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

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Borough President Vito Fossella and District Attorney Michael McMahon honored four Staten Island ...

"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 ...

(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 ...

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and the FDNY Foundation are proud to invite all first responders to the 12th Annual FDNY Search & Rescue Field Medicine Symposium (SRFM) taking place April ...

A building fire left a person dead and two others hurt early Sunday morning in Bay Ridge, according to officials. It happened around 3:30 a.m. on the third floor of the building on 80th Street. A ...

The new recruit had been busy that fateful morning on an EMS call and had just returned to his station in Brooklyn when ... Thomas served the FDNY with honor and dedication, answering the call ...

One of the cars blocking a critical hydrant. Photo: FDNY Tucker said he was "begging New Yorkers" to "not leave your cars on hydrants, but the city can do more than just beg, advocates say. Council ...

FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker speaks to the press after the fire. Photos courtesy of FDNY X During a press conference, FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said two vehicles parked next to fire hydrants ...

A New York teen is trying to put his life back together after he was wrongly identified as a suspect in a mass shooting ...