Staten Island
Costly Lessons: What We've Learned From Firefighter Deaths
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A City Limits investigation looked at FDNY fatalities over 20 years, finding common factors and tracking the city’s efforts to address them.
Activism and Volunteerism
Out of 9/11 Tragedy Came Change for FDNY
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Serious problems with the emergency response on 9/11 contributed to the loss of rescuer lives. A decade later, FDNY counts itself much better prepared. But some questions remain.
GOVERNMENT
This Building Killed 1 Firefighter but May Save Dozens
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Two fires 10 years apart at one high-rise in the Rockaways helped convince the FDNY to reconsider its time-honored tactics when dealing with wind-driven fires.
Activism and Volunteerism
When Fire Wins: Causes of FDNY Deaths
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Each of the FDNY’s line-of-duty deaths over the past 20 years involved a unique person and unique circumstances. But according to investigations by the FDNY and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, common contributing factors link many of the incidents.
NEWS
Firefighter Decisions Hold Lives—Including Their Own—In Balance
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The FDNY is committed to “aggressive, interior firefighting.” When that’s the plan, equipment, training and manpower are all less important that human decision-making.
GOVERNMENT
Diversity and the Department: The FDNY Recruitment Battle
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The upcoming firefighters’ test represents the latest attempt in a 40-year effort to try to diversify the mostly white, overwhelmingly male FDNY.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Firefighter for a Day
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After months reporting a story on the FDNY, all it took was three steps into a smoky room for this reporter to realize how much he didn’t know.
GOVERNMENT
Firefighters' Heart Risks Get New Attention
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Heart attacks are the single largest threat to firefighters’ lives, with everything from stress to heat to noise at fire scenes elevating the risk factors.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
FDNY Closings Will Affect More Than Just 20 Neighborhoods
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Closing fire companies to reduce the city’s budget gap could have broad ripple effects as firefighters travel farther to get to emergencies and deal with buildings with which they aren’t as familiar.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Following the Story: Nationwide, Firefighter Deaths Drop
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The number of on-duty deaths dropped by 7 percent nationwide. New York City closed out another year without a fatality during an operation, despite responding to 23,000 blazes.