the FDNY reached out to National brush and wildfire experts. On uneven terrain, giant firetrucks carrying 500 gallons of water are little help. The smaller trucks and drones are the key.

The FDNY responded to a reported brush fire in Oakwood Beach on the afternoon of Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Staten Island Advance/Luke Peteley) (Staten Island Advance/Luke Peteley) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.

We wanted to see what lessons we could learn to better equip ourselves against brush ... pumper trucks can’t do. Everything Esposito’s team learned will be of great value to the FDNY’s ...

Police responded just before 2 a.m. on Thursday to a report of a crash involving an FDNY fire truck and an FDNY ambulance in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, a spokesperson for the ...