Bravest in harass arrest just wants to fight fires: att’y

THE FDNY smoke-eater arrested for lashing out at his co-workers after years of hazing and torment wants to put his troubles behind him and focus on fighting fires, his attorney said.

“Someone like him just wants to do his job,” attorney Aymen Aboushi said about Firefighter Raheem Hassan on Friday.

Hassan, 30, faces a misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge after he allegedly threatened to kill his colleagues at Engine 309/Ladder 159 in December.

Located in Flatlands, Brooklyn, Engine 309 is nicknamed “the Friendly Firehouse” and has a gigantic smiley face painted on its bay doors.

But the firefighters’ conduct against Hassan was far from friendly, Aboushi claimed.

“My client was subject to inappropriate behavior for the last two to three years,” Aboushi said. “There’s been a wide range of inappropriate behavior. We intend on investigating fully.”

A devout Muslim, Hassan had to stop eating “family” meals with other firefighters because they tried to trick him into eating pork — and sometimes rolled his food in bacon grease without his knowledge, sources with knowledge of the case said.

His “colleagues” would also snap pictures of their genitals near his face as he slept — and then shared the photos on a station text page called “The F--Shop,” sources said.

When Hassan finally had enough, and threatened his callous co-workers, his superiors had him locked up, sources claimed.

Cops cuffed him on Dec. 27, about a week after he allegedly called FDNY Lt. David Hughes and told him, “I’m going to kill the guys in the firehouse,” court papers show.

A judge ordered his release after a brief arraignment. He’s due back in court in February.

When reached at his Staten Island home, Hassan declined to comment about his arrest and claims of hazing.

Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro overhauled Engine 309 once he caught wind of the hazing allegations, transferring two captains, four lieutenants and two firefighters out of the building as he launched an investigation.

The transferred officers, which includes Lt. Hughes, are accused of turning a blind eye to Hassan’s complaints, even though Nigro called all 900 officers to Randalls Island last year to personally deliver the department’s no-hazing policy.

Jake Lemonda, the president of the FDNY’s Uniformed Fire Officers Association, said the officers were transferred to “expedite this investigation and are cooperating in the department probe.”

“The officers in question have unblemished records of service to the city of New York,” Lemonda said in a statement.

Hassan was transferred to another Brooklyn firehouse several weeks prior to the purge.

His plight caught the attention of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who met with the firefighter on Friday, and Kirsten John Foy, the northeast regional vice president of the National Action Network.

Foy was disgusted when he heard about Hassan’s claims.

Hassan, Foy said, was arrested “for standing up for his dignity.”