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.

It said the tip revealed that the person in question was obsessed with Nikolas Cruz, the mass murderer who opened fire at ...

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 ...

A fire in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn turned deadly overnight, and the FDNY says parked cars were blocking two of the closest ...

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

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

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

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

The fire badly damaged a smoke shop in the 300 block of New Dorp Lane between Clawson and 10th streets on the major business ...

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