The repeater system in the World Trade Center, which was required for portable radio signals to transmit reliably, was malfunctioning after the impact of the planes. Problems with radio communication caused commanders to lose contact with many of the firefighters who went into the buildings. Numerous firefighters reported directly to the building lobbies and were ordered by those commanding the operating post to proceed into the building. As a result, many chiefs could not keep track of the whereabouts of their units. Battalion 1 transmitted a Third Alarm and ordered third alarm units to the Staging Area and second alarm units to the Towers. However, many firefighters arrived at the World Trade Center without stopping at the staging areas, partly because at 8:48 a.m.
Numerous staging areas were set up near the World Trade Center, where responding fire units could report and get deployment instructions. Firefighters were also required to ensure all floors were completely evacuated. The initial response by the FDNY was on rescue and evacuation of building occupants, which involved sending firefighters up to assist people that were trapped in elevators and elsewhere. Due to falling debris and safety concerns, he moved the incident command center to a spot located across West Street, but numerous fire chiefs remained in the lobby which continued to serve as an operations post where alarms, elevators, communications systems, and other equipment were operated. By 9:00 a.m., shortly before United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower, the FDNY chief had arrived and took over command of the response operations. At 8:50 a.m., an Incident Command Post was established in the lobby of the North Tower. Engine 10 and Ladder 10 were also some of the first on scene, due to the fact that their firehouse was right across the street from the Towers. Pfeifer and his crew with Battalion 1 were among the first on the scene (Battalion 1 was the first Unit to notify the Manhattan Central Office.). (September 13, 2001)įirefighters from the New York City Fire Department rushed to the World Trade Center minutes after the first plane struck the North Tower. Emergency response Firefighters Ī firefighter looks up at the remains of the South Tower. Standard evacuation procedures for fires in the World Trade Center called for evacuating only the floors immediately above and below the fire, as simultaneous evacuation of up to 50,000 workers would be too chaotic. The firefighters directing evacuees did not want anyone going through the front doors due to falling debris and falling people. People evacuating from WTC 1 were directed from the lobby level through the WTC shopping mall beneath the outdoor plaza. People evacuating from WTC 2 were ordered up from the lobby level to a door on the mezzanine level that led to a covered footbridge over West Street to a building complex then called the World Financial Center. However, many defied those instructions and proceeded to evacuate the South Tower (most notably, Rick Rescorla, Morgan Stanley Security Director, evacuated 2,687 of the 2,700 Morgan Stanley employees in the building).
See also: Casualties of the September 11 attacks § EvacuationĪfter American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower (1 WTC) of the World Trade Center, a standard announcement was given to tenants in the South Tower (2 WTC) to stay put and that the building was secure.
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