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 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. EMS is represented by DC 37 Locals 2507 for EMTs and paramedics and Local 3621 for officers.Ī FDNY deputy chief during rescue efforts at the World Trade Center following the Septemattacks. 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 approximately 10,951 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 New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York ( FDNY), is an American department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection services, technical rescue/special operations services, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive/hazardous materials response services and emergency medical response services within the five boroughs of New York City. FDNY Fire Suppression total call volume: 619,378.
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