Fifty years ago, most FDNY engine companies had five firefighters working 24/7/365, but decades of budget cuts have reduced staffing to four firefighters on almost all NYC engine companies.

The FDNY battled a massive 3-alarm fire at an auto body shop in Willets Point on Monday afternoon. The first call came at 4:17 p.m. after the fire broke out at 127-02 35th Ave., and arriving units ...

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.

Deputy Chief Fitzsimmons began her FDNY career in May 2001. Six probies from her class were killed on Sept. 11th, when she was assigned to Engine 289 in Corona. “One of my nieces sent me this ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY has a issued a new policy barring department supervisors from engaging in romantic relationships with underlings, the New York Post is reporting. “Managers and ...

The FDNY extinguished a brush fire Saturday afternoon in Marine Park near Gerritsen Beach Park. The fire started before 1:18 p.m. near the waterfront. News 12 saw an FDNY crews in the water and on ...

A former NASCAR team owner is still in the hospital 50 days after his home burst into flames in Union County. Bob Rahilly, ...

Rogers is a retired FDNY captain who lives in Babylon. He served 22 years with the FDNY, and now operates two assisted living facilities, Newsday reported. Long Island investigators said the two ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY responded to a report of a fire in the attic of a Staten Island home Friday night. The blaze broke out around 11:28 p.m. at 114 Cassidy Place in New Brighton ...

John J. Salka Jr.'s examples of set up of ladder company apparatus, pumpers and chief's vehicles underscore the importance of ...

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 ...

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.