New York City Fire Department Ladder Company 3
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FDNY Ladder Company 3 is a unit in the New York City Fire Department
that has fire stewardship over a several block area of Manhattan
’s East Village
. Ladder Company 3 received the most casualties of any fire department in the FDNY, losing half of its men in the September 11th attacks. The company reported to the north tower of the World Trade Center
, where Captain Paddy Brown and his men were last reported on the 40th floor of the tower. The company reported to the WTC running “heavy” meaning that it had more men than would actually be on a shift (tour), as the attacks came during a shift change and both shifts ended up reporting to duty.
Ladder Company 3 consists of at least 25 men. It is organizationally with Division 1 (Manhattan), Battalion 6. The company is located at 108 E. 13th St., and also serves as the Battalion
Chief's headquarters. The company was created prior to 1883 and is one of New York’s oldest ladder companies.
Ladder Company 3’s fire truck (apparatus) that responded to the World Trade Center spent ten years housed at Hangar 17 at John F. Kennedy International Airport
. At the time of the collapse, the truck was parked on West Street
and damaged beyond repair by the collapse of the Twin Towers. In 2011, Firefighters stood alongside victims’ families and assorted bystanders and watched as the flag-covered, 60,000-pound fire truck was lowered by crane 70 feet below ground be part of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It will not only represent the members it lost on September 11, which are Captain Patrick(Paddy) J. Brown, Lt. Kevin W. Donnelly, Michael Carroll, James Raymond Coyle, Gerard Dewan, Jeffrey John Giordano, Joseph Maloney, John Kevin McAvoy, Timothy Patrick McSweeney, Joseph J. Ogren, Steven John Olson, but also all FDNY casualties.
New York City Fire Department
The New York City Fire Department or the Fire Department of the City of New York has the responsibility for protecting the citizens and property of New York City's five boroughs from fires and fire hazards, providing emergency medical services, technical rescue as well as providing first response...
that has fire stewardship over a several block area of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
’s East Village
East Village, Manhattan
The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side...
. Ladder Company 3 received the most casualties of any fire department in the FDNY, losing half of its men in the September 11th attacks. The company reported to the north tower of the World Trade Center
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks. The site is currently being rebuilt with five new...
, where Captain Paddy Brown and his men were last reported on the 40th floor of the tower. The company reported to the WTC running “heavy” meaning that it had more men than would actually be on a shift (tour), as the attacks came during a shift change and both shifts ended up reporting to duty.
Ladder Company 3 consists of at least 25 men. It is organizationally with Division 1 (Manhattan), Battalion 6. The company is located at 108 E. 13th St., and also serves as the Battalion
Battalion
A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...
Chief's headquarters. The company was created prior to 1883 and is one of New York’s oldest ladder companies.
Ladder Company 3’s fire truck (apparatus) that responded to the World Trade Center spent ten years housed at Hangar 17 at John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport is an international airport located in the borough of Queens in New York City, about southeast of Lower Manhattan. It is the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States, handling more international traffic than any other airport in North...
. At the time of the collapse, the truck was parked on West Street
West Side Highway
The West Side Highway is a mostly surface section of New York State Route 9A that runs from West 72nd Street along the Hudson River to the southern tip of Manhattan. It replaced the West Side Elevated Highway, built between 1929 and 1951, which was shut down in 1973 due to neglect and lack of...
and damaged beyond repair by the collapse of the Twin Towers. In 2011, Firefighters stood alongside victims’ families and assorted bystanders and watched as the flag-covered, 60,000-pound fire truck was lowered by crane 70 feet below ground be part of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. It will not only represent the members it lost on September 11, which are Captain Patrick(Paddy) J. Brown, Lt. Kevin W. Donnelly, Michael Carroll, James Raymond Coyle, Gerard Dewan, Jeffrey John Giordano, Joseph Maloney, John Kevin McAvoy, Timothy Patrick McSweeney, Joseph J. Ogren, Steven John Olson, but also all FDNY casualties.