family of Philip T. Hayes

DFSD at the WTC

FDNY Engine 217 (retired)

Family of William X. Wren

DFSD at the WTC

FDNY Ladder 166 (retired)

Nick Gaudiosi, VP of Life Safety at Morgan Stanley, accepting on behalf of Rescorla Family

Richard Rescorla, Director of Security, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter

Colonel (retired) U.S. Army

Mr. & Mrs. Crowther and members of the Nyack Fire Dept.

Welles R. Crowther, Sandler,O’Neill & Partners 104th floor WTC

“The Red Bandanna”

 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.

Click on the links below to see the brochure and presentation for the dedication

Brochure 2-page Oct 9

Dedication_FSDA 2014-10-09

The Association held our 30^th Annual Symposium on November 8th at the JPMorgan Chase mid-town facility (see attachment).  The topic this year was “High-Rise Building Emergency Preparedness All Hazard Threats” with guest speakers from FDNY, NYPD, and London Fire Brigade.

Opening Remarks: James Leonard, FDNY Chief of Department

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Denis Onieal, Deputy Fire Administrator, US Fire Administration

Guest Speakers:

Joseph Pfeifer, Assistant Chief, FDNY Counterterrorism & Emergency Preparedness

Ralph Gonzalez, Detective, NYPD Counterterrorism Division

Graham Ellis, Assistant Commissioner, London Fire Brigade, Operational Resilience/Special Operations Group

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2017 Exhibitor_FSDA_Flyer

Pictures from the 30th Annual Fall Seminar