New York City Police Department Emergency Service Unit
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| State level | City of New York City | ||
| Position of the authority | Department of the New York City Police Department | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Police Commissioner, NYPD | ||
| Consist | since 1920 | ||
| Headquarters | Floyd Bennett Field , New York City , New York | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 35 '27.6 " N , 73 ° 53' 27.6" W | ||
| Authority management | Raymond W. Kelly, Police Commissioner | ||
| Employee | 500 police officers | ||
| Website | www.nyc.gov/nypd | ||
The New York City Police Department Emergency Service Unit is the emergency service unit of the New York City Police Department .
As part of the Special Operations Division of the Patrol Services Bureau , the unit is responsible for special operations and supporting other police units in the New York City area . The dog squadron is used, for example, to search for suspects and missing people. The ESU continues to act as a SWAT unit and is therefore used, for example, in hostage-taking. Interrogation specialists who have been trained to interrogate hostages also belong to the ESU.
The officials of the ESU were trained in various police and rescue techniques. Ten so-called Heavy Rescue Trucks are patrolling the city all the time. These are manned by a normal police officer and a sergeant. In addition, there are often more than twice as many vehicles from the Radio Emergency Patrol , whose crew consists of two police officers. In addition, two or more sergeants or lieutenants are on the move in civilian vehicles, which can monitor and support ESU operations at any time. These are known as U-Cars in police radio .
Subdivision and regional allocation
The ten Emergency Service Squads (ESS) are geographically distributed as follows:
- ESS-1 ( Lower Manhattan ),
- ESS-2 ( Upper Manhattan ),
- ESS-3 (East and South Bronx ),
- ESS 4 (West and North Bronx),
- ESS-5 ( Staten Island ),
- ESS-6 (South Brooklyn ),
- ESS-7 (East Brooklyn),
- ESS-8 (North Brooklyn) - REP truck,
- ESS-9 (South Queens ) - Heavy Rescue Truck ,
- ESS-10 (North Queens) - REP truck
- ESS-11 (Assigned to Headquarters)
- ESS-14 Dangerous Goods / Rescue Train
ESS-11 is not a regular patrol unit, but a vehicle stationed at the ESU headquarters in Floyd Bennett Field , which is manned by trainers and support units. ESS-11 is used in the event of an emergency in the vicinity and as a reserve in the event that other Emergency Service Squads fail.
The patrol duty is supervised by lieutenants who each command several trucks and are assigned to either the “U-5” (Brooklyn, Queens & Staten Island) or “U-4” (Manhattan & Bronx) area.
The ESU Canine Unit has 36 dog handler teams. They have three blood dogs and various other dogs, which have also been trained to track down corpses. The ESU Canine Unit is part of the US-TF1 Urban Search and Rescue Unit of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
recruitment
Officials who want to join the Emergency Service Unit must be in excellent athletic condition and have a high level of mental resilience.
There is a minimum service period of five years in regular service before an application to the ESU is possible; the annual service rating must be at least 3.5. Officials with the rank of sergeant or lieutenant must have this at least two years before they can switch to the ESU.
In addition, all applicants have to be assessed by a group of current ESU officials who are supposed to ensure that the new members can be successfully integrated into the unit.
Police officers killed on duty
No New York Police Department lost as many members in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks as the Emergency Service Unit. 14 of the 23 officers killed at the time belonged to the ESU.
vehicles
The Emergency Service Unit has a large number of different vehicles, including:
- Eleven Heavy Rescue Trucks , which are generally only referred to as "Trucks". Trucks 1-10 were built by Saulsbury Fire Apparatus, Truck 11 by Ferrara Fire Apparatus.
- 40 Radio Emergency Patrol (REP) trucks, which are used for regular patrol duty. Diving equipment, emergency medical equipment and tools for hydraulic rescue operations are in every REP truck . The REP trucks are manufactured by Odyssey Specialty Automotive
- Two ambulances of the ESU Medical Squad
- Two Lenco BearCat and two Lenco Peacekeeper special cars
- 14 portable light masts with associated generator, which are distributed over the city. Additional generators over 60 kW, 90 kW, 100 kW and 200 kW are kept ready.
- Four light mast vehicles
- Several Mobile Auxiliary Light Trucks (MALT) with 100 kW generators
- Construction Accident Response Vehicles (CARV), which are used in accidents to stabilize buildings at risk of collapse and to rescue trapped people.
- Emergency Support Vehicle (ESV), which, among other things, has a rubber dinghy and inflatable rescue cushions.
- Six jet skis and various rubber dinghies, which are normally assigned to other units of the NYPD.
Heavy Rescue Truck No. 9
2 ESS-10 radio emergency patrol trucks
