FE Volume 155 Issue 9

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FDNY EMS RESPONSE

FDNY EMS RESPONSE

As part of the EMS signal 10-40 response (major response to an aircraft crash incident), the EMS patrol supervisor for lower Manhattan responded from the quarters of EMS Battalion 4 on South Street. He intended to establish the preplanned staging area but found that the location was inaccessible: Victims and debris filled the street.
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“Field Trip to Hell”: A Survivor’s Story

“Field Trip to Hell”: A Survivor’s Story

For more than two decades, I have had the privilege of covering New York's Bravest as a photographer for the New York Daily News and as FDNY's first honorary photographer since 1985.
Firefighting
LADDER 6: RESCUE OF THE RESCUERS

LADDER 6: RESCUE OF THE RESCUERS

As Ladder 6 approached the World Trade Center, we could see large gaping holes in the sides of the North Tower. Heavy smoke was pushing out of every crevice, and we could see fire pushing out of the upper floors. I estimated that there were 20 floors involved.
Technical Rescue
Anonymous Letter

Anonymous Letter

As we worked our way up, we did our best to calm the evacuees, asking them to stay to the right and at the same time letting them know they were out of harm's way or would be shortly. Because thousands of civilians were on the same stairways as we were, our ascent was very slow—maybe three floors per minute in the early going.
Firefighting

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EMS: NYTF-1 RESPONSE

EMS: NYTF-1 RESPONSE

I responded to the World Trade Center (WTC) as a medical specialist with New York Task Force 1 (NYTF-1) and spent two months at the site as deputy chief of EMS operations.
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REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT

REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT

We heard and felt the plane hit the Trade Center from our headquarters in Brooklyn. There was a huge column of smoke. Chief of Department Peter Ganci and I drove to the site together to start formulating plans.
Firefighting
POSTCOLLAPSE: WEST STREET SECTOR OPERATIONS

POSTCOLLAPSE: WEST STREET SECTOR OPERATIONS

Shortly after the second plane hit, I could see the towers burning from the Whitestone Bridge, more than 10 miles away. I arrived at Division 14 headquarters in the borough of Queens to get my gear. While there, we received a call from the Fire Operations Center asking for a deputy chief.
Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations
POSTCOLLAPSE COMMAND

POSTCOLLAPSE COMMAND

The second plane removed all doubt that this was an accident. I took my response car from home to Lower Manhattan and walked north to the World Trade Center.
Firefighting
FIRST CHIEF ON THE SCENE

FIRST CHIEF ON THE SCENE

On the morning of Septem- ber 11, I responded to a call for an odor of gas in the street at West Bernard and Church streets, about 12 blocks from the incident.
Firefighting
OPERATIONS COMMAND

OPERATIONS COMMAND

I responded with my aide by car to the World Trade Center (WTC) site. The North Tower had collapsed minutes before we arrived. When I reached the command post, which was originally on Chambers and West streets, two chiefs were there. One said, "Frank, they're all dead. You've got it."
Fire Apparatus
ENGINE 9: SURVIVAL STORY

ENGINE 9: SURVIVAL STORY

Iresponded to the World Trade Center with Engine 9 and Ladder 6. Engine 9 includes Satellite One, a pumper that carries large-diameter hose, a manifold, a deluge monitor, and foam equipment. It is usually dispatched on second alarms.
Firefighting
JERSEY CITY WATERFRONT TRIAGE

JERSEY CITY WATERFRONT TRIAGE

On the morning of September 11, members of the Jersey City (NJ) Fire Department (FDJC) became involved in three major operations directly related to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (WTC). Since Jersey City is the closest and largest city to New York's lower Manhattan, the FDJC initially sent a mutual-aid assignment to the WTC at the official request of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey emergency services.
Firefighting

The Search for Ladder 6

Firefighter TrainingSearch Operations

OTHER JERSEY CITY OPERATIONS

Firefighting Equipment

NORTH TOWER COMMAND

Firefighting

BODY RETRIEVAL

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BELOW-GRADE SEARCH

Firefighting

World Trade Center Disaster: Initial Response

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POSTCOLLAPSE: LIBERTY STREET SECTOR OPERATIONS

Firefighting

FIRE DISPATCH OPERATIONS

Fire Apparatus

REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS

Firefighting

SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND HAZ MAT

Firefighting

DIVISION 6 OPERATIONS

Firefighting

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