As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, ...

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

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

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

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY, will be promoted to deputy chief during a ceremony on Friday.

Nine people were hurt – including three firefighters — when a massive blaze ripped through a Brooklyn home Friday morning, ...

(Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News; FDNY ... park in front of fire hydrants. “They don’t have to do it definitely, because they affect the fast response for the department,” she ...

NEW YORK -- A fire in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn turned deadly overnight, and the FDNY says parked cars were ... it's unclear if or how the vehicles impacted the department's response.

A 37-year-old man was killed and a woman and toddler critically hurt when a fire ripped through their Brooklyn apartment building early Sunday — and FDNY officials say two SUVs parked at fire ...

A 37-year-old man was killed and a woman and toddler critically hurt when a fire ripped through their Brooklyn apartment building early Sunday — and FDNY officials say two SUVs parked at fire hydrants ...

FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said during a press conference two of the closest fire hydrants were blocked by parked cars, making it harder for firefighters to handle the flames shooting out of ...