Prepare for the smoke present.
The FDNY is gearing as much as set the Large Apple ablaze with its well-known hunk-filled calendar making a fiery comeback subsequent yr.
The enduring “Calendar of Heroes” — recognized for splashing scorching firefighters, EMTs and paramedics throughout its pages — is returning in 2026 after a three-year hiatus.
“We are excited for the return of the FDNY Calendar of Heroes,” FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker mentioned.
“The calendar presents an opportunity to highlight our Best and Bravest, while helping fundraise for the critical mission of the FDNY Foundation.”
The scorching calendar, which was initially canned as a result of dwindling gross sales after the COVID pandemic, is being put out by the FDNY Basis — a nonprofit that raises funds for Gotham’s hearth tools and coaching.
“It was one of the most in-demand items we’ve had, a successful fundraising tool for years — and we’ve gotten tremendous interest in it already,” mentioned Matt DiLiberto, the muse’s chairman.
“The new calendar will allow us to showcase the health, fitness and wellness of the FDNY, and depict our firefighters, EMTs and paramedics as the heroes they are.”
Firehouse Subs, a Florida-based sandwich store, has additionally come on board as a sponsor to assist distribute the upcoming smoke-show portraits.
It wasn’t instantly clear who could be chosen to grace the 2026 calendar’s pages.
Vying individuals have been not too long ago requested to start out submitting their glamor photographs.
The calendar had been round for many years earlier than manufacturing was halted amid the pandemic.
After years of being a beefcake bonanza, the muse opted to start out together with feminine firefighters in 2014. Then in 2017, the muse began doling out a males’s and a girls’s version earlier than including animals to the combination quickly after.
The 2026 calendar will set New Yorkers again $25 a pop and is predicted to be launched in direction of the tail finish of the yr.
