PureGym's entry and exit pods flagged by New York City's fire department for safety concerns

The system has users download the PureGym app and scan a QR code in order to pass through cylindrical plexiglass doors of a ...
The Berkshire Eagle

Hancock Fire responds to East Nassau fire as icy weather hits the Berkshires

Firefighters from Hancock and several New York departments responded to an overnight structure fire in East Nassau as ...
FingerLakes1.com

FASNY says changes needed as volunteerism declines: Rural fire departments at risk

New York’s volunteer fire service now has about 80,000 members, down sharply from roughly 120,000 in the early 2000s. That decline prompted the Firefighters Association of the State of New York to ...
Hoodline

Five-Alarm Blaze in Queens Injures Six and Displaces Dozens, FDNY Responds to Residential Building Fire on Madison Street

A five-alarm fire in Queens injured six and prompted a large-scale response from the FDNY and other city agencies.
Firehouse

After Century of Service, Floral Park, NY, Fire Company Shuttered

A Long Island fire department sits shuttered after serving residents for the past century. The shortage of volunteers at ...
The New York Times

Mamdani Named His Fire Commissioner. Then Adams Did Too.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore, the former chief of New York’s E.M.S., as the first openly gay person to lead the Fire Department. By Jeffery C. Mays Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ...
FOX 5 New York on MSN

6 injured in Queens apartment fire

The blaze escalated to a fifth-alarm fire by about 4:31 a.m., drawing over 270 firefighters and emergency medical personnel ...
syracuse.com

Upstate NY fire commissioner dies after helping rescue injured hiker in Catskill Mountains

On the evening of Dec. 13, a 20-year-old New Jersey hiker sent an SOS signal from Panther Mountain, a 3,700-ft peak in the Catskills. The hiker had an unstable lower leg injury. Phoenicia Volunteer ...