New York City Fire Department Archives

Mayor Adams, Acting Fire Commissioner Kavanagh Honor Heroes At Annual FDNY Medal Day Ceremony

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Fire Department (FDNY) Acting Commissioner Laura Kavanagh today honored New York City’s Bravest at the annual FDNY Medal Day Ceremony.Continue reading

Update: NYC Urban Search And Recuse Team Activated To Assist In Hurricane Ida Response

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has activated Urban Search and Rescue - New York Task Force 1 to deploy 83 members to assist in Hurricane Ida response and recovery efforts in Louisiana. Continue reading

Fire Engulfs Longtime Children’s Clothing Store 125th Street In Harlem

A massive fire tore through a longtime Harlem children's clothing store Sunday evening, drawing hundreds of firefighters to 125th Street to battle the blaze for about three hours, city fire officials said.Continue reading

First NYC EMT To Contract HIV On Duty To Be Memorialized In East Harlem

Harlem's Tracy Allen Lee gave her life caring for sick strangers and then found herself abandoned by the city she sacrificed so much for.Continue reading

Harlem Cultural Archives: “Captain Charlie Roberto-FDNY,” Harlem NY (Full Video)

A great interview by the folks at Harlem Cultural Archives with Charlie Roberto, captain of the Ladder Company 26 at the Fire Department of New York FDNY.Continue reading

Harlem’s Melissa Mark-Viverito And Elizabeth Crowley Celebrate Support For NY’s Bravest

Today, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito (right) joined Fire and Criminal Justice Services Chair Elizabeth Crowley to celebrate $4 million in expense funding through the Fiscal Year 2018 budget to uniform all New York City firefighters with an extra pair of boots.Continue reading

Man Wounded In High Noon Shoot Out In Harlem

A man was wounded in a broad daylight shooting in Marcus Garvey Park on Thursday afternoon in Harlem, New York, officials said.Continue reading

Concrete Wall Collapses In Harlem Building

More than 100 firefighters helped clear rubble in Harlem after a building's wall collapsed Thursday afternoon, an FDNY spokeswoman told source.Continue reading

Car Theft In Central Harlem

On Thursday, April 2nd at 7:19 PM there was a theft of a car at 5th Avenue and Duke Ellington Circle in Central Harlem, New York.Continue reading