One year after a “high-risk” fire ripped through the B’nai B’rith Apartments on East Northampton Street, the city’s emergency first responders were honored for their professionalism and bravery.

The Department of Transportation’s petty bureaucrats — who gave us infinitely extended bike lanes and ugly, traffic-congesting “plazas” – have won again.

A three-alarm fire left one person with serious injuries Friday night in Unionport, according to fire officials. Authorities say the flames broke out in the basement of the six-story residential ...

Firefighters discovered the child suffering from severe smoke inhalation and brought her up to the roof as thick smoke filling the hallways initially blocked their exit.

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 ...

A fire in Crown Heights on Friday morning left nine people injured, including multiple firefighters, according to the FDNY.

A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Bronx. “We had fire ...

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

A Queens firefighter was injured in a three-alarm blaze that tore through a three-story home in Ridgewood on Feb. 5. A total of 33 FDNY units and 137 firefighters battled the stubborn, smoky blaze for ...

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

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