Gerald "Jerry" Sanford has died, at the age of 86. He played a big part in getting the Freedom Memorial built in Naples.

Sanford served in New York City with the FDNY for almost three decades and ... occasion of presenting the helmet back to Engine 73 & Ladder 42, in an interview with a Daily News reporter.

Some years later, in an effort to be closer to his wife Barbara and young sons Glenn and David, Jerry transferred to Ladder 131 in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Stints as a Chief’s Aide, would eventually lead ...

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.

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.

in Bayside about 2:40 a.m. Firefighters arrived after a resident on neighboring 34th Ave. called to report smoke in the area. They got out of their FDNY truck to check the block for its source and ...

THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A firefighter with the FDNY was arrested in the Bronx early Saturday morning, according to authorities. Jonathan Muniz, 30, was taken into custody around 2:40 a.m ...

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.