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On Tuesday, 301 probationary firefighters graduated from the FDNY Fire Academy, but this year’s graduation had an extra bit of meaning, as 19 of the graduates are children of first responders who died on 9/11 or from a 9/11-related illness. 2019’s class is the largest group of legacy graduates in the FDNY’s history.

As Long Island City’s real estate market continues to prosper locals are arguing that the need for emergency services is growing.

The New York City Fire Department has notified over 10,000 patients previously treated or transported by FDNY EMS that their personal information may have been compromised after an employee’s personal external hard drive went missing.

Six people including four children are dead in an apartment fire in Harlem.

For the first time, a woman has been sworn in as chief of New York City's Emergency Medical Services. Lillian Bonsignore was appointed the position by Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro.

Thousands of people came to pay tribute to a U.S. Marine killed in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan. The funeral for Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, who was also an FDNY firefighter, was held in New York.

Thousands of mourners stood at attention and saluted as "Taps" was played to honor FDNY firefighter and Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, who died in Afghanistan.

The national anthem is sung at the funeral for FDNY firefighter and U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Manhattan.

FDNY Firefighter Steven Pollard of Ladder Company 170 died while responding to a car accident. At his funeral service, William March, his longtime friend, offered some touching and funny remarks of remembrance.

A New York City firefighter fell to his death late Sunday when he slipped through a narrow gap between lanes of a newly built bridge while trying to reach the victims of a car crash. Steven Pollard, a 30-year-old firefighter who had followed his father and brother into the FDNY just a year and a half ago, fell 52 feet as he tried to climb between a pair of low concrete barriers separating travel on Brooklyn's Belt Parkway.

Elected officials and some Long Island City residents are fired up. They want Mayor Bill de Blasio to reinstate FDNY Engine Company 261 and put it right back where it was with Ladder Company 116 in Dutch Kills. Then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg closed Engine 261 in 2003 to save money.

An FDNY fire truck from Ladder 120 crashed into several parked cars at East New York Avenue and St. Mark's Avenue in Brooklyn just after 6 p.m. Wednesday.

New York City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro came to Fox 5 News to talk about the department and fire safety.

Flood victims of Hurricane Florence are receiving help from the New York area. Various organizations and municipalities have been offering support to communities in the South. Members of New York Task Force 1 have been in North Carolina since last week. They rescued people in River Bend on Friday. Then Monday, the team patrolled Pollocksville, N.C., to conduct evacuations and welfare checks. The team includes NYPD, FDNY, and EMS personnel.

Two men who caused the death of a New York City fire chief in an explosion at an illegal indoor marijuana-growing operation two years ago were sentenced to prison on Friday for their guilty pleas to manslaughter and marijuana charges. Garivaldi Castillo, 33, and Julio Salcedo, 36, were charged in the death of Battalion Chief Michael Fahy, 44, a 17-year veteran of the fire department and father of three.

As of Friday morning, at least 20 firefighters had been hurt in three separate fires in New York City since the evening before.

A new group of heroes joined the ranks of the FDNY on Wednesday; 311 probationary firefighters graduated during a ceremony in Brooklyn. This class had plenty of inspiration on the path to becoming New York's Bravest. The class featured two third-generation firefighters. But for the first time in the FDNY's 153-year history, a child followed in his mother's footsteps.