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A parked car blocked the nearest hydrant during a fire, leading to the first-ever criminal court summons for violating the 15-foot hydrant rule
The fund supports 137,000 people affected by toxic exposure from the attacks at the World Trade Center, as well as the plane crashes in Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon
Funding for the WTC Health Program is secured through 2027, but a federal resolution passed in December 2024 left its long-term financial future uncertain
The CEO of Con Edison said the blackout resulted from a ‘significant disturbance on the west side of Manhattan at one of our electric transmission stations’
The firefighters stopped on Ave. C and Victoria Sotomayor allegedly got out of her car and screamed at the truck’s driver, accusing him of nearly hitting her car
William Tolley, 42, of Bethpage, plummeted to the ground fighting a Ridgewood, Queens, apartment fire on April 20, 2017
The helicopter crash landed on the top of the building, which isn’t far from Rockefeller Center and Times Square
Thirty city firefighters became lieutenants Wednesday in a promotion ceremony presided over by Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro
Dr. Michael Guttenberg and William Ryan passed away from 9/11-related illnesses
Seventeen people who came within inches of losing their lives were reunited Tuesday with the FDNY paramedics and EMTs who saved them.
Lt. Daniel McWilliams alleges his civil rights were violated by his racially-motivated exclusion from an FDNY color guard honoring black department members
Lillian Bonsignore, a single mom barely out of her teens when she started as an emergency medical technician in 1991, becomes the first woman to hold the rank in the department’s 154-year history
Thousands of Marines, firefighters and other responders in their dress uniforms lined both sides of Fifth Avenue for nearly a mile
Christopher Slutman was a 15-year FDNY member who was among three American service members killed by a roadside bomb Monday
Retired FDNY Lt. Timothy O’Neill died April 5, and Firefighter Kevin Lennon on April 4, both from 9/11-related cancers, and retired Fire Marshal Michael Andreachi died within the same period
Rev. Thomas Colucci, a 20-year veteran of the FDNY and 9/11 first responder, is considered the first firefighter to become a priest
Donna Jaworski returned to her EMT career as valedictorian of her class after leaving the industry in 2003 to care for her family
Francis Jost, who was covering a shift for his colleague, was able to pack the arm in ice because he knew of a nearby bar where he could get supplies
The blaze killed a woman and her dog, who were alone in the house at the time of the fire
Fire officials said the man was arrested after destroying a flag that was “proudly displayed” on the back of an ambulance
FDNY firefighter Robert Paolillo and retired Lt. Kieran Brosnan met Jeff Faller and Joseph Stike, who were given a second chance at life
Catherine Lohan, one of the women who smashed the FDNY’s gender barrier nearly 40 years ago to become a New York City firefighter, died at 68
When asked how the FDNY EMT pay gap compared to his campaign for “equity and social justice,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said he thinks “the work is different”
First responders pried open the doors Sunday and rescued the woman, who was reportedly an employee of the house, and had been stuck in the elevator since Friday
Denzel Adonis, a graduate of FDNY High School class of 2011, was one of 50 paramedics who walked across the stage after a seven-year journey to fulfill his dream
Frank Sansonetti, who was on the scene at Ground Zero on 9/11, is competing against other athletes to be named a Titan
After Steven Pollard fell to his death while trying to help a crash victim, Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the department will “ensure this never happens again”
FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro and Mayor Bill de Blasio are scheduled to give eulogies for Firefighter Steven Pollard
City officials settled with Raheem Hassan, who said he had been subjected to a hostile work environment, but did not admit any wrongdoing
Steven Pollard was responding to a vehicle crash when he slipped through a gap in the roadway and fell 52 feet
Ali Acevedo expressed her thoughts on Jose Gonzalez before a Bronx Supreme Court hearing where a decision on his mental fitness for trial was delayed
Joseph Desmond, a reputed Latin Kings gang member, was formally charged with a second-degree murder in the Dec. 9 road rage death of Faizal Coto
An FDNY ledger from 1881, assumed forever lost, emerged from the shadows of history in the hands of a school administrator
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