Michele Fitzsimmons became the New York City Fire Department's first female deputy chief. Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of ...

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

The FDNY says a parked car blocked a fire hydrant and slowed its response to a deadly fire in the Bronx Wednesday.

The FDNY called out drivers Sunday who parked in front of fire hydrants, slowing firefighters down at a deadly house fire in ...

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

A fire in Crown Heights on Friday morning left nine people injured, including multiple firefighters, according to the FDNY.

“He wears his heart as well as this job on his sleeve,” Festa wrote on the GoFundMe page. “John is a mentor, a natural-born ...

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

A man killed in an apartment fire in Bay Ridge on Sunday has been identified as Gregory Fernandez, a 37-year-old Navy veteran ...

Two people were killed after a three-alarm fire broke out in the Bronx early Wednesday morning, according to the FDNY. The ...

Firefighters arrived at the four-story brick building on 80th St. near Sixth Ave. in Bay Ridge to find flames bursting out ...

Two people in the Bronx were killed Wednesday morning as a massive fire ripped through a Buddhist temple and a nearby home.