For the first time in its history, the FDNY has promoted a woman to the rank of deputy chief. Michelle Fitzsimmons, a 24-year ...

On Friday, Michele Fitzsimmons became the New York City Fire Department's first female deputy chief. Fitzsimmons, a 24-year ...

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the FDNY a few months before 9/11—  was named Deputy Chief ...

Michelle Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY will be promoted to Deputy Chief, making her the first-ever female Deputy Chief and highest-ranking female in Fire Operations.Fitzsimmons will be ...

An FDNY officer who was told by her grandfather that “women shouldn’t be firefighters” is poised to become the highest-ranked ...

John J. Salka Jr. covers response destination, firefighter assignments, fireground tactics, communications and additional ...

LFR says Guerrero spent 30 years of his career with Lubbock Fire Rescue and the City of Lubbock before he retired as a battalion chief. He died Tuesday night in what police say was a murder-suicide in ...

A former FDNY fire safety chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to being part of a conspiracy to accept thousands of dollars in bribes to fast-track fire inspections for New York City buildings.

“I accepted cash in exchange for preferential treatment for entities with business before the Bureau of Fire Prevention,” former FDNY Chief Anthony Saccavino said. FDNY Chief Anthony ...

A second ex-FDNY chief copped a plea Wednesday in a nearly $200,000 pay-to-play bribery scheme that fast-tracked fire inspections across the Big Apple. Anthony Saccavino, 59, copped to a bribery ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A former chief in the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Prevention (BFP) pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking bribes in exchange for expediting inspections several months after his ...