The FDNY’s Marine Division deploys a rapid response summer boat program starting in May and running through the end of October. The companies are spread out throughout the city in areas that aren't immediately covered by the full-time boats. Marine Company 8 is located in Great Kills Harbor on Staten Island and covers the largest area for the summer boat program. As a regional asset, Marine 8 can respond to New Jersey, in addition to responding to a call for help in New York. “Since the bridge c

“The puppy was deaf and blind. He had been missing for a couple of days. The family didn’t know where he was. Then today, they heard him whimpering in the wall,” says FDNY Lieutenant Steven Lucchese, Engine 83, who responded to a call for a trapped puppy in the Bronx with FDNY Firefighters Patrick Chatterton, Brian Murphy, Anthony Morales, and Kyle Nevin. “The homeowner was renovating the bathroom, and there was a hole where the bathtub used to be. We used our flashlight, but we couldn’t see the