Firefighters lining the entrance to the department’s Metrotech Center headquarters saluted as their erstwhile commander passed an FDNY color guard and boarded a fire engine shortly after 3 ...

Members of New York City law enforcement carried on an annual tradition on Thursday night, December 18, delivering hundreds ...

The Fire Department of NY has invited the community for a Menorah Lighting ceremony on Sunday night, the eighth night of ...

Lost his son on 9/11, firefighter Jim Riches later battled toxic illness and died at 74 after decades aiding others.

A retired New York Fire Department deputy chief, who lost his firefighter son in the September 11 US attacks and spent decades fighting for sick first responders, has died from a 9/11-related illness.

Friends, family, and community members honor the late Richie Sarnes, Jr., a beloved Tottenville Santa Claus and FDNY mechanic ...

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 HUGE blaze has engulfed an six-storey apartment building in New York. Shocking footage showed flames and black smoke ...

A New York City Fire Department officer is pictured in a file photo. Credit: OSV News photo/Mike Segar, Reuters BROOKLYN, N.Y. (OSV News) — Twenty-four years after ...

FDNY fire marshals are working to determine what caused a raging five-alarm fire that tore through four adjoining homes in Richmond Hill on Monday night. Officials say a call was received at 10:49 p.m ...

BAY RIDGE — A funeral was held Dec. 1 at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, 9511 Fourth Ave., for James Riches, an FDNY deputy chief who died on Thanksgiving. He was 74 and died due to 9/11–related ...

James Riches, the former New York City deputy fire chief and a national spokesman for families who lost loved ones on 9/11, became the latest firefighter to die from an illness related to the attack.