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It’s National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week! Our over 600 Fire Alarm and Emergency Medical Dispatchers answered and dispatched over 1.9 million emergency calls this past year. Each day they guide New Yorkers who may be trapped by fire or in a car, experiencing a medical emergency or in great crisis. They guide our Firefighters, EMTs, and Paramedics, making sure they get the best information while responding to and operating at emergencies. Our Dispatchers are a pillar of every single emer

“Fire, EMS and dispatch did an extraordinary job rescuing a number of civilians including an incredible roof rope rescue on the 20th floor. I cannot emphasize enough the extraordinary work of our members in unbelievably dangerous conditions,” said Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh on the efforts by FDNY members at 3-alarm fire at 429 East 52nd Street in Manhattan on Saturday, November 5th. | New York City Fire Department (FDNY)

#FDNY Dispatchers are invaluable to the Department's ability to respond to emergencies. Wednesday, the FDNY honored dispatchers who played a critical role in the response to the Twin Parks fire, the 2022 subway shooting, and a 2023 incident on Staten Island where young children were lost underground in a sewer. "As dispatchers, you’re the first link in the chain of survival for New Yorkers in need. You’re also the voice to help our Firefighters, Paramedics and EMTs get out the door, and provide

WATCH: A brief documentary produced by the Fire Department of the City of New York in the aftermath, at what was then, the deadliest day in FDNY history. 12 FDNY Firefighters were killed in the line of duty on October 17, 1966, an incident that has come to be known within the Department as the “23rd Street Fire.” Visit the FDNY Facebook page on Monday, October 17, 2016, at 12:15 pm EST, to watch a live stream of the 50th Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony to be held at the scene of the fire on 2