Carelessly knock those candles over, ladies: FDNY's 2015 Calendar of Heroes has arrived. Is it getting hot in here or is it just my embarrassment over opening a post with a tired cliche?

A firefighter's picture of himself and his coworkers exhausted after battling wildfires in California has gone viral in a big way today.

In July, a group of potential firefighters considered the most diverse ever in the FDNY's history began training. Of 318 recruits, 66% were minorities, and the class had a record eight women. Five of those women made it through probation to become firefighters. But according to some firefighters, one of those women…

Firefighters! Puppies! Firefighters saving puppies! I'm so squee-ed out and turned on, I don't know what to do.

"We should probably meet for a drink first." That was the consensus as I arranged for myself and two friends to attend the "Rescue Me" fireman singles party Wednesday night at a bar on the Bowery.

Firefighters from Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Station in Maryland found a mascot that's way more adorable (and likely more even-tempered) than a Dalmatian on Tuesday when they rescued a baby fox (eep!) that was trapped in a storm drain, wailing for its mom. It was all very Fox and Hound, minus Copper, the farm,…

In a recently released clip from BURN, a documentary following a year in the Detroit Fire Department, firefighters rush to save two dogs from a burning home while the distressed owner is forced to stand by. The outcome looks bleak when the dogs are finally removed from the house — both, one only a puppy, are…

Volunteer firefighters fought frantically to save the lives of nearly two dozen dogs trapped in a house fire this past Monday night in New Jersey. The rescue mission was successful, though several of the dogs had to be given oxygen after losing consciousness from smoke inhalation. Even that had it's silver lining,…

If you live in New York and you set your apartment on fire in some ill-advised (read: don't set your apartment on fire) effort to collect on a suspiciously bloated insurance policy you took out on your second-hand furniture, a firewoman — spellcheck does not, by the way, recognize this apparently alien expression —…

A plan to make the physical requirements more difficult for aspiring female US Marines by requiring full pull-ups has been postponed indefinitely. And as it stands now, women interested in becoming lady Leathernecks must meet lower physical standards than their male counterparts. But for jobs that require brute…

The New York City Fire Department finally has it's first openly trangendered firefighter. The woman in question, who now goes by the name Brooke, has for the most part found acceptance from her coworkers. The department is not known for its diversity, but it probably helps that Brooke has deep roots with the FDNY:

Firefighters in Los Angeles are being investigated for acting like how Samantha from Sex & The City thought they should act- by filming pornographic films while on duty.

Are recession-era women looking for a firefighter to carry them out of the burning building of the current economy and into the safety of stay-at-home life? That's what some people are taking from a new poll.

In case you've been living under a rock or are altogether confused about what day it is, today's the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. Everyone who remembers that day remembers where they were, what they did, the anger, fear, and hopelessness that they felt. They remember the iconic…

Is there something hot in here or is it just these guys? The New York Post has shots from this year's nationwide firefighter calendar, and we can't say we minded looking through the gallery of our country's shirtless heroes. Above is Mr. Minneapolis (otherwise known as Justin Reid) and Mr. New York (real name Philip…

Barbara Lewicki has been a firefighter for twenty-five years, and is currently the only female firefighter in Daly City, California. But two years ago, she started complaining about the bathroom situation, and says she was then retaliated against. She's suing for unspecified damages.

A 27 year old California woman handed her hours-old infant over to firefighters on Christmas Eve. The baby, nicknamed "Noel" by the temporary caretakers, has been taken into protective custody.

Feeling stressed? Maybe it's because you put out raging fires for a living. Or maybe you're just a lady.

• Detmar Blow on Alexander McQueen: "Money changed him and then drugs changed him. I remember reading of how he had flown his boyfriend somewhere for £130,000. What did Issie get? Some clothes. I find that quite shocking."

Men are entering and winning women's marathons — and to keep them out, the race organizers are resorting to some pretty sexist tactics.