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.

She puts the “blaze” in trailblazer! The first female FDNY Deputy Chief ever was promoted Friday, as top brass hailed her for “shattering the glass ceiling” in the male-dominated field.

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 ...

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 ...

I wanted to be the best of the best. I want to work alongside New York City’s best. “So I joined the FDNY, and now I’m here.” Miriam Beltran, a 28-year-old fellow graduate, said her ...

An FDNY EMT was arrested and charged with murder Thursday for the fatal 2021 Queens shooting of a recent college graduate sitting in a Range Rover during an armed robbery gone wrong, officials said.

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The FDNY fought a fire at a smoke shop early Friday morning on the major business district of New Dorp Lane. The fire was called at 1:15 a.m. at 308 New Dorp Lane between ...

A 56-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 54-year-old woman and 90-year-old woman were taken to the hospital before they died, the FDNY said. "First arriving units had smoke ...

QUEENS (WABC) -- On Friday, Michelle Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY will be promoted to Deputy Chief, making her the first-ever female Deputy Chief and highest-ranking female in Fire ...

A three-alarm fire left one person with serious injuries Friday night in Unionport, according to fire officials. Authorities say the flames broke out in the basement of the six-story residential ...

Ten families were displaced after the FDNY said heavy smoke and flames ripped through an apartment building on Rochambeau Avenue near East Gun Hill Road. Officials said the fire started shortly ...