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

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

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

Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the FDNY a few months before 9/11—  was named Deputy Chief ...

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 of the FDNY, will be promoted to deputy chief during a ceremony on Friday.

Officials said the fire started shortly after 12 p.m. on Friday on the third floor of the complex, then spread to the fourth and fifth floors.

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

I accepted cash in exchange for preferential treatment for entities with business before the Bureau of Fire Prevention,” former FDNY Chief Anthony Saccavino said.

Former FDNY Chief Anthony Saccavino pleaded guilty on ... using the so-called “Deputy Mayor of Operations list” — named before it fell under the purview of that official.

Former FDNY Chief Anthony Saccavino pleaded guilty on Wednesday ... Saccavino, former chief of the bureau, and another chief, former Deputy Assistant Chief Brian Cordasco, were charged with the crimes ...