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

FDNY history was made at Queens College as the head of Battalion 46 in Elmhurst became the first-ever female deputy chief ...

An FDNY officer who was told by her grandfather that “women shouldn’t be firefighters” is poised to become the highest-ranked ...

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

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 department to achieve the rank. Women in the city’s Emergency Medical Service ...

On Friday, Michele Fitzsimmons became the New York City Fire Department's first female deputy chief. Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY, was promoted from battalion chief to deputy chief.

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons, a 24-year veteran of the FDNY, will be promoted to deputy chief during a ceremony on Friday.

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 ...