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Agency overview | |
Established | July 31, 1865[1] (origins go back to 1648)[2] |
Annual calls | For 2018:[3]
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Employees | 11,000+ Uniformed Firefighting Personnel 4,274 Uniformed Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Personnel 2,096 Civilian Employees |
Annual budget | $2,030,337,688[4] |
Staffing | Career |
Commissioner | Robert Tucker |
Fire chief | John Esposito |
EMS level | Certified First Responder-Defibrillator (CFR-D),Basic Life Support (BLS),and Advanced Life Support (ALS) |
IAFF | 94, 854, and 4959 |
Motto | "New York's Bravest"[5] EMS Motto: "New York's Best"[5] |
Facilities and equipment | |
Divisions | 9 |
Battalions | 53 |
Stations | 254 |
Engines | 197 |
Trucks | 143 |
Squads | 8 |
Rescues | 5 |
Ambulances | 450[6] |
HAZMAT | 1 |
USAR | 1 |
Wildland | 10 |
Fireboats | 3x year-round, 6x seasonal |
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IAFF website (Fire Alarm Dispatchers)| |
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. The FDNY is responsible for fire suppression and fire prevention, and is a major provider of EMS services in New York City. 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 New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in both North America, and the Western Hemisphere, and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department.[citation needed] The FDNY employs over 11,000 uniformed firefighting employees, 4,274 uniformed EMS employees, and 2,096 civilian employees. Its regulations are compiled in title 3 of the New York City Rules.[7] The FDNY's motto is "New York's Bravest" for fire, and "New York's Best" for EMS. The FDNY serves more than 8.5 million residents within a 302-square-mile (780 km2) area.[8]
The FDNY headquarters is located at 9 MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn,[9] and the FDNY Fire Academy is located on Randalls Island.[10] The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) locals are 94, 854, and 4959. EMS is represented by DC 37 Locals 2507 for EMTs and paramedics and Local 3621 for officers.
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