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

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

Merced Fire Captain Bryan Akers, 45, has been with the Merced City Fire Department for 22 years. But it was during his deployment on Jan. 8 to assist with the firefighting efforts at the Hurst Fire ...