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The FDNY and the FDNY Foundation have released the latest episode of the FDNY Pro Podcast. In Episode 116, two FDNY EMTs discuss rescuing five people who got caught up in large swells and a rip current, slamming into the Beach 91 jetty during the Fourth of July weekend in 2024.
A lithium-ion battery was determined to be the cause of a fatal 2-alarm fire that happened Friday, July 4, 2025, in Queens.
The FDNY is reminding New Yorkers about the dangers of lithium-ion batteries in a new Public Service Announcement (PSA). Wherever possible, charge and store lithium-ion batteries OUTSIDE.
At a Public Information Briefing on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker provided an update on a fatal 2-alarm fire in Queens.
After a four-year hiatus, the FDNY and the FDNY Foundation launched the 2026 Calendar of Heroes on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at a kickoff event at One Vanderbilt in Manhattan.
The FDNY and the NYPD officially kicked off a summerlong blood drive competition on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn, with the goal of generating awareness of the need for blood during critical summer months.
The competition runs through July 20.
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