Smoke from a five-alarm fire was visible throughout the Bronx Thursday morning. A deli worker told abc7 that he used a fire extinguisher when he saw flames coming from a building, but he could get the ...
We spar hard rounds, we beat the s–t out of each other,” firefighter Nicole Malpeso, 32, said of her training regimen.
Two window washers on a scaffolding outside a Columbus Circle high-rise in Midtown Friday became detached from the facade and began swaying and spinning uncontrollably in the high winds ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
The FDNY said about 150 firefighters were called in to help as the flames grew. Investigators said the two unidentified victims, a monk and a visitor, were on the second floor of the building next ...
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 ...