FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker announced the creation of the department's first Brush Fire Task Force on Sunday.

Firefighters battling an outbreak of wildfires across the Northeast amid a historic autumn drought could get some relief from ...

Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker moved immediately to expand the existing brush fire unit to a larger task force to fight on ...

The warning comes as a record-breaking dry spell and abnormally high temperatures have lowered reservoirs and fueled ...

Officials say the three-alarm brush fire broke out in Highbridge Park in Washington Heights around 3 p.m. Tuesday. Fire ...

Firefighters closed a busy exit and blocked off lanes of traffic on a major New York highway as they responded to a two-alarm brush fire Tuesday afternoon.

Fire crews returned to Inwood Hill Park after another brush fire broke out just a week after crews doused flames at the same ...

The battle against the Jennings Creek wildfire on the New Jersey/New York border has entered its second week. See the latest ...

Official say the fire burned through around 10 to 15 acres of land, and the dense and hilly terrain and a lack of hydrants ...

A brushfire broke out in an upper Manhattan park, scorching 10 acres and taking 138 firefighters to bring it under control on ...

A bystander was hit by a stray bullet in an exchange of gunfire between the officer and the suspect, according to the NYPD's chief of detectives.

Firefighters are on the scene of another brush fire burning in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. The fire along the border of Washington Heights and Harlem was reported in Highbridge Park at West 155th ...