135K views · 5.9K reactions | Today's class of FDNY Probationary Firefighters present the count on deck as the ceremony draws to an end. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Facebook

11K views · 898 reactions | Today 291 FDNY Probationary Firefighters graduated from the FDNY Fire Academy at a ceremony held in Brooklyn. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Facebook

This past Tuesday, members of FDNY’s Rescue Operations, HazMat Operations, the Rebreather Task Force, and EMS Special Operations joined forces with the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force Marines for a Rebreather Drill in the East New York Tunnel. The drill depicted an explosion in a heavily trafficked automobile tunnel that runs parallel to a train tunnel where both entrances to the tunnel collapsed, and rescuers must gain access in order to search for and remove victims. “Things are gr