This past weekend, the FDNY and the FDNY Foundation held the 2025 FDNY High-Rise Symposium, bringing together fire service professionals from across the nation and around the world. The three-day program featured lectures, tours of Hudson Yards and Rockefeller Center, and tactical and operational demonstrations at the FDNY Fire Academy on Randall’s Island. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

Join the FDNY and the FDNY Foundation this fall for the 2025 FDNY High Rise Symposium. On October 3 – 5, 2025, the Symposium will host firefighters, company and chief officers, private sector fire and life safety professionals, property management, building engineering and maintenance personnel. The FDNY HRS will discuss fire and life safety, building systems, fire command operations, first due tactics, UAS and Robotics, Mega High-Rise buildings, buildings under construction, fire codes, terrori

NY-TF1 is one of 28 Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces nationwide, made up of FDNY Special Operations Command personnel and members of the NYPD Emergency Service Unit. Last week, the team carried out a full-scale mobilization drill simulating a Category 4 hurricane striking Fire Island, a barrier island located off Long Island’s southern coast. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY)