🌟 FLEET FRIDAY 🌟 FDNY ENGINE COMPANY 23 ~ HIGH PRESSURE PUMPER

FDNY Engine Company 23 is a 2023 Seagrave Attacker with a 2,000gpm pump and 500 gallons of water kept on board. All FDNY Engine Companies are staffed with a minimum of 4 firefighters & officer. There are selected engine companies throughout the city that have 5 firefighters. There is 197 Engine Companies in the FDNY. Engine Companies due strictly Engine Company work.
Engine Company 23 is the top 20 busiest engine companies in Manhattan covering Midtown, Columbus Circle and Central Park in their first due response area but have 3rd due boxes on the Upper West Side, East Side, Hells Kitchen and Times Square. Engine 23 does a average of 5,000 calls of year.
High Pressure Pumpers () = 3 Stage
Manhattan
E1 E4 (E6) E7 (E8) E9 (E10) E22 E22 E23 E24
(E26) (E34) (E39) E40 (E54) (E65) E67 E76 E93
Brooklyn
E205 E207 E210 E221 (E226)
Bronx
E66 E79
Queens
(E258) E259 E260 E262 E325
Staten Island
None
Engine Company Positions
Engine Officer
The primary responsibility of the Engine Officer is the safety of all members operating at any scene. To take charge of scene and to work with the team of firefighters.
Engine Chauffeur
The primary responsibilities of the Engine Company Chauffeur (ECC) involve three general areas The safe delivery of the members and apparatus to the scene of a fire or emergency. Locating and establishing a positive water source. Delivering and maintaining a water supply to the firefighting force throughout the operation. To effectively fulfill these responsibilities, the ECC must be thoroughly familiar with the engine apparatus, all the tools and equipment carried on board, and the layout of the hose beds. The ECC must also be familiar with the various methods of establishing a positive water source, as well as the procedures and requirements for properly supplying water to a firefighting operation.
Nozzle Firefighter
The firefighter assigned the nozzle occupies one of the most challenging and dangerous positions on the fireground. The duties associated with the nozzle position routinely take this firefighter in close proximity to the fire and require a determined and experienced member. The Nozzle firefighter stretches the first length of hose with the nozzle attached via the route and to the location determined by the officer
Backup Firefighter
The back-up firefighter works together with the nozzle firefighter to form the “nozzle team” and is responsible for providing the nozzle firefighter with physical and moral support as the hose line is advanced. The member assigned the back-up position is the second firefighter on the hose line. This firefighter is responsible for removing the second length of hose from the hose bed and then proceeds, in unison with the nozzle firefighter, to the fire area.
Door Firefighter
The door firefighter is responsible for supplying the nozzle team with sufficient hose to make the fire attack and ensures the proper flaking out of the hose line. The member assigned the door position is the third firefighter on the hose line. This firefighter is responsible for removing the third length of hose from the hose bed and carrying it to an appropriate drop point in the hose stretch
Control Firefighter
The member assigned the control position is the last firefighter on the hose line. The control firefighter’s primary function is to ensure the correct amount of hose is stretched to enable
the nozzle team to advance to the seat of the fire The success of an engine company hose line operation relies greatly upon the actions of the
control firefighter. Where possible, only experienced and knowledgeable firefighters should be assigned the control position. This will assure a more accurate hose estimate and removal from the apparatus. The control firefighter is responsible for the accurate estimation of the amount of
hose to be stretched. Their objective is to ensure enough hose is stretched to reach the seat of the fire, while minimizing the number of excess lengths used. Excessive hose increases both friction loss and the potential for kinks, which can cause a considerable reduction in both flow and stream quality at the nozzle.
2ND ARRIVING ENGINE OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES
Generally, the 2nd arriving engine will team up with the 1st arriving engine to stretch and
operate the 1st hoseline. Upon arrival, the 2nd arriving engine officer must ensure the 1st arriving engine has a positive water source. If they do not have a positive water source, the 2nd arriving engine
officer is responsible to see that a water source is secured. In the event a 10-70 is transmitted, the 2nd arriving engine officer will be designated the water resource officer.
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