FDNY history was made at Queens College as the head of Battalion 46 in Elmhurst became the first-ever female deputy chief and ...

FDNY Battalion Chief Jim McGlynn speaks with Jeff Glor about his service. ... But he continued serving for 18 years after 9/11. "It's tough to say goodbye," he said. McGlynn's last day is Monday.

Published Feb. 18, 2023. Updated April 17, 2023, 9:10 a.m. ET. ... Joseph Pfeifer was part of the first FDNY battalion to enter the North Tower on 9/11. grab ...

When Rizzi receives her certificate, her uncle, retired FDNY Battalion Chief Cecil Southern, will be cheering her on, she said. “I always looked up to him and wanted to be a firefighter like him ...

The FDNY’s longest serving firefighter, Battalion Chief Don Hayde, came to work on his final shift Sunday wearing heavy-duty black work boots as if it was just another day in his 41 years on the ...

July 14 -- Retired FDNY Battalion Chief Robert Miuccio, a Ground Zero hero famed for walking through burning buildings with a cigar in his mouth instead of an air mask, died Thursday of 9/11 ...

Chris Scalone, of Port Jefferson Station, was one of FDNY’s longest-serving battalion chiefs, ... Their only child, Tiffany, was 18 in 2008 when she succumbed to a birth condition, ...

A retired FDNY firefighter testified Wednesday that he was so severely injured in a 2015 East Village gas explosion that he now lives in constant agony. Former Battalion Chief Edward Tierney, who ...

FDNY Battalion Chief Joseph Pfiefer was the first chief to arrive at the scene of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001. ... Pfeifer’s son keeps the 18-foot Hobie Cat sailboat at his own home. ...

The FDNY has welcomed 298 new firefighters — including Jerome Nedd, whose dad died on 9/11 working at a World Trade Center restaurant. Skip to content All Sections ...

After 34 years, FDNY Battalion Chief Jim McGlynn is retiring. An American hero, he was one of the "Miracle 16" who survived the World Trade Center collapse on 9/11, the last to be pulled from the ...