When it comes to the selection and hiring of our next generation of firefighters, physical fitness should never be left to chance. The fireground doesn’t care how you look in uniform or what you bench ...

The city Fire-rescue Department has issued a safety stand-down on a physical fitness test after a 52-year-old firefighter suffered a heart attack while trying to complete it in late April. The ...

As firefighters, we spend most of our time dealing in the physical world. But sometimes even we have to take a dip into the world of psychology. This is one of those times. There is a particular ...

Meet the flameout who wants to be a smoke-eater. A firefighter wannabe who failed the FDNY physical test three times has sued the city and the department, demanding he get the job anyway, in a brazen ...