Fifteen women graduated from the FDNY Academy in 2018, the largest number of new female firefighters since that initial 1982 ...

The money will go directly to Johnny Beernaert’s widow Heidi Vermandel and their two adult children, according to the recent ...

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

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

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

Victim Johnny Beernaert, 54, was aboard the FDNY craft Marine 1 Bravo on June 17, 2022, on a sightseeing tour with three ...

Southeast Queens Council Member Nantasha Williams has introduced new legislation requiring the New York City Department of ...

Three firefighters were among 15 people injured when a fire tore through a Brooklyn brownstone Friday morning, the FDNY said. Among the injured, two residents of the building were in critical ...

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 ...