The FDNY in that scenario was again hampered by cars blocking hydrants. "When there’s a car parked in front of it it slows down the operation. It makes it more dangerous," said Chief Esposito.

FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito said in the Facebook post, "First arriving units had smoke coming out of one of the cellar windows." "We had fire in the cellar, and that fire extended from ...

She puts the “blaze” in trailblazer! The first female FDNY Deputy Chief ever was promoted Friday, as top brass hailed her for “shattering the glass ceiling” in the male-dominated field.

FDNY Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons will be promoted to deputy chief on Friday, becoming the first woman in the department to achieve the rank. Women in the city’s Emergency Medical Service ...

FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito said. When first responders arrived, they found a 56-year-old man dead at the scene and two people mortally injured, officials said. One victim was found in ...

"We all know that we should not be parking on fire hydrants and when you park on fire hydrants it slows us down and when we're fighting a fire, seconds count," FDNY Chief John Esposito told ...

but yes there was another car blocking a fire hydrant," FDNY Chief John Esposito said. "We all know we should not be parking on fire hydrants. And seconds count when we are fighting fire ...