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 ...

FDNY Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons will be promoted to deputy chief on Friday, becoming the first woman in the ...

On Friday, Michele Fitzsimmons became the New York City Fire Department's first female deputy chief. Fitzsimmons, a 24-year ...

Four Battalion Chiefs will be promoted ... makes it seem obtainable," Fitzsimmons continued. Chief Fitzsimmons began her career with the FDNY in May 2001. She comes from a family of firefighters ...

Fire officials and the management company that runs the markets are pledging to put new safety measures in place before next ...

The news came just three days after retired Battalion Chief Dennis Collopy died on Jan. 30 from cancer, related to his rescue efforts. "Thomas served the FDNY with honor and dedication ...

“We believe it started in the clothes dryer and that it overheated there and then came a little bit of an extension outside not much,” said the FDNY battalion chief at the scene. “We’re ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Borough President Vito Fossella and District Attorney Michael McMahon honored four Staten Island ...

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 ...