Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons will be promoted to deputy chief on Friday, becoming the first woman in the department to ...

"There’s no doubt that the cars that were parked on the hydrants have slowed down our members from engaging in firefighting tactics,” said FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said. A 37-year-old ...

The 15-year-old’s leg was pierced by one spike when the FDNY reached the scene around 3 p.m. and began cutting around the low fence to free the teen and rush him to the hospital, officials said ...

Another retired firefighter who answered duty’s call during the city’s darkest hour has died of 9/11-related illnesses, according to the FDNY. Thomas Dunn, a former member of Engine Company ...

The flames broke out around 9:00 Wednesday night. Overhead pictures that FDNY shared show a clear picture of what firefighters were up against. Fire officials says the blaze was aggressive and had ...

(Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News; FDNY) A 37-year-old man was killed and a woman and toddler critically hurt when a fire ripped through their Brooklyn apartment building early Sunday ...

NEW YORK -- A fire in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn turned deadly overnight, and the FDNY says parked cars were blocking two of the closest hydrants. Fire officials said the flames broke out around 3:40 a.m ...

FDNY says two of the hydrants on the block were frozen. Teen shooter kills student, then himself at Nashville high school High school basketball player jumps into action to save opponent's life ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — FDNY officials revealed the cause of a two-alarm house fire that broke out last Friday in Graniteville, sending five individuals to the hospital, including a 2-year-old ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker had a ... from a fire and meet with the men and women working at each firehouse and EMS station in the borough. “I was born in Manhattan ...