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

. @NWSNewYorkNY has issued a Special Weather Statement for NYC: Elevated risk for fire spread for Monday 11/18, gusts near 15 ...

FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker announced the establishment of the department’s first-ever Brush Fire Task Force on Sunday as ...

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

An elite team of FDNY fire marshals, fire protection inspectors, and drone operators is being pulled together to combat the ...

A Fire Weather Watch will once again be in effect this weekend as the New York City Tri-State is the driest it’s been in ...

Dozens of New York’s Bravest battled brush fires at the Marine Park Golf Course Nov. 8 and 13. Both blazes broke out ...

Neighbors and visitors to parks in New York City are watching the grounds and scanning the skies. Where there’s smoke, there ...

A two-alarm brush fire erupted at Alley Pond Park on Wednesday, Nov. 13, highlighting a concerning trend of increasing ...

Two FDNY firefighters were injured while battling a three-alarm fire in a Queens apartment building; no civilians were hurt, ...

Steva Sowell-Hardcastle, a NYC Park’s Super Steward, says it was heartbreaking to watch, but that there could be a silver ...

A massive brush fire exacerbated by the city’s ongoing drought destroyed about 4 acres of Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park, FDNY ...