FDNY Information (1960-2014)

Darrell · May 2, 2023

List is from FDnewyork.com

READ THE BELOW INFORMATION! If you don't you'll probably be confused if your new here.

1. MFA: Malicious Flase Alarm
2. Drop in Personal between 2001-2002 does not include 9/11 LODDs

Year	Uniform Force	Fires	Emergs.	MFA's	Total Alarms	Serious Fires	Civilian Deaths	EMS Runs
1960	11,766	60,941	16,868	16,326	94,135	1,630	207	0
1961	11,578	61,644	17,509	18,530	97,683	1,696	166	0
1962	12,301	69,991	18,719	20,279	108,989	2,064	153	0
1963	12,817	74,680	20,836	21,961	117,477	1,912	175	0
1964	12,953	79,477	22,173	26,759	128,409	1,606	180	0
1965	13,288	85,592	24,305	32,814	142,711	1,905	196	0
1966	13,231	90,290	27,084	37,414	154,788	2,135	243	0
1967	13,059	91,161	33,231	48,106	172,498	2,275	218	0
1968	13,764	127,826	39,249	60,945	228,020	3,156	302	0
1969	14,031	126,204	41,054	72,060	239,318	3,312	307	0
Year	Uniform Force1	Fires	Emergs.	MFA's	Total Alarms	Serious Fires2	Civilian Deaths	EMS Runs
1970	14,325	127,249	45,999	89,432	263,659	3,508	310	0
1971	13,896	125,306	49,543	104,958	279,807	3,573	292	0
1972	13,558	118,297	49,610	106,878	274,785	3,410	270	0
1973	13,394	129,106	55,247	115,802	300,155	3,261	295	0
1974	13,091	130,324	59,733	164,401	353,458	3,852	273	0
1975	11,548	137,478	59,478	203,851	400,096	4,307	245	0
1976	10,662	153,263	64,524	207,227	425,014	4,880	289	0
1977	11,271	129,619	66,950	262,998	459,567	4,640	290	0
1978	10,979	210,792	66,323	285,290	472,405	3,445	272	0
1979	11,466	114,370	72,243	162,529	349,142	3,095	244	0
Year	Uniform Force1	Fires	Emergs.	MFA's	Total Alarms	Serious Fires2	Civilian Deaths	EMS Runs
1980	11,252	127,876	76,327	185,500	389,703	3,303	289	0
1981	11,720	122,261	75,653	164,118	362,032	3,090	246	0
1982	11,990	111,799	77,132	152,147	341,078	2,782	248	0
1983	11,908	96,276	76,772	139,083	312,131	2,320	228	0
1984	12,096	94,329	78,769	142,224	315,322	2,148	206	0
1985	12,080	97,454	81,553	132,522	311,529	2,240	213	0
1986	12,202	94,157	81,848	128,793	304,798	2,126	206	0
1987	11,943	89,751	93,557	140,957	324,205	2,134	245	0
1988	11,433	105,229	99,175	139,408	343,812	2,775	229	0
1989	10,630	95,126	114,168	136,862	346,156	3,187	246	0
Year	Uniform Force1	Fires	Emergs.	MFA's	Total Alarms	Serious Fires2	Civilian Deaths	EMS Runs
1990	10,710	96,089	114,858	147,766	358,713	3,275	276	0
1991	10,660	100,824	119,279	161,421	381,524	3,498	187	0
1992	11,033	96,491	119,181	158,251	373,923	3,906	164	0
1993	11,026	95,139	122,999	143,489	361,627	3,818	161	0
1994	11,389	87,203	136,035	120,337	343,375	3,973	162	7,046
1995	11,186	76,938	127,158	100,517	393,383	3,905	173	88,770
1996	10,947	71,494	289,234	79,150	439,878	3,395	149	N/A
1997	10,984	65,718	323,342	64,909	453,969	3,692	145	N/A
1998	11,232	61,410	320,127	66,078	447,615	3,183	107	N/A
1999	11,319	61,512	328,281	59,238	449,031	3,504	112	N/A
Year	Uniform Force1	Fires	Emergs.	MFA's	Total Alarms	Serious Fires2	Civilian Deaths	EMS Runs
2000	11,296	58,438	329,427	56,283	444,148	3,289	125	N/A
2001	11,112	57,443	328,034	51,544	437,021	3,157	1013	N/A
2002	10,734	51,563	329,328	45,651	426,542	2,946	97	N/A
2003	11,177	51,120	351,850	41,018	433,988	3,202	125	N/A
2004	11,314	50,148	369,209	37,332	456,689	3,157	82	N/A
2005	11,419	51,395	402,169	32,138	485,702	3,353	104	N/A
2006	11,549	48,519	407,599	28,836	484,954	3,232	85	N/A
2007	11,275	47,932	417,620	25,755	490,767	2,872	95	N/A
2008	11,633	44,054	403,702	25,579	473,335	2,705	86	N/A
2009	11,266	43,677	403,969	25,378	473,024	2,481	73	N/A
2010	10,906	45,214	436,097	26,119	507,430	2,713	62	N/A
2011	10,483	41,109	432,881	24,027	488,017	2,651	64	N/A
2012	10,084	39,803	433,074	21,470	494,347	2,687	58	N/A
2013	10,241	39,675	420,217	19,346	479,228	2,447	67	N/A
2014	10,728	42,043	457,846	19,909	519,798	2,504	71	N/A

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MFA's were a scourge in Boston as well. "At box XXXX, nothing showing. Box wound, false, a 710." Best thing they did was switch the most chronic false alarm boxes to Voice boxes like FDNY did. And to this day the fire alarm boxes are still visible and in service!

Darrell · May 3, 2023

grumpy grizzly said:
MFA's were a scourge in Boston as well. "At box XXXX, nothing showing. Box wound, false, a 710." Best thing they did was switch the most chronic false alarm boxes to Voice boxes like FDNY did. And to this day the fire alarm boxes are still visible and in service!

We don't got Alarm Boxxes in North Jersey (at least I've never seen them). Though MFA's are almost some to zero in Irvington.

Captain784 · May 19, 2023

The voice boxes in FDNY did NOT solve the M.F.A. problem. As far as I know an F.D.N.Y. Engine Companys still respond if the "Alarm Button" is pushed, and no one says anything into the Emergency Response System box. It was always called an E.R.S. No Contact" response. With so many cell phones these days there is a lot less need for street E.R.S. Boxes. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

grumpy grizzly · May 19, 2023

Captain784 said:
The voice boxes in FDNY did NOT solve the M.F.A. problem. As far as I know an F.D.N.Y. Engine Companys still respond if the "Alarm Button" is pushed, and no one says anything into the Emergency Response System box. It was always called an E.R.S. No Contact" response. With so many cell phones these days there is a lot less need for street E.R.S. Boxes. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

As I stated previously Boston still has its fire alarm box system still in operation. Every now and then you will hear Engine 24, Ladder 23 respond to Box 1795. And occassionally you will hear over the radio receiving calls and boxes for 95 Normandy Street.

Capttomo · May 20, 2023

Captain784 said:
The voice boxes in FDNY did NOT solve the M.F.A. problem. As far as I know an F.D.N.Y. Engine Companys still respond if the "Alarm Button" is pushed, and no one says anything into the Emergency Response System box. It was always called an E.R.S. No Contact" response. With so many cell phones these days there is a lot less need for street E.R.S. Boxes. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

Capt. You are correct that the ERS boxes didn’t necessarily prevent or in some areas reduce the number of MFAs, The ERS boxes did reduce the number of runs for many companies. Once a BARS was was pulled, you got a 3/2 response. Once a BARS was replaced with an ERS box, a no contact got a single engine and often if the person at the ERS box was able to describe an ADV fire or rubbish fire, the response was appropriately scaled down, ultimately reducing many companies’ crazy number of runs. 7000, 8000, 9000 runs a year

Captain784 · May 27, 2023

Dead on brother. In reality, only a few times in my time in the job, did I arrive at ERS "no contact and find a serious fire or emergency. That said you never know. Recent FDNY, vehicle fires fought that extended to surrounding vehicles makes it necessary to fully check the area around the ERS no contact box. Cell phones can help the dispatcher to get additional information from other people about what going on. But my former unit Engine 26 responded to a ERS no Contact at 8th Ave. and W. 36th. and the very experienced officer was about to give a 10-92 when he discovered that a large fire existed in the rear of the building that he could not see due to the size and height of the building., the fire went to 6 Alarms. In midtown or anyplace else make sure you do a 360o evaluation of the building/s. Once again "you never know!"
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired