Army of volunteers put N.O. firefighters back in firehouses
Gerry Crimmins, a stocky, bald-headed carpenter from New York City, has traveled to New Orleans 24 times since 2007. Read more >>
— August 28, 2009, Homeland1.com
  
Firehouse rebuilding project's completion celebrated in New Orleans
Gerry Crimmins, a stocky, bald-headed carpenter from New York City, has traveled to New Orleans 24 times since 2007.
It hasn't been to party or gamble, though. It has been to direct a massive carpentry mission that saw 200 skilled union volunteers from New York and Louisiana donate 8,000 hours to restoring half of the 22 firehouses the New Orleans Fire Department lost during the 2005 Katrina flood. Read more >>
— August 27, 2009, The Times-Picayune

Firefighter Friday: Newton to New Orleans
North met south when four Newton firefighters made the 24-hour drive to New Orleans to help rebuild 22 firehouses destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Those who took the journey, Captain Russell Cadman, FF Mark Cadman, FF Bob Chagnon and Lt. Mike Murphy agreed that, “…it was an experience we will never forget.” “It was a project that took on a life of its own,” said Angela Coyle... Read more >>
— April 17, 2009, Boston.com