An FDNY officer who was told by her grandfather that “women shouldn’t be firefighters” is poised to become the highest-ranked woman uniformed firefighter in FDNY history, the Daily News has ...

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons will be promoted to deputy chief on Friday, becoming the first woman in the department to achieve the rank and the highest-ranking woman uniformed firefighter ...

In September of last year, the FDNY confirmed that there were 370 members of the service that had died in the years following the al Qaeda attack, more than the 343 firefighters that died on 9/11.

The flames broke out around 9:00 Wednesday night. Overhead pictures that FDNY shared show a clear picture of what firefighters were up against. Fire officials says the blaze was aggressive and had ...