Lt. Bill McGinn Memorial Lecture Fund. (Focus).The Mount Sinai Department of Community and Preventive Medicine preventive medicine, branch of medicine dealing with the prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health practices. Until recently preventive medicine was largely the domain of the U.S. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. has established the Lt. Bill McGinn Memorial Lecture Fund. McGinn was a leader of Rescue Squad 18 of the New York City Fire Department The New York City Fire Department or the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) has the responsibility for protecting the citizens and property of New York City's five boroughs from fires and fire hazards, providing emergency medical services, technical rescue as well as . He had collaborated with his wife, Anne Golden, an assistant professor of epidemiology in the Mount Sinai Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, in conducting epidemiologic studies to assess how exposure to toxic chemicals produced in fires can affect the health of firefighters. Together, they sought to develop methods by which firefighters could protect their health and also improve the safety of their work environment. McGinn is described by colleagues as "the man who would climb stairs two steps at a time when responding to a fire in a building." He died while responding to the September 11 attacks September 11 attacks Series of airline hijackings and suicide bombings against U.S. targets perpetrated by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. on the World Trade Center. The fund will support an annual lecture series devoted to health and safety topics of concern to emergency responders, including fire-fighters. The fund will also support other educational efforts related to firefighter safety, as well as to fire safety in general. Donations to the Lt. Bill McGinn Memorial Lecture Fund can be sent to the Lt. Bill McGinn Memorial Lecture Fund, Box 1049, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10029 USA; phone: 212-373-4940 |
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