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I don’t have the EMS runs yet but squads were taken off a lot of EMS runs I believe
1/24/26 Bronx 10-77/4th Alarm/10-60/10-66 Box 4399
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That sounds fine until there's a medical emergency at a squad's home box and they don't respond.
Believe they changed it a couple of times - they didn't, then they did, now they don't again
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I was told that all members of the London Fire Brigade were lost in the Blitz, by an old English gentlemen, I met Infront of the quarters of
E-34/TL-21 on Sept. 12, 2001, the day after World Trade Center attack. I had just returned from the pile and standing having a soda when this, distinguished older gentleman with a heavy British accent, told me about his experiences near the end of the Blitz as member of the London Fire Brigade. If my or his numbers were wrong that's OK. What mattered to me was he understood what it was like to lose, so many of his brother firefighters. All we could do together was shed a tear and know we despite of many years of time, our loss of our brothers was the same.
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.
E-34/TL-21 on Sept. 12, 2001, the day after World Trade Center attack. I had just returned from the pile and standing having a soda when this, distinguished older gentleman with a heavy British accent, told me about his experiences near the end of the Blitz as member of the London Fire Brigade. If my or his numbers were wrong that's OK. What mattered to me was he understood what it was like to lose, so many of his brother firefighters. All we could do together was shed a tear and know we despite of many years of time, our loss of our brothers was the same.
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.
They are recommended for the same Ems call types in their area as every other engine company.
Regarding the squad / rescue run totals, I did a bit of analysis on this using the 2024 runs and workers. In FDNY as a whole, 48% of engine company runs are medical calls. Zero percent, or something close to zero percent, of rescue company runs are medical calls. If you assume that the squads run roughly the same share of medicals as the average engine company, and remove those medical responses, squad run totals for 2024 would be:
That would put them basically in line with the rescue run totals, give or take.
One last note: the share of medical calls varies widely from engine to engine, so this is a very crude estimate. The engines on the job responding to the highest share of medicals (in 2024) were E318 (63%), E155 (63%), E70 (60%), and E236 (60%).The engines on the job responding to the lowest share of medicals were E254 (22%), E259 (26%), E326 (27%), and E211 (28%).
The ultimate run-to-work ratio unit according to this data is Engine 46, which went to over 5,500 runs, 800 fires, and over 100 all hands while having one of the lowest medical response percentages on the job.
Hopefully folks find this as interesting as I did
That would put them basically in line with the rescue run totals, give or take.
One last note: the share of medical calls varies widely from engine to engine, so this is a very crude estimate. The engines on the job responding to the highest share of medicals (in 2024) were E318 (63%), E155 (63%), E70 (60%), and E236 (60%).The engines on the job responding to the lowest share of medicals were E254 (22%), E259 (26%), E326 (27%), and E211 (28%).
The ultimate run-to-work ratio unit according to this data is Engine 46, which went to over 5,500 runs, 800 fires, and over 100 all hands while having one of the lowest medical response percentages on the job.
Hopefully folks find this as interesting as I did
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How many are FAST truck
just kidding. Excellent ratio.- Joined
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Great Post, thanks for this.