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

FDNY officials provide an update on a 2-alarm fire that happened Thursday morning in Brooklyn. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

In an emergency when lives are at risk, FDNY dispatchers are the first response, collecting information and making sure help is getting where it needs to go, as quickly as possible. EMT Dale Bartolomeo with Emergency Medical Dispatch says dispatchers are the “silent heroes.” For National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, we thank our dispatchers who answer thousands of calls each day. They are unseen, but they always provide a comforting presence, and often, lifesaving instructions. “You’re

New York City’s elite Urban Search and Rescue Team (USAR) New York Task Force-1 members are assisting with the rescue of stranded civilians who have become trapped due to rising, rapidly flowing flood waters from Hurricane Matthew. Each member has received 50 hours of extensive swiftwater rescue training, as highlighted in the video seen here. All members who participate in swiftwater rescues are certified to both operational and technical levels, in addition to being certified Rescue Boat Opera

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