Fire Department, The New York City FDNY 09
Fire Department, The New York City FDNY 09 : History: September 11, 2001 Attacks: A New York City Deputy chief fire coordinates the recovery effort underway at the World Trade Center. Many firefighters arrived at the World Trade Center without meeting at the command centers. Problems with radio communication caused commanders to lose contact with many of the firefighters who went into the buildings; those firefighters were unable to hear evacuation orders. There was practically no communication with the New York City Police Department, which had helicopters at the scene. When the towers collapsed, hundreds were killed or trapped within. 343 FDNY firefighters, EMTs and paramedics who responded to the attacks lost their lives. The casualties included First Deputy Commissioner William M. Feehan, Chief of Department Peter Ganci Department ChaplainMychal Judge, and Battalion Chief Orio Palmer. Meanwhile, average response times to fires elsewhere in the city that day only rose by one minute, to 5. 5 minutes. Many of the surviving firefighters continued to work alternating 24-hour shifts as part of the rescue and recovery effort. Firefighters and EMS personnel came from hundreds of miles around New York City, including numerous career and volunteer units in Upstate New York, Long Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and even Michigan
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