James RIches spent six months searching through the rubble and debris at Ground Zero for the remains of his son Jimmy Riches, who died heroically responding to the terror attacks.

James “Jim” Riches, a former New York City Fire Department deputy chief, died on Thanksgiving Day at age 74 from illnesses linked to toxic exposure at Ground Zero, 24 years after the attacks claimed ...

A man died after an FDNY ladder retracted during a fire rescue, causing him to plummet to the sidewalk below. Video shows the man stepping onto the ladder, just before the top section of it collapsed.

The Brooklyn immigrant who plunged to his death as FDNY firefighters worked to save him from a fire in his apartment above a Brooklyn bodega fell after the rescue ladder he stepped onto suddenly ...

A 53-year-old Brooklyn man plunged to his death when an FDNY ladder suddenly gave way as he evacuated a Monday morning blaze at a Sunset Park apartment building, shocking video reviewed by The Post ...

NEW YORK -- It was an emotional and exciting graduation day for the FDNY -- full of young firefighters carrying on their family legacy and following in their fathers' footsteps. Fire Commissioner ...

NEW YORK -- It was an emotional and exciting graduation day for the FDNY -- full of young firefighters carrying on their family legacy and following in their fathers' footsteps. Fire Commissioner ...

It was 8:46 Thursday morning and FDNY Engine 3, Ladder 12 was ordered into formation by Chief John Gormley. There they stood in dress blues, shoulder-to-shoulder, in straight lines that went six deep.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A house fire in Rosebank prompted a large FDNY response on Thursday morning. The blaze was reported at 54 Wiman Place at 10:15 a.m., a spokesperson for the fire department said.