On Tuesday, the FDNY kicked off the 100th year of National Fire Prevention Week at Rockefeller Center with students from across the five boroughs! Public outreach is crucial in saving lives and events like these help us to expand our fire and life safety messaging to all ages. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

FDNY Lieutenant Joann Diaz has had a groundbreaking 23-year career. When she graduated from the Fire Academy, she became one of 27 women firefighters on the job at the time. She was also the first Latina to achieve the rank of lieutenant in 2021. She received her start at the FDNY as a Fire Cadet and is now the Uniformed Deputy Director of the Fire Cadet Academy. “I work with an amazing group of people who have one set goal in mind, all working together to run a program that gives back to the co

FDNY Probationary Firefighters at the FDNY Fire Academy on Randall’s Island lower the flag in honor of Probationary Firefighter Vincent Malveaux. Probationary Firefighter Malveaux suffered a medical episode during training on Thursday, December 2, 2021, at the FDNY Training Academy on Randall’s Island. He was transported to Harlem Hospital and passed away on Friday, December 3rd. He is the 1,154th member of the Department to make the Supreme Sacrifice in the line-of-duty. Probationary Firefighte

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Each year during the third week of May, the FDNY celebrates National EMS Week, a time to recognize and honor the lifesaving efforts of EMTs and paramedics across our city and the country. “EMS is a critical service for this city. EMS Week is important to us here. It really is a good bonding moment,” said EMT Santangelo of Station 46. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

This past Tuesday, members of FDNY’s Rescue Operations, HazMat Operations, the Rebreather Task Force, and EMS Special Operations joined forces with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force Marines for a Rebreather Drill in the East New York Tunnel. The drill depicted an explosion in a heavily trafficked automobile tunnel that runs parallel to a train tunnel where both entrances to the tunnel collapsed, and rescuers must gain access in order to search for and remove victims. “Things are gr

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3.9K views · 306 reactions | NY-TF1 is one of 28 Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces nationwide, made up of FDNY Special Operations Command personnel and members of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. Last week, the team carried out a full-scale mobilization drill simulating a Category 4 hurricane striking Fire Island, a barrier island located off Long Island’s southern coast. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Facebook