It was a very long stretch of the hose line-wise," FDNY Chief Fire Marshall Daniel Flynn said. Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker moved immediately to expand the existing brush fire unit to a larger ...

The Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department and the FDNY Marine Unit were on hand, along with the Police Department's ...

The FDNY Community Affairs Unit, meanwhile, will conduct further public outreach to make New Yorkers aware about the risk of brush fires and what to do to prevent them. Some fire prevention tips ...