In Spring 2012, a group of friends that loved their job so much, decided to start a social media page sharing 'a day in the life of the FDNY'. The amount of followers slowly grew until the end of October 2012, when Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast. Unprecedented events took place and every angle was covered here on NYC Fire Wire. Our founder just finished from a busy day tour in Midtown Manhattan but he was unable to go home because the East River crossings were shut down due to High winds and flooding. He was forced to stay at the firehouse and listen to the events unfold, as was other Fire Wire admin. Dividing up the City, they kept the Social media world up to the minute with Rescues and Fires around NYC. In the days following, power was out, phone reception was down, but we managed to keep updates going. We answered every e-mail and request for information.