Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY, was promoted from battalion chief to deputy chief. Her appointment is said to be highest ranking of female within the department's fire operations.

She puts the “blaze” in trailblazer! The first female FDNY Deputy Chief ever was promoted Friday, as top brass hailed her for “shattering the glass ceiling” in the male-dominated field.

The FDNY is reviewing the response to a 911 emergency call made by an off-duty EMS lieutenant in cardiac arrest to see if more could have been done by the Emergency Medical Technicians who closed ...

There were nearly 20,000 just in the 46th precinct, and that was up 7% from the year before. FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker called it a matter of "life and death." "It is bigger than a parking ...

Dragging hoses through snow and ice is more difficult. Hydrants freeze. And the FDNY is forced to deal with it all using the same staffing levels that they have on a beautiful spring day.

called to report smoke in the area. They got out of their FDNY truck to check the block for its source and found smoke coming from a cellar window of the 208th St. home, FDNY Chief of Department ...

Rogers is a retired FDNY captain who lives in Babylon. He served 22 years with the FDNY, and now operates two assisted living facilities, Newsday reported. Long Island investigators said the two ...

FDNY has confirmed it is investigating the incident. The EMS lieutenant called 911 during an apparent asthma attack around noon at his home on East 73rd Street in Brooklyn, sources said.

I wanted to be the best of the best. I want to work alongside New York City’s best. “So I joined the FDNY, and now I’m here.” Miriam Beltran, a 28-year-old fellow graduate, said her ...

While they were on scene, one of the tanks blew up. “We heard the boom,” FDNY Battalion Chief Joseph Castellano told members of Community Board Five at the Jan. 27 meeting. “That was ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Emergency crews responded Saturday to a report of fire at a high-rise apartment building in St. George, according to an FDNY spokesman. The fire department said the fire ...