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Experiment in Queens Speeds Firefighters, Draws Criticism

For the dispatcher, it is a short conversation, often with a person in distress. When someone calls to report a fire, speed, precision and clarity can save lives. That makes Queens a special challenge for the New York Fire Department.

FDNY Firehouse Receives New Physical Fitness Equipment

Members of Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9 received a $7,740 check from Hilb & Rogal and the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company on February 28 for the purchase of a new treadmill and elliptical machine

One year after Bronx fire killed 9 children, hugs & hopes replace sadness

The desk in Room 512 of Public School 73 in the Bronx was kept vacant for a long time, a tribute to a boy who died with eight other kids and a woman in the city's worst house fire in four decades.

Promotion Ceremony Scheduled for 26 from FDNY

Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta will preside over a promotion ceremony tomorrow for 26 members of the FDNY.

What I've Learned: Kenneth Feinberg

When the job was done, Feinberg presented his report to President Bush. Bush and Ashcroft sent him a photo inscribed “Thanks from a grateful nation.

Revered Relic of WTC is Moved

The steel cables tensed, like a sprinter’s muscles at the start of a race. Then, the crane’s engine roared as the operator pulled a lever, moving the staircase off the ground and 180 degrees from south to north.

Failure Investigations Report Highlights Efforts for Safer Buildings

Those recommendations stem from NIST’s investigations into the failure of the two World Trade Center (WTC) towers following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001...

WTC Beams Signed and Stored in Chatham County

Another message is in memory of Robert Cordice, New York Fire Department Squad One. "We will always remember you as our hero," it reads. It's signed, Aunt Gena and Uncle Al.

Macon VFD to dedicate second flag pole Saturday

The Powhatan Company 3 ceremony will honor Kevin M. Prior, a member of Squad 252 FDNY and the Bellmore New York Volunteer Fire Department, who lost his life at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, while responding to the terrorist attack with Squad 252. His body was recovered the following day.

Gun Points to a Trigger Woman

Police have found female DNA on the gun used to murder a fire marshal in the Staten Island home he shared with his disgruntled wife, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.