FDNY firefighter promoted to deputy chief is first woman to hold the rank in department history
FDNY officer Michele Fitzsimmons, who was told by her grandfather that “women shouldn’t be firefighters” is poised to become ...
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FDNY Says Blocked Hydrants Hampered Efforts at Fatal Fire
"There’s no doubt that the cars that were parked on the hydrants have slowed down our members from engaging in firefighting ...
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Video shows FDNY firefighter skateboarding to work: Is NYC congestion pricing behind his carless commute?
instagram/stretch_mbh/ But the FDNY insists the firefighter — who appears to be Ladder 2 Capt. James Sicilian, a 25-year veteran and avid skateboarder — has been traveling to work by ...
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FDNY loses another member to 9/11-related illness, firefighter orgs say
[firefighter] Jimmy Dunn of [Ladder] 114, eight years ago,” the organization wrote. “Please keep his father and loved ones in your prayers … NEVER FORGET.” About 370 FDNY firefighters have ...
Deaths of 2 FDNY members from Staten Island reclassified as 9/11-related deaths, union says
"Their sacrifice at Ground Zero will never be forgotten," the Uniformed Firefighters Association said in a post on X.
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FDNY union reclassifies deaths of retired members as 9/11-related deaths
NEW YORK — The Uniformed Firefighters Association ( UFA ) has reclassified the deaths of two retired members of the FDNY as 9 ...
Fire tears through empty Harlem building where Billie Holiday once lived, four firefighters hurt
Huge flames could be seen blasting through the roof of the five-story building on W. 139th St. near Malcolm X Blvd. starting 9 p.m. Wednesday.