The FDNY faces highly multifaceted firefighting challenges in many ways unique to New York. In one tour or shift, each company is commanded by an officer (lieutenant or captain) and is made up of four to five firefighters for engine companies, five firefighters for ladder companies, rescue companies, or squad companies, and six firefighters for the hazardous materials company. Under a swapping system called “mutuals”, most firefighters combine tours and work a 24-hour shift, followed by three days off.

Each fire company is led by a captain, who commands three lieutenants and twelve to twenty firefighters. Each firehouse consists of one to three fire companies. Each battalion consists of three to eight firehouses and consists of approximately 180–200 firefighters and officers. The lead battalion chief for the battalion is the battalion commander and the others are battalion chiefs. Within each division are four to seven battalions, each led by a battalion chief.

Within those five borough commands exists nine firefighting divisions, each of which are headed by a deputy chief, who also has several deputy chiefs to help run the division when the deputy chief is not on duty. For Manhattan, this commander is an Assistant Chief, whereas each of the other four borough commanders are deputy assistant chiefs. Each borough command has a borough commander. Operationally and geographically, the department is organized into five borough commands for each of the five Boroughs of New York City. Staff chiefs include the seven citywide tour commanders, the Chief of Fire Prevention, and the Chief of Safety. The executive staff includes several civilian deputy commissioners who are responsible for the many administrative bureaus within the department, along with the Chief of Department, Chief of Fire Operations, Chief of EMS, Chief Fire Marshal, Chief of Training and other staff chiefs. The current NYC Fire Commissioner is Laura Kavanagh, who succeeded Daniel A. The department's executive staff is divided into two areas that include a civilian Fire Commissioner who serves as the head of the department and a Chief of Department who serves as the operational leader. Like most fire departments of major cities in the United States, the New York City Fire Department is organized in a paramilitary fashion, and in many cases, echoes the structure of the police department. Main article: Organization of the New York City Fire Department A FDNY deputy chief during rescue efforts at the World Trade Center following the Septemattacks. EMS is represented by DC 37 Locals 2507 for EMTs and paramedics and Local 3621 for officers. The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) locals are 94, 854, and 4959. The FDNY headquarters is located at 9 MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, and the FDNY Fire Academy is located on Randalls Island. The FDNY serves more than 8.5 million residents within a 302 square mile area.

The FDNY's motto is ' New York's Bravest' for fire, and ' New York's Best' for EMS. Its regulations are compiled in title 3 of the New York City Rules. The FDNY employs over 11,000 uniformed firefighting employees, 4,274 uniformed EMS employees, and 2,096 civilian employees. The New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in both the United States, and the Western Hemisphere, and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department. The FDNY is equipped with a wide variety of general-purpose and specialized fire apparatus to serve its varied missions. Beyond fire suppression and EMS, the FDNY is responsible for a broad range of services, including technical rescue, CBRN defense, and structural collapse response and analysis. The FDNY is responsible for fire suppression and fire prevention, and is a major provider of EMS services in New York City. The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York ( FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all five boroughs.

FDNY Fire Suppression total call volume: 619,378Ĭertified First Responder-Defibrillator (CFR-D),Basic Life Support (BLS),and Advanced Life Support (ALS).

The City of Fairfax also operates two Fire and Rescue Stations, stations 3 and 33, which respond into Fairfax County.Ĭlick here for a Fairfax County map of all the fire station locations and other facilities.Ĭlick here for more detailed map information about Fairfax County at My Neighborhood - An Internet Mapping and Information Application. There are 39 Fire and Rescue Stations in Fairfax County.

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