“This is a new look for the New York City fire commissioner, but we should remember that our department has changed very much over its 157-year history, and it had always emerged better for it ...

New York's Finest include more than 10,000 firefighters and nearly 3,000 emergency medical technicians and paramedics. The chief officer is the fire commissioner, who is appointed by the mayor ...

New York City Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, right, and New York Mayor Eric Adams, left, hold an NYFD badge after Kavanagh was sworn in during a ceremony at FDNY Engine 33/Ladder 9, Oct. 27 ...

Laura Kavanagh, who is the first female commissioner in the 157-year history of the Fire Department of New York City, called her new role "the honor of a lifetime" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News ...

New York City has faced a record-breaking number of brush fires over the past two... Emergency services respond to a brush fire in Inwood Hill Park on November 13, 2024, in New York City.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is investigating after an 'unidentified' attacker set a 45-year-old man on fire in Manhattan's Times Square in the early morning hours on March 16.

This combo of Feb. 7, 2023 images provided by the Fire Department of the City of New York, shows Brian Cordasco, left, and Anthony Saccavino, two former NYFD chiefs arrested Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 ...

A man wanted for questioning by the New York Police Department (NYPD), in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire while she was sleeping on a stationary subway train, is seen in a ...

The New York City Fire Museum contains nearly 30,000 artifacts dating back to early fire protection equipment. An emergency evacuation of the museum was ordered on May 11, 2024, Time Out NY reported .

A man wanted for questioning by the New York Police Department (NYPD), in connection with the death of a woman who was set on fire while she was sleeping on a stationary subway train, is seen in a ...

Retired New York City Fire Department Chief Brian Cordasco, right, and his lawyer Frank Rothman, leave federal court in New York, Monday Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah ...