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In a Daily News opinion piece, FDNY EMS Lt. Anthony Almojera argues that appointing an EMS veteran as commissioner reflects today’s medical-first reality
Vote now: Should a commissioner be a firefighter, an EMS leader, an executive — or a mix?
Musk and other critics attacked Mamdani’s selection of EMS veteran Lillian Bonsignore to lead the department, reigniting debate over what operational experience matters most for the commissioner role
A high-rise fire in Queens and a 4-alarm fire in the Bronx sent 13 firefighters to local hospitals
Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh’s initiatives take cues from NYPD in reporting responsibilities and disciplinary action
FDNY EMTs Kyle Barbaria and Carmen Ruiz made their way to the top floor and two trapped workers
Chief Joe Jardin claims Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh ignored a call to support the ban and would not invite city council members to training on the fires
Firefighters evacuated approximately 100 people from the famous Fifth Avenue store
Mayor Eric Adams hopes the stations will give delivery workers a safer way to charge lithium-ion batteries
Firefighter Patrick Gale took his harness and secured himself to the rope that would lower him to the trapped man
Mayor Adams’s plan gives app-based delivery workers $19.96 an hour, $1.02 more than an EMT’s starting pay
The Manhattan shop had e-bikes charging with extension cords, e-bike and scooter battery packs lined up next to each other and no designated charging area
Within 6 months the number of people killed in lithium-ion battery fires has more than doubled over last year
Video shows FF lowered by rope to save a man in a burning apartment building
FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief John Sarrocco said firefighters found heavy fire in the e-bike shop on the ground floor of the six-story building
Mayor Adams said the city has reached tentative agreements with 11 unions to include annual salary increases over several years
Over 130 firefighters fought a top-floor fire that quickly spread into the cockloft
Joseph Pfeifer’s appointment, comments as first deputy commissioner led several chiefs to ask to be demoted
“He would give his life for anyone": Neighbors in the Brooklyn community are shocked over the death of Firefighter Mark Batista
Deputy Chief Richard Alles hopes to cut 5 minutes off his time in the run up 104 floors
Eight medals were awarded to firefighters for their teamwork and bravery during the November 2022 incident
Fires involving e-bikes and similar devices in NYC have killed 9 people this year, compared to 10 in 2022, 2021 combined
EMS Captain Edgar Baez and Lieutenant Alison Russo used to respond to calls together in the Bronx decades ago
Days before starting firefighter training EMT Arnaldo Rodriguez was brought before Chief Michael Gala and ordered to stay home
Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said the World Trade Center Health Program “is facing massive cuts in just a few years.”
Firefighters had to cut through four courses of brick and one-eighth-inch steel to rescue the teen
Video shows a box truck and other vehicles burning near an elevated subway line, damaging homes
Encouraged to join the department by a group she now leads, Wilson hopes to elevate the role of diversity in hiring practices
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the recipients showed “extraordinary valor” above and beyond the call of duty
Chief of Safety Frank Leeb says the decision to move his team out of the Fort Totten building delayed the internal investigation into Capt. Alison Russo’s death
Deputy Chief Michael Gala sees “too much hurt, too much embarrassment and too much humiliation” for the commissioner to lead peacemaking
“It is a relief to finally have justice,” said Oren Barzilay, president of FDNY EMS Local 2507
The robotics team had been training downtown and responded about 15 minutes after the first distress call, said Commissioner Laura Kavanagh
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