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 ...

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

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 ...

For the first time in its history, the FDNY has promoted a woman to the rank of deputy chief. Michelle Fitzsimmons, a 24-year ...

New York City will pay $3.5 million to the family of a visiting Belgian firefighter who was killed in a FDNY boat crash in the East River in 2022. Victim Johnny Beernaert, 54, was aboard the FDNY ...

“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 ...

FDNY Battalion Chief Walter Kowalski said the victim landed on top of the elevator car on the first floor and had to be hoisted by first responders. “It’s [a rescue] that doesn’t occur every ...

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 ...