Latest Podcast Episodes
January 29, 2025
Season 10 of the FDNY Pro Podcast starts with Fire Commissioner Robert S. Tucker discussing issues facing the Department, including a new push for federal legislation to regulate lithium-ion batteries, the formation of the City’s brush fire task force, EMS call volume, and utilizing artificial intelligence […]
December 27, 2024
We revisit conversations from our ninth season, including marking our 100th episode of the FDNY Pro Podcast with host FDNY Deputy Chief Michael Barvels. During the 2024 season, pride and professionalism remains ever-present in FDNY training and operation and continues to be reflected in the stories […]
November 26, 2024
On January 16, 2024, FDNY members experienced an extreme fire event while operating at a residential building fire at 2162 Valentine Avenue in the Bronx. A fire in an apartment on the third floor of a six-story H-type New Law tenement extended into the public hallway, […]
Featured Book
Building Construction:
The Firefighter's Battlespace
Chief Vincent Dunn, the most prolific author in the fire service, has returned to the FDNY. In his latest book, Chief Dunn declares firefighting is a war and buildings the Firefighter’s battlespace. Chief Dunn says a battlespace is the total fire environment, the inside and outside of a burning building. A battlespace is not just the room and fire, it includes much more. Chief Dunn also tells us about firefighting “game changers” in this book. A “game changer” is notification of an event, construction feature or fire growth that changes an incident commander’s thinking or strategy.
