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The FDNY Foundation is the proud publisher of WNYF Magazine, the official training publication of the New York City Fire Department. The Foundation took over as official publisher of WNYF (With New York Firefighters) in 2002.
To mark the 75th anniversary of this world class publication, the FDNY Foundation is excited to announce it has created a new home for the magazine online at FDNYPro.org. This will allow users to access WNYF any time, from anywhere in the world via computer, smart phone or tablet.
“WNYF allows the FDNY to share its knowledge with those people and Departments – around the country and around the world – who are involved in fire operations, training and safety,” said Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro. “We are able to speak to those individuals who are on the front lines every day, tell them about what we’ve learned, tell them about our history. The move to make WNYF a digital publication is extraordinarily exciting, not only because it will give the Department more ways to share its knowledge, but also because it will allow us to reach even more people.”
“WNYF allows people everywhere to learn from Firefighters, Company Officers and Chiefs, and to hear from them in their own words,” said Chief James Leonard, FDNY Chief of Department. “It gives any individual the opportunity to have inside access to the most well-trained fire department in the world. A digital WNYF broadens our audience, gives that access to more Departments, more individuals, and helps us share what we know in an effort to save more lives.”
The move will grow the publication – which currently contains articles of interest to anyone involved in the fire service – and allow it to move into the digital age, with more articles, more features and, for the first time ever, WNYF videos.
“We are so proud to have been publishing this magazine, which is known around the world as the top publication for professionals in fire service,” said FDNY Foundation Chairman Stephen Ruzow. “Our new digital home for WNYF online will allow the FDNY to offer online courses and interactive content, as well as allowing the Department to better share its expertise, knowledge, training and experiences to firefighters around the world.”
FDNY Pro also serves as the information center for the Department’s training conferences, including the Medical Special Operations Conference and the FDNY Symposium.
Proceeds from WNYF go toward the FDNY Foundation, which allows the FDNY to better promote awareness and outreach to the public, to better train and support its members, to continue to share its training and to better protect all who live in, work in and visit New York City every year.
To learn more about FDNY Pro, click here.
WNYF allows people everywhere to learn from Firefighters, Company Officers and Chiefs, and to hear from them in their own words. It gives any individual the opportunity to have inside access to the most well-trained fire department in the world. A digital WNYF broadens our audience, gives that access to more Departments, more individuals, and helps us share what we know in an effort to save more lives.
