| FDNY Ladder 3 |
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| Established | Pre 1883 |
| Strength | 25 |
| Stations | 108 E. 13th St, New York City, New York |
| Engines | 1 |
| Fire chief | Battalion 6 |
| Commissioner | Division 1 (Manhattan) |
FDNY Ladder Company 3 is a unit in the New York City Fire Department that has fire stewardship over a several block area of Manhattan’s East Village. Ladder Company 3 received the most casualties of any fire department in the FDNY, losing half of its men in the September 11th attacks.[1] The company reported to the north tower of the World Trade Center, where Captain Paddy Brown and his men were last reported on the 40th floor of the tower.[2] The company reported to the WTC running “heavy” meaning that it had more men than would actually be on a shift (tour), as the attacks came during a shift change and both shifts ended up reporting to duty.
Ladder Company 3 consists of at least 25 men. It is organizationally with Division 1 (Manhattan), Battalion 6. The company is located at 108 E. 13th St., and also serves as the Battalion Chief's headquarters. The company was created prior to 1883 and is one of New York’s oldest ladder companies.[3]
Ladder Company 3’s fire truck (apparatus) 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 be 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]