Crews responded to the fire at the one-story home at 261 Utter Avenue in Castleton Corners around 1:30 a.m.
Firefighters entered the structure after receiving reports of a person trapped and were met by intense flames in the living room.
Firefighter Christopher Pillarella of Ladder 83 went ahead of the hoseline and searched through the smoke for the resident, according to the newspaper.
Pillarella found the man lying unconscious in a hallway with burns on his hands and face.
He grabbed the man's arms while another firefighter took him by the legs and they carried him to safety.
"This is what we train for. Everyone else would have done the same thing," Pillarella told the newspaper. "Once I found him, it was a team effort getting him out."
The man was transported to Staten Island University Hospital and was listed in stable condition.
