

The executive staff includes several civilian deputy commissioners who are responsible for the many administrative bureaus within the department, along with the Chief of Department, Chief of Fire Operations, Chief of EMS, Chief Fire Marshal, Chief of Training and other staff chiefs.


The current interim Fire Commissioner is Laura Kavanagh, who succeeded Daniel A. The department's executive staff is divided into two areas that include a civilian Fire Commissioner who serves as the head of the department and a Chief of Department who serves as the operational leader. Like most fire departments of major cities in the United States, the New York City Fire Department is organized in a paramilitary fashion, and in many cases, echoes the structure of the police department. EMS is represented by DC 37 Locals 2507 for EMTs and paramedics and Local 3621 for officers.Ī FDNY deputy chief during rescue efforts at the World Trade Center following the Septemattacks. The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) locals are 94 and 854. The FDNY headquarters is located at 9 MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, and the FDNY Fire Academy is located on Randalls Island. The FDNY serves more than 8.5 million residents within a 302 square mile area. The FDNY's motto is " New York's Bravest" for fire, and " New York's Best" for EMS. Its regulations are compiled in title 3 of the New York City Rules. The FDNY employs approximately 10,951 uniformed firefighting employees, 4,274 uniformed EMS employees, and 2,096 civilian employees. 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 New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York ( FDNY), is an American department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection services, technical rescue/special operations services, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive/hazardous materials response services and emergency medical response services within the five boroughs of New York City. FDNY Fire Suppression total call volume: 619,378.Department of State for a Consular Report of Death of a U.S. Citizen and died outside of the United States, contact the U.S. If the person died in the United States but not in New York, contact the vital records or death records office of the state where the person died.

If the person died outside of New York City but in New York State, you can order a certified copy of the death certificate online or by mail from the New York State Department of Health. If the person died in New York City (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island), you can order a certified copy of the death certificate online or by mail from the Office of Vital Records. A certified death certificate is good for legal purposes such as settling an estate or claiming insurance benefits. Depending on the county the death certificate is from, the death certificate can have a watermark, a raised seal, micro-printing, multi-colored background, heat sensitive ink, etc. A certified death certificate has security features that proves that the document is genuine. In some cases, you might need a "certified" death certificate. The funeral director usually purchases several copies for your use. A death certificate is a paper that records the official date and location of a person's death.
