Everywhere you go, firefighters are talking about their probationary firefighters, the probies. Some have lots of them and complain about all the inexperience, about everything these new folks don't ...

After years of court battles, the city today swore in its first class of probationary firefighters since 2008. Mayor Bloomberg told the 318 “probies” that they made up “our most diverse class ever … a ...

You are too young to remember 9/11, but not to “Never forget.” That was the message to 245 probationary firefighters, or “probies,” who saluted the fallen in a 9/11 Memorial Plaza ceremony on July 28, ...

Joseph Maloney just spent 19 weeks in training to become a New York City firefighter at the department’s Randalls Island academy. There, he carried heavy fire hoses, fought simulated fires and ended ...

While late night talk show hosts praised the resiliency of the city and the Yankees sang "Sweet Caroline," FDNY probies (probational officers) did their own thing on Tuesday to pay tribute to Boston ...

Tony: Probies, talk louder, I can hear you in there. Ziva: McGee has been at NCIS for six years. I have been here four. We ARE agents, so can you PLEASE stop calling us … ...