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The New York City Fire Department or the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) has the responsibility of protecting citizens and property in New York City's five boroughs from fires and fire hazards, as well as first response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards.

FDNY is the largest municipal fire Department in the United States with 16,000 personnel and faces an extraordinarily varied challenge. In addition to responding to building types that range from wood frame to high-rise, there are the many bridges and tunnels needed to move a large commuter population into and out of the city as well as the largest subway system in the United States. These challenges add yet another level of firefighting complexity. It is a self evaluation which helps identify over 35 critical factors. Old wiring in subway tunnels (as well as in older buildings) is occasionally the cause of fires. A scarcity of water for drinking and fighting fires ultimately resulted in the transition of Brooklyn from separate city into a borough of NYC. The city, by then had developed a vast up-state feeder system to slake the growing city's thirst.

History

1648 - 1865

The New York City Fire Department can trace it's roots back to 1648 when the first fire ordinance was adopted in what then was the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam. Meet.