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

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

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

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

Fifteen women graduated from the FDNY Academy in 2018, the largest number of new female firefighters since that initial 1982 class. There are currently 177 women firefighters out of a total of ...

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons will be promoted to deputy chief on Friday, becoming the first woman in the department to ...

Her appointment is said to be highest ranking of female within the ... She was born into a family of firefighters; her great-grandfather joined the FDNY in 1909, her grandfather joined in 1932 ...

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY, will be promoted to deputy chief during a ceremony on Friday.

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 ... and 32 firefighters will be promoted ...