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. Organization 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 Vehicles,Tools and Equipment 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: 619,378Ĥ,274 Uniformed Emergency Medical Services (EMS) PersonnelĬertified First Responder-Defibrillator (CFR-D),Basic Life Support (BLS),and Advanced Life Support (ALS).

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