On Friday, Michele Fitzsimmons became the New York City Fire Department's first female deputy chief. Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY, was promoted from battalion chief to deputy chief.

Two former FDNY firefighters have filed a class-action ... about being forced to work unpaid hours. Obtained by The New York Post “I don’t know about you but slavery is over.

“It took me a while to get used to what the FDNY stands for,” she said — adding she didn’t “grow up in a firefighting family” and isn’t from New York. “But I cannot be more proud ...

Michele Fitzsimmons, after Maura’s FDNY graduation ceremony at Brooklyn College’s Whitman Hall on Feb. 22, 2007. (Julia Xanthos for New York Daily News) The FDNY’s gender barrier was smashed ...

A group of FDNY fire chiefs toured the devastation left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires last week; learning valuable lessons on fighting and preventing brush fires in New York City.

The FDNY said officials would provide another update on Sunday morning. Zinnia Maldonado joins the CBS News New York team from CBS Boston. While there, she had the opportunity to cover an array of ...

There were nearly 20,000 just in the 46th precinct, and that was up 7% from the year before. FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker called it a matter of "life and death." "It is bigger than a parking ...

Everyone made it out, but FDNY officials said the family in the third-floor apartment, where the fire started, was hit the hardest. A 34-year-old woman and a 2-year-old girl were taken out on a ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — FDNY officials revealed the cause of a ... which was then plugged into a wall outlet. “It is really cold outside right now and we know that people are doing things ...

"There’s no doubt that the cars that were parked on the hydrants have slowed down our members from engaging in firefighting tactics,” said FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker said. A 37-year-old ...