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Alarm Responses
Medical
Response
1 Engine Company
Still Box Alarm
Central Station
Auto Accident
Auto Fire
1 Engine Company, 1 Ladder Company
Report Of An
Outside Fire
(Brush or Grass)
2 Engine Companies, Brush Fire Unit and District Chief
Report Of A
Building Fire

First Alarm
(Box Struck)
3 Engine Companies, 2 Ladder Companies, 1 Rescue Company, District Chief
(If downtown - add the Deputy Chief and Tower Company)
(If on the waterfront - add the Marine Unit)
(If high-rise/T-station/airport/on board ship - additional District Chiefs as Safety Chief, Evac Chief, Deputy Chief, Air Supply, Special Unit, and Mobile Command Unit)
(If a confirmed fire - add the Rehab Unit)
Working Fire

(In Division One)
The First Alarm assignment plus 1 Engine Company, 1 Ladder Company, Tower Company, Safety Chief, Special Unit, Mobile Command Unit, and Rehab Unit

(In Division Two)
The First Alarm assignment plus 1 Engine Company, 2 Ladder Companies, Safety Chief, Special Unit, Mobile Command Unit, and Rehab Unit

Second Alarm

(In Division One)
The First Alarm assignment plus 3 Engine Companies, 1 Ladder Company, Tower Company, Safety Chief, Net Chief, Deputy Chief, Special Unit, Mobile Command Post, and Rehab Unit

(In Division Two)
The First Alarm assignment plus 3 Engine Companies, 2 Ladder Companies, Safety Chief, Net Chief, Deputy Chief, Special Unit, Mobile Command Post, and Rehab Unit

Third Alarm
Add 2 Engine Companies, 1 Ladder Company, and the Chief Of Department
Fourth Alarm
Add 2 Engine Companies
Fifth Alarm
Add 2 Engine Companies and a Headquarters Deputy Chief
Sixth Alarm
Add 2 Engine Companies
Seventh Alarm
Add 2 Engine Companies and 1 Ladder Company
Eighth Alarm
Add 2 Engine Companies
Ninth Alarm
Add 2 Engine Companies

By the Ninth Alarm, there is a total of 21 Engine Companies, 6 or 7 Ladder Companies, (Tower Company and Marine Unit in Division One), the Special Unit, the Mobile Command Post, the Rehab Unit, 1 District Chief, a Safety Chief, a Network Chief, the Deputy Chief, a Headquarters Deputy Chief, and the Chief Of Department.