New York is battling its largest wildfire in 16 years, with firefighters now containing about 90% of the affected areas.

The significant increase in brush fires in New York City has led the FDNY to establish its first Brush Fire Task Force. The ...

The parks provide refuge for residents of a go-go-go city. But they also make the area more prone to brush fires during ...

Sunday, FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker announced the creation of the FDNY’s first Brush Fire Task Force, comprised of ...

The fire ignited and spread rapidly across a large area of brush inside the park on Wednesday, and another fire in the park ...

A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about 4 acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY officials said Thursday. The raging blaze, which began at about 3 p ...

Meanwhile in Queens, FDNY crews battled another brush fire that broke out at Alley Pond Park around 6:45 p.m. It went to a second alarm around 8:20 p.m., and was placed under control around 9:40 p ...

New York City’s ongoing drought has sparked a record 215 brush fires in just the past two weeks, FDNY officials said Wednesday. The number of brush fires this year was significantly higher than ...

So, when I was 22, I took every New York City civil service exam available. The first one to call me was FDNY Emergency Medical Service (EMS), which at the time was NYC Health + Hospital’s NYC EMS.