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

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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- They're the men and women who show up when you need them most: emergency medical technicians and paramedics. When it comes to these first responders, the city of New York is facing ...

Police say gunfire erupted nearby, sending rounds through both the front and back of the ambulance. Miraculously, no one inside was hit. If you sleep in this 1 position, doctors say you need to stop ...

A "major" explosion and fire at a Staten Island shipyard Friday afternoon left dozens of New York City Fire Department (FDNY) firefighters and first responders injured, and one civilian dead. FDNY EMS ...

A bullet that tore through an FDNY EMS ambulance in Claremont is now at the center of a renewed push for better pay and protection for New York City’s paramedics. The shooting happened as an EMS crew ...

Alexa Herrera is a digital producer with the CBS News New York web team. She previously worked with WUFT and WTSP in Florida as a digital producer. She's a Long Island native. Two EMS workers were ...

A pair of FDNY emergency medical technicians were nearly struck by gunfire early Thursday after a gunman opened fire outside a Bronx NYCHA complex, hitting an 18-year-old man in the stomach, police ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two fewer emergency response ambulances will serve Staten Island starting in July, the Advance/SILive.com learned Monday. A spokesperson for Richmond University Medical Center ...