FDNY history was made at Queens College as the head of Battalion 46 in Elmhurst became the first-ever female deputy chief ...

On Friday, Michele Fitzsimmons became the New York City Fire Department's first female deputy chief. Fitzsimmons, a 24-year ...

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the FDNY a few months before 9/11—  was named Deputy Chief ...

An FDNY officer who was told by her grandfather that “women shouldn’t be firefighters” is poised to become the highest-ranked ...

For the first time in its history, the FDNY has promoted a woman to the rank of deputy chief. Michelle Fitzsimmons, a 24-year ...

A house fire in Queens, New York resulted in the deaths of three people, including a 90-year-old woman who reportedly ...

Three family members died as flames ripped through their home in Bayside in a two-alarm fire early on Sunday morning.

The blaze broke out just before 8:05 a.m. on the second floor of the two-story house on 67th St. near 12th Ave. in Dyker ...

Firefighters say their efforts to put out a deadly fire in the Bronx were hindered by a car blocking a hydrant - the second ...

An elderly woman and her two adult children were killed by a fire that ripped through their Queens house early Sunday, ...

There were five previous fires at the location over the past two years and at least one was an act of arson caused by a prior ...