FDNY Holds Line of Duty Death Plaque Dedication Ceremony for Firefighter Vincent L. Malveaux
December 1, 2022
Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh will preside over the plaque dedication ceremony to honor Firefighter Vincent Malveaux on Friday, December 2, at 11 a.m. at the FDNY Training Academy on Randall’s Island. The ceremony can be viewed live on the Department’s website at www.nyc.gov/FDNY.
Probationary Firefighter Malveaux, 31, from Brooklyn, suffered a medical episode during training on Thursday, December 2, 2021, at the FDNY Training Academy on Randall’s Island. He was transported to Harlem Hospital and died on Friday, December 3rd.
Probationary Firefighter Malveaux was sworn into the Probationary Firefighter class on October 25, 2021. He was in week six of 18 weeks of training in all aspects of firefighting; including fire suppression and medical response, hazardous materials incidents, collapse and confined space rescue training, auto extrication, building inspections, and procedures for engine and ladder operations. Prior to the Fire Academy, he graduated from the FDNY EMS Academy at Fort Totten in October 2017 after becoming proficient in CPR, patient medical and trauma assessments, oxygen and ventilation skills, management of hypotension and fractures, spinal immobilization, and emergency childbirth. He then served as a FDNY Emergency Medical Technician for four years, assigned to Station 19 in the University Heights section of the Bronx where he responded to thousands of calls for help, including throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Firefighter Malveaux was the 1,154th member of the FDNY to die as a result of injuries sustained in the line-of-duty.
WHO: Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, Chief of Department John Hodgens, Chief of EMS Lillian Bonsignore FDNY members, family and friends of Firefighter Malveaux
WHERE: FDNY Training Academy, Randall’s Island
WHEN: Friday, December 2, 2022 – 11 a.m.
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