- Author
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New York City Fire Department
- Title
- McKinsey Report: Increasing FDNY's Preparedness.
- Report
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McKinsey Report
2002
165 p.
- Distribution
- ["McKinsey Report: Increasing FDNY's Preparedness."] TO ACCESS THE REPORT IN PDF FORMAT CONTACT: Website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/mck_report/ toc.html OR Website: http://www.nyc.gov
- Keywords
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fire departments
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prefire planning
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emergency plans
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planning
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medical services
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management systems
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response time
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fire fighters
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fire fighting
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; FDNY response on September 11
- Abstract
- The World Trade Center tragedy on September 11, 2001 was unparalleled in nature and magnitude. Never before had anyone intentionally flown commercial jetliners carrying thousands of gallons of fuel into a skyscraper. Never before had such buildings been so severely damaged by explosion and fire that they collapsed to the ground. Never before had a single terrorist act caused such a massive loss of life - 2,823 people in all. It was the worst terrorist attack in the history of terrorism. In the aftermath of this extraordinary event, the enormous heroism of the members of the Fire Department of the City of New York stands out as an inspiration in the face of calamity. Three hundred forty-three FDNY personnel sacrificed their lives while trying to save others. They facilitated the safe evacuation of more than 25,000 people, the largest rescue operation in United States history. This tragedy has reshaped our expectations about future threats and created a new urgency to increase preparedness. Many people believe that more large terrorist attacks on the United States are a certainty. The president and Congress are seeking to increase the nation's preparedness through a massive reorganization of homeland security agencies. The state, the city, and the FDNY must also take steps to prepare for the future. At the Fire Department's request, McKinsey & Company spent five months working with Department personnel to develop recommendations for change to enhance the FDNY's preparedness. To do this, we studied the Department's response to the attack on September 11 in detail. Our goal was to learn from this incident and to define specific recommendations that the Department should implement. We did not attempt to reconstruct an exhaustive, minute-by-minute history of what the Department and its members did and did not do as they responded to the incident.