New York City Fire Department Ladder Company 3

FDNY Ladder 3
Agency overview

Established	September 11, 1865
Employees	25
Facilities and equipment
Stations	108 E. 13th St, New York City, New York
Trucks	1

FDNY Ladder Company 3 is a fire company in the 6th Battalion, 1st Division of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY). Ladder Company 3 is one of two Ladder Companies in the FDNY's 6th Battalion and has firefighting stewardship over a several square block area of Manhattan’s East Village.

Ladder Company 3 received some of the heaviest casualties of any fire company in the FDNY, losing most of its men in the September 11 attacks.^[1] The company reported to the north tower of the World Trade Center, where Captain Patrick "Paddy" Brown and his men were last known to be on the 40th floor of the tower.^[2] The company arrived at the WTC running “heavy”, meaning that they carried more men than would actually be on a shift (tour), as the attacks came during a shift change, and both shifts remained on duty.

Sheathed in plastic and US and FDNY flags, workers prepare to lower Ladder 3's apparatus into the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

Ladder Company 3 consists of at least 25 men. Ladder 3 is part of the FDNY's 1st Division, in its 6th Battalion. The company is located at 108 E. 13th St., and also serves as the Battalion Chief's headquarters of the 6th Battalion. The company was created on September 11, 1865, and is one of New York’s oldest ladder companies.^[3]

Ladder Company 3’s fire truck (apparatus), (last driven on September 11th, 2001, by chauffeur Michael Carroll) 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 to become 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.^[4]

References

↑ Amy Reiter, "These are big strong guys. They ain't going down easy" Salon, September 13, 2001
↑ Michael Daly,You can feel the presence of loved ones lost on 9/11 and only hope that somehow they feel ours, too. The New York Daily News, September 12, 2011
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↑ Michael Daly, You can feel the presence of loved ones lost on 9/11 and only hope that somehow they feel ours, too. The New York Daily News, September 12, 2011

New York City Fire Department

Facilities	Firehouse, Engine Company 31 Firehouse, Engine Company 33 and Ladder Company 9 Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8 MetroTech Center New York City Fire Museum Plane Space

Fireboats	Abram S. Hewitt Bravest Fire Fighter Fire Fighter II John D. McKean Fireboat John H. Glenn Jr. John J. Harvey John P. Devaney Seth Low Smoke II The New Yorker Three Forty Three Willam M. Feehan Zophar Mills

History	23rd Street Fire Great Fire of New York (1776) Great Fire of New York (1835) Great Fire of New York (1845) 1975 New York Telephone Exchange fire

Organizations	FDNY Racing New York City Fire Commissioner New York City Fire Department Bureau of EMS New York City Fire Department Ladder Company 3 Oceanic H&L Company No. 1 New York City Fire Department Rescue Company 1 Richmond Engine Co. 1 New York City Fire Department Squad Company 1 Uniformed Fire Officers Association Uniformed Firefighters Association

Media	9/11

Related	Emergency workers killed in the September 11 attacks New York Fire Patrol Raising the Flag at Ground Zero Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center

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