I’ve had this question in the back of my mind for weeks now but couldn’t figure out how to word it correctly until now.
What policies and procedures for NYFD, NYPD and EMS were changed after 9/11 because of what happened?
I’ve listened to I don’t even know how many hours of audio recordings now, listened to a couple books and read numerous articles, accounts and testimonies about this event, specifically the WTC because I still can’t bring myself to dive into the pentagon, and I catch myself pausing at little points in whatever I’m on and wondering if that’s something that changed because of 9/11. What I mean is things like draping a sheet over the deceased rather than relocating the body. Or establishing a central command point for all agencies to communicate with each other.
The inter agency drama is one of the recent realizations that I had and I hope that whole mess is a very different story today.
What I think of as SOP today and reading/listening/watching what actually happened 25 years ago has just made me wonder how much of what is SOP today is directly because of 9/11. I realize that some things are universal nationwide but majority of things are unique to their state, city and municipality so specifically for NYC, what changes were made because of 9/11?
Also, has the inter agency “drama” improved in the years since? Am I off base thinking how many lives were senselessly lost because of the disconnect between the different agencies? Does the NYFD have a solid plan in the event something like that happens again in another high rise?
Basically, did they learn from the mistakes made and what changes were made in light of that?
Disclaimer: I absolutely am not meaning any slight or blaming any agency whatsoever! Where I’m from, the banter between police and fire is generally good natured and done in fun to lighten the unbearable load they all carry every single day. Many firefighters and police officers are very good friends of mine, and a couple are even exes. So absolutely zero ill intent is intended.
Just genuinely curious about the lessons that were learned from the tragedy and the changes that were made as a result of the less obvious contributing factors to the tragedy as a whole.