A top FDNY chief is taking the fall over a Post ... In an email Tuesday to battalion chiefs, Chief of Department John Hodgens backed off his prior internal announcement, admitting his use of ...

Brian J. Fink retired after 38 years with FDNY as a battalion chief, serving as commander of the 19th battalion in the Bronx. he also served as the executive officer for the FDNY Chief of Training.

A retired FDNY fire chief accused of taking bribes to fast-track safety inspections faces up to five years in prison after ...

A former FDNY fire safety chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to being part of a conspiracy to accept thousands of dollars in bribes to fast-track fire inspections for New York City buildings.

“We believe it started in the clothes dryer and that it overheated there and then came a little bit of an extension outside not much,” said the FDNY battalion chief at the scene. “We’re ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A former chief in the FDNY’s Bureau of Fire Prevention (BFP) pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking bribes in exchange for expediting inspections several months after his ...