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

Fifteen people were hurt – including three firefighters — when a massive Friday morning blaze ripped through a Brooklyn ...

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

The fire erupted inside the three-story Eastern Parkway home near Brooklyn Ave. in Crown Heights at about 10:25 a.m., ...

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

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

Firefighters rescued 11 people from a burning brownstone in Brooklyn on Friday morning, while one firefighter was injured ...

Authorities say the flames broke out in the basement of the six-story residential building at 2004 Ellis Avenue.

A blaze that burned for over an hour in Crown Heights injured nine people, including three firefighters, according to the FDNY.  The fire broke out just before ...

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

Three firefighters were among 15 people injured when a fire tore through a Brooklyn brownstone Friday morning, the FDNY said. Among the injured, two residents of the building were in critical ...