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 and ...

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

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

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

An unhoused woman was found dead after a fire burned through the vacant Brooklyn building she was squatting in on Tuesday ...

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 ...

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 Chief and highest-ranking female in Fire ...

The fatal fire happened just after 8 a.m. on Tuesday at a home on 67th Street between 12th Avenue and 13th Avenue.

FDNY Chief Anthony Saccavino, left, and Deputy Chief Brian Cordasco have admitted to receiving money for expedited inspections. NEW YORK — Former FDNY Chief Anthony Saccavino pleaded guilty on ...

Officials said the fire started shortly after 12 p.m. on Friday on the third floor of the complex, then spread to the fourth and fifth floors.

FDNY Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons will be promoted to deputy chief on Friday, becoming the first woman in the department to achieve the rank. Women in the city’s Emergency Medical Service ...