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    NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — It was a special day Tuesday for the family of a fallen FDNY lieutenant. The wife and children of Michael Davidson got a visit from Mets pitchers Steven Matz, Seth Lugo, and Robert Gsellman at Davidson’s former firehouse. Read More

Terence Pfeifer is congratulated by his mom Caryn on FDNY graduation day. (TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) BYEDGAR SANDOVALTHOMAS TRACY   The son of a beloved 9/11 hero — who was also instrumental in getting health benefits for those sickened by Ground Zero — is now part of the FDNY his father loved so much. […]

By Susan Edelman The FDNY’s “zero tolerance” for drug abuse has gone up in smoke. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro has quietly abandoned the department’s once-trumpeted policy calling for the firing of anyone caught using illegal or prohibited substances, The Post has learned. In the last month, 26 firefighters who had tested positive on urine tests since […]

An elderly woman and her daughter died Monday after 100 firefighters tackled a fast-moving fire that engulfed their Queens home. NICOLE HENSLEY AND CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS APRIL 16, 2018 NEW YORK DAILY NEWS WABC April 16–An elderly woman and her daughter died Monday after a fast-moving, pre-dawn fire engulfed their Queens home, authorities said. More […]

Firefighters are still on the scene of a house fire in Queens this morning that left two people dead. The call came in just after 4 a.m. Fire officials say the flames started on the first floor before spreading to the second floor of the house located at 14-80 Wheatley Street in Far Rockaway. The […]

By Shannan Ferry  |  April 15, 2018 @8:57 PM City fire department officials said two people, including a firefighter, were seriously hurt Sunday afternoon after an unattended candle sparked a fire in an apartment building in Upper Manhattan. “We opened up the door to the front and we saw the smoke just started to hurl in,” said […]

Matthew Fiorito will become a probationary FDNY firefighter Wednesday, following in the footsteps of his trailblazing mother Marianne Monahan. APRIL 16, 2018 FIREHOUSE.COM NEWS Retired FDNY Capt. Marianne Monahan and her son Matthew Fiorito, who graduates from the FDNY Academy on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. FDNY WOMEN’S BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION Any parent whose child dedicates themselves […]

Firefighter Joe Battista is seen in an undated photo. (HANDOUT) DALE W. EISINGERKERRY BURKETHOMAS TRACY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, April 15, 2018, 9:35 PM Joe Battista lived the life of a hero — and it cost him his mind. The retired FDNY firefighter who spent months at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks died […]

By Spectrum News NY1  |  April 14, 2018 @12:39 AM A 94-year-old woman was killed after a fire broke out Friday afternoon in the Bronx, the NYPD said. The FDNY said the two-alarm fire began just after 3 p.m. on the first floor of a private two-story home located at 4227 Ely Avenue in Wakefield. Read and […]

THE MEMORIAL CONSISTING OF A 3-FOOT BLACK GRANITE STONE WITH WORLD TRADE CENTER STEEL ON TOP IS ENGRAVED WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MURDERED BY TERRORISTS DURING THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 TERROR ATTACKS Sophia showed her patriotism with her firefighter father Sean Murphy. By Robert Wirsing The Never Forget Foundation unveiled and blessed its Bronx […]