FDNY
From five-alarm fires to pay parity battles, Bonsignore brings calm credibility to one of the toughest jobs in public safety
Eight tower ladders were used as nearly 300 firefighters battled the Queens blaze
Authorities say a man angry over losing his job randomly set a Queens building ablaze, killing four people — including a 3-year-old
Firefighters were unable to get into the fire apartment from the inside during a two-alarm blaze in Brooklyn that injured 16 occupants
Anthony Aquaro joined the FDNY in 1953 and served 26 years with Engine Company 269 in Brooklyn
FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker presented data from 2024 on fires related to lithium-ion batteries
Close to 200 occupants were displaced after fire ripped across the top floor of a six-story Bronx apartment building
Remembering the three firefighters killed, many others injured, and recognizing the push for continued training and equipment
Jan. 23, 2005, marked the first time since 1918 that FDNY members had died in separate calls on the same day
Union officials said the toll could delay getting firefighters to firehouses and create an estimated $1.8M in overtime pay
Lieutenant John Vanderstar and Firefighter Brendan Gaffney were awarded the Medal of Valor for rescuing occupants in two separate fires
The decision reinstates plea deals for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others involved in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, sparing them the death penalty
“I just wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps,” Probationary Firefighter Dennis Meyran said, recalling the motivation to complete the FDNY academy
Funding for the World Trade Center Health Program through 2040 was eliminated in the stopgap bill to fund the federal government
The NYPD has a person of interest in custody after a woman was intentionally set on fire while she was possibly asleep
The Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act is expected to be passed by Congress in the coming days
‘Ticking time bombs': FDNY responds to e-bike store fire, finds hundreds of damaged Li-ion batteries
Firefighters faced heavy fire on the first floor of the Manhattan e-bike store and found Li-ion batteries stored in the basement
An apartment fire on Manhattan’s Upper East Side began on the fifth floor and extended into the sixth and fourth floors before being extinguished
FDNY Monsignor John Delendick took over as the department’s senior chaplain after Father Mychal Judge was killed in the Sept. 11 attacks
Fire marshals, inspectors and drone operators will organize operations for firefighters and create risk assessment models to identify possible future fire locations
Fire on the top of the 44-story high-rise sent smoke across the Manhattan skyline
Officials said the FDNY usually responds to approximately 200 brush fires each year in October alone
The brush fire on Staten Island is the fifth fire in the borough during a citywide drought watch due to low precipitation
Investigators determined the fire that killed two people living in a Queens garage was arson
“The Bravest Children” program from Friends of Firefighters provides sessions for children to share among peers and develop positive coping skills
The FDNY symposium will present best tactics and work on improving lithium-ion battery fire data
Fire prevention investigators found numerous violations inside the illegally converted Queens house
FDNY officials said the e-bike battery fire blocked the path of egress in the Brooklyn apartment building
Three firefighters were injured during a fire in Staten Island involving a former church that had been unoccupied for several years
One of two fire prevention chiefs admitted to taking more than $5,000 over three years to fast-track inspections
After serving in the Marines, Matthew Burns took on a career of public service in the NYPD and then the FDNY before his injury
An exercise in Staten Island showed how drones search for survivors in the aftermath of a coastal storm
In exchange for bribes, Mayor Eric Adams allegedly expedited a fire safety inspection at a Turkish consulate building, among other charges
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