When New York City faces Code Blue weather — those bone-chilling days when temperatures drop below freezing — everything gets ...

An FDNY officer who was told by her ... Fitzsimmons joined the department and was assigned to Engine 289 in Corona, Queens, just four months before 9/11. Six members of her probationary class ...

Making matters worse, in a situation where every second counts, FDNY officials said they were delayed by vehicles partially blocking fire engine access to the two closest fire hydrants.