Fitzsimmons joined the FDNY in 2001 at 31 years old after working for a company that dealt with HIV and AIDS patients ... When Fitzsimmons heard she was being promoted to deputy chief, she reached out ...

Bergin, who was 9 at the time, works at Ladder 157 in Brooklyn. “I wanted to be a firefighter for as long as I can remember,” Bergin Jr., 32, said, in a post on the FDNY’s Instagram page.

[firefighter] Jimmy Dunn of [Ladder] 114, eight years ago,” the organization wrote. “Please keep his father and loved ones in your prayers … NEVER FORGET.” About 370 FDNY firefighters have ...

(FDNY) That old-school thinking may have delayed her ... one of her mentors as she moved up the department ladder. “She was thrilled for me,” Fitzsimmons said. Along the way, her sister ...