New York City Fire Department Rescue Company 1

The members of rescue companies receive extensive training in courses from the Special Operations Command (SOC) of the FDNY. Members typically have many years of experience within the FDNY and/or other fields of emergency operations. The rescue companies prioritise tools and equipment for rescuing civilians and firefighters at structural fires, as well as operating at "odd jobs". ==Coverage==

Rescue 1 services the New York City borough of Manhattan, below 116th Street in East Harlem and 125th Street in Morningside Heights and Harlem. Rescue 3 in the Bronx covers the areas of far northern Manhattan. Rescue 1's firehouse is located on 530 West 43rd Street, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. ==History==

Rescue Company 1 was organized on March 8, 1915. The first officer in charge of Rescue Company 1 was then Captain John J. McElligott and Lieutenant Edwin A. Hotchkiss. Rescue 1's firehouse was destroyed in 1985 by a fire in a neighboring warehouse. Rescue 1 was already out on a call when fire collapsed the warehouse onto their quarters. The unit then temporarily relocated until 1989 when their present firehouse was finished. Their distinctive door was saved and relocated to the back of the building. On May 14, 1991, Lieutenant Patrick Brown led firefighters from Rescue 1 in performing two rope rescues at a fire in a 12-story building in Times Square, safely removing two occupants from the top floor windows in front of television cameras and hundreds of onlookers on the street below. Considered to be "one of the most spectacular fire rescues ever captured on film", In 2005, the section of West 43rd Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues where the company's firehouse is located was named Terence S. Hatton Way. Rescue 1 celebrated their centennial on March 8, 2015. ==References==