FDNY
Gotham's ladder company
FDNY is the Fire Department of New York, the largest municipal fire department in the United States.
It serves New York City's five boroughs and responds to fires, medical emergencies, and disasters.
FDNY firefighters were among the first responders on 9/11.
Portable climbing frame
- engineMachine producing motion
- hoseFlexible fluid conduit
- hydrantStreet-side water outlet
- nozzleFlow-directing pipe fitting
bunker gear · firehouse · blaze · flames · smoke · alarm · siren · dispatch
Sudden structural failure
- rescueSave from harm
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- victimsThose who suffer harm
survivors · memorial · remembrance · tragedy · recovery · first responders · stairwell · evacuation
Distinct unit within organization
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- chiefTop-ranking leader
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- divisionSplitting into parts
squad · company · personnel · commissioner · academy · EMS · headquarters · firehouses
NYC's densest borough
- BrooklynWestern Long Island borough
- QueensEasternmost NYC district
- BronxNYC's northernmost borough
- HarlemManhattan neighborhood, cultural landmark
citywide · boroughs · tenements · high-rises · brownstones · waterfront · Times Square · municipal
ladder
Portable climbing frame
nozzle · bunker gear · firehouse · blaze · flames · smoke · alarm · siren · dispatch · flashover
collapse
Sudden structural failure
victims · survivors · memorial · remembrance · tragedy · recovery · first responders · stairwell · evacuation · rubble
department
Distinct unit within organization
division · squad · company · personnel · commissioner · academy · EMS · headquarters · firehouses · unions
Manhattan
NYC's densest borough
Harlem · citywide · boroughs · tenements · high-rises · brownstones · waterfront · Times Square · municipal · city services
- NYC Governmentmayor, city council, comptroller, public advocate, city clerk
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- 9/11World Trade Center, Twin Towers, Ground Zero, September 11, Pentagon
- NYC InstitutionsColumbia University, CUNY, NYPD, MTA, New York Public Library
- government workerscivil servants, federal workers, civil servant, bureaucrat, federal employees
FDNYNYPD
Major city's police abbreviation
NYPD Blue · police · law enforcement · paramedics · traffic enforcement
FDNYarsonist
One who illegally ignites
fire starter · arson · arson squad · pyromaniac · fire