Terminated Fire Cadets accuse FDNY of bait and switch

They spent two years in the FDNY’s Fire Cadet program, training to become New York City firefighters. Now five Cadet ...
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‘Become an EMT or resign': FDNY fire cadet grads say reclassification to EMTs led to abrupt terminations

Five graduates say the department reclassified them as EMS trainees just before contracts expired, then issued termination letters ...

New York Fire Department to honor 39 members killed by 9/11-related illnesses this year

The Sept. 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center is still killing New York City firefighters 24 years later.

New York apartment building partly collapses in 'major emergency', fire department says

The incinerator shaft of the Bronx building collapsed just after 08:00 local time - officials say no injuries have been reported so far.

New York City apartment building partially collapses after gas explosion

When you looked out, the whole building just went boom, it fell. Then you heard another boom, and all the side of the building just fell. It was crazy. All you see is smoke." ...

New York high-rise apartment building partially collapses

An incinerator shaft on the corner of a 20-storey New York City apartment building collapsed into a pile of rubble after reports of a gas explosion. The city’s fire department said it had no immediate ...