Hooks, ladders and buckets are financed through the collection of fines, and eight garrisons are drawn from the male population.
In 1865, the state passed the Law to create the Metropolitan Fire Department and the Metropolitan Fire Department (MFD). The MFD existed until 1870, when the Tweed Charter ended state control over the city. As a result, a new Board of Fire Commissioners was created, and the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) was established in 1898. The change meant the elimination of some groups of volunteers, which caused a deep disappointment in the group.
In spite of this disappointment, the volunteers continued in their functions until being relieved by professional units. With the introduction of the steam engine, the need for volunteers to pump water disappeared.
Twentieth century
In 1909, the Fire Department received its first fire engine. On March 25, 1911, a fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. killed 146 workers, most of them young immigrant women. Later, the same year, the Fire Department was formed to train the new firefighters, and in 1912 the Fire Prevention Bureau was created. The Firemen's Association was created in 1919.
In the 1960s new and revolutionary methods for fire suppression, stair towers, pressure water systems and the Super pumper System appear.
In 1982 the first woman joined the FDNY, and in 1996 Mayor Rudolph Giuliani merged the city's emergency services with the Fire Department.
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