Context: After the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse, 15% (1,767) of rescue workers from the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) considered themselves to be current cigarette smokers.

Its FINALLY here! Dying Wish Records just released their WTC Benefit Compilation titled "From Brooklyn With Love". Proceeds from the sales of this CD go to the Twin Towers Fund, which benefits ...

As September 11 dawned, Downey was chief of the FDNY's Special Operations Command and a charismatic national legend in rescue circles. He'd created the urban-search-and-rescue system adopted by ...

An off-duty FDNY firefighter apparently blew through a red light and barreled into an unsuspecting motorist in a deadly DWI crash in Queens on Wednesday, according to cops and video of the collision.

A former FDNY chief “betrayed the trust” of New Yorkers by taking bribes to fast-track fire inspections, a Manhattan judge said Monday before sentencing him to 20 months in prison.

The FDNY has seen a startling 53% increase in structural fires linked to exploding lithium-ion batteries this year — a sobering statistic that shows e-bike and scooter owners are not taking ...

An FDNY firefighter went into cardiac arrest as he battled an inferno at a multi-family house in Brooklyn Sunday and remains hospitalized in critical condition, officials said. The firefighter ...

An FDNY firefighter was critically injured while fighting a fire in a multifamily house on Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, Mayor Eric Adams and FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker said in a statement.

An FDNY firefighter was critically injured after suffering a medical episode while battling a two-alarm blaze in Brooklyn on Sunday, officials said. The fire broke out in a four-story building on ...

Ex-FDNY Chief Gets Nearly 2 Years in Federal Prison for Accepting Bribes NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City Fire Department chief was sentenced to nearly two years in federal prison Monday ...