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

Binghamton firefighter John "JR" Gaudet died in the line of duty. Here's how many other firefighters have died in New York.

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

They had to prevent it from spreading and they also had to deal with the weather. FDNY cautions against space heaters in cold weather FDNY says two of the hydrants on the block were frozen.

That the flaming house was on a dead-end street complicated the operation, given the frozen hydrants, according to the FDNY. Early Wednesday morning, the FDNY responded to calls for a fire at 1005 ...

Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse.

A fire broke out in East Flatbush on E. 46th Street around 11 a.m. Monday morning, according to the FDNY. More than 100 emergency personnel responded to the scene. The heavy smoke impacting ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY reported that two firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a fire in below-freezing temperatures and snow early on Monday morning at a commercial building in ...

Capt. Anthony Harper of Engine 163 (left) heroically rescued the baby from the burning home, FDNY Deputy Chief John Russell (middle) later told reporters at the scene. Steve White for NY Post ...

at approximately 3:45 p.m., FDNY Deputy Chief John Russell told reporters at the scene. The Advance/SILIve.com has since learned that the fire reportedly started on the first floor of the structure.

A 2-year-old was rescued from a burning home on Staten Island after being found in a bed inside a smoke-filled room and being handed out a window to another firefighter, according to the FDNY.