This was a labor intensive fire for the fire department,” FDNY Assistant Chief John Sarrocco said at the scene.

Homelessness is at a record high in New York City with shelter occupancy growing even as the migrant population is decreasing ...

President Biden in 2022 announced Admiral Linda Fagan as the new commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard making her the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military. President Trump's administration ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The FDNY's oldest retired member was laid to rest recently. Anthony Aquaro died at 103 last week. Aquaro joined the department in 1953 and spent 26 years as a firefighter.

As a Navy veteran, he fought in World War II from 1942 to 1945 as ... to be sworn in as a firefighter with the FDNY at the age of 31. He’d serve 26 years with Engine 269 on Union Street in ...

Bill Deichler, a West Islip fire commissioner and veteran of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY), passed away suddenly on January 2, 2025, at the age of 90. He died while enjoying one of his ...

Mayor Eric Adams’ budget cuts prompted the Sanitation and Parks Departments to scale back cleanliness initiatives last year, ...

New York City’s sanitation department is considering enlisting drones in its war on trash ... the NYPD have also used drones in recent years. The FDNY has used drones for years as part of ...