Video by Adam / FDNY firefighter Patrick Brady, a 42-year-old 11-year veteran from a multigenerational firefighting family, died of a heart attack while battling a six-story apartment building blaze in Brownsville, Brooklyn, on November 8, 2025. Brady suffered cardiac arrest on the roof of the burning structure on Kings Highway and was pronounced dead at Brookdale University Hospital despite immediate treatment. Four other firefighters and one civilian sustained minor injuries. Mayor Eric Adams

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This week’s spotlight on the FDNY’s most historic firehouses takes us to Little Italy in Manhattan for a tour of Engine Company 55. Originally established on June 4, 1887, at 185 Lafayette Street, the company relocated to its current home in 1899. The building reflects a transition from the Romanesque Revival style to the more decorative Beaux Arts style, both of which were popular in the late 1800s. | 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

4K views · 305 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

On Wednesday, the FDNY partnered with local and federal agencies to test Department of Defense approved drones in hopes of expanding and updating our drone fleet. The Department has been deploying drones in rescue operations since 2017. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY)