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While traveling Howie Carpluk Memorial Road please recall a nice moment you enjoyed with Howie, smile and give a toot!
"Holler for Howie!" Howie Carpluk passed away from the critical injuries he sustained while battling a third-alarm fire in the South Bronx on August 27, 2006. Howie is missed by many. Please keep Debbie and the family in your thoughts and prayers.
Lt. Carpluk was appointed to the FDNY on August 2, 1986. He began his career in Ladder Company 31 in the Bronx and was promoted to lieutenant on February 6, 1999. He has been assigned to Engine 42 since January 2002. During his exceptional career with the Fire Department, Lt. Carpluk received two citations for bravery, including one award for a heroic rescue on March 30, 1988, when he saved the lives of two unconscious men he found in the bedroom of a fire-engulfed apartment in the Bronx. Lt. Carpluk was the 1,134th member of the New York City Fire Department to make the Supreme Sacrifice in the Department's 142-year history.
A resident of Yaphank, Lt. Carpluk is survived by his wife Debra, his 11-year-old daughter Paige and his 15-year-old son Bradley.
Holler For Howie! Write and call our elected officials and demand they close the gun range.
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FIREMAN'S PRAYER
When I am called to duty, God, Whenever flames may rage, give me strength to save some life, whatever be its age. Help me embrace a little child before it's too late, or save an older person from the horror of that fate. Enable me to be alert and hear the weakest shout, and quickly and efficiently to put the fire out. I want to fill my calling, and to give the best in me, to guard my every neighbor and protect his property. And if, according to my fate, I am to lose my life, please bless with your protecting hand my family, friends and wife.
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He kept at true good humour's mark, The social flow of pleasure's tide, He never made a brow look dark, Nor caused a tear, but when he died. ~ Thomas Love Peacock
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