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.
One firefighter suffered non-life-threatening injuries while fighting the flames, and two were left with minor injuries, according to the FDNY. The blaze reached two alarms, drawing 25 FDNY units ...
New York City will pay $3.5 million to the family of a visiting Belgian firefighter who was killed in a FDNY boat crash in the East River in 2022. Victim Johnny Beernaert, 54, was aboard the FDNY ...
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.
The FDNY is reviewing the response to a 911 emergency call made by an off-duty EMS lieutenant in cardiac arrest to see if more could have been done by the Emergency Medical Technicians who closed ...
And no fire-extinguishing systems. Those are some of the hazardous conditions that FDNY officials say were happening at two holiday pop up markets in Manhattan in December when fires broke out ...