page_title: New York City Fire Department
section_title: Ideology and core competencies
hierarchical_section_title: New York City Fire Department / Ideology and core competencies
caption_attribution_description: English: An FDNY Hazardous Material Tactical Unit (Haz-Tac Ambulance), with "AMBULANCE" in mirror writing ("ECNALUBMA").
context_page_description: The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York, is a department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection, technical rescue services, primary response to biological, chemical, and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services responses to the five boroughs of New York City.
  The New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in the United States and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department. The FDNY employs approximately 10,951 uniformed firefighters, 4,301 uniformed EMTs, paramedics, and 2,096 civilian employees. Its regulations are compiled in title 3 of the New York City Rules. The FDNY's motto is New York's Bravest for fire and New York's Best for EMS. The FDNY serves more than 8.5 million residents within a 302 square mile area.
  The FDNY headquarters is located at 9 MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, and the FDNY Fire Academy is located on Randalls Island. The International Association of Firefighters locals are 94 & 854.
context_section_description: The FDNY derives its name from the Tweed Charter which created the Fire Department of the City of New York. This is in contrast to most other fire departments in the U.S. where the name of the city precedes the words fire department.
caption: A typical FDNY Haz-Tac. Ambulance
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