Joseph Downey’s grandfather was one of the FDNY’s most decorated firefighters and a bona fide department icon. On Thursday, ...

FDNY Firefighter Joseph Downey said he knew it was his job to carry on his family’s legacy. Downey, 28, of Long Beach, grew ...

FDNY EMS Local 2507, which represents more than 4,000 emergency medical technicians, paramedics and fire inspectors in New York City, launched a new public awareness campaign on social media Oct. 6 ...

A fired off-duty FDNY firefighter accused of killing a Queens man in a deadly crash last year​ changed his plea to guilty on Wednesday.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday appointed the FDNY's second female commissioner, naming Lillian Bonsignore to take the helm at the agency after he is sworn in on Jan. 1. Bonsignore, a former ...

More than 300 firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire at a Midtown Manhattan building Tuesday morning.

The FDNY says at least 10 firefighters were injured battling a third-alarm fire inside a warehouse in Greenpoint. Thick black smoke began billowing from the two-story recycling plant at 485 Scott Ave.

A five-alarm fire that tore through a Bronx apartment building early Thursday left one person dead and four firefighters with minor injuries, the FDNY said. The fire was reported around 5:30 a.m. at a ...

It gives me goose bumps. It’s an honor to be able to carry on my family’s name," Joseph Downey said as he prepared for ...

Two firefighters were injured while battling a house fire in Fresh Meadows on Wednesday, July 1. The FDNY received a call just before 10 p.m. reporting a fire in the attic of a 2 ½-story private home ...