New York City Fire Department Employee Reviews for Fire Engineer

Often stressful at times but overall a rewarding career with great benefits and good pay. Management could be better but coworkers are great and always willing to help.

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Exciting work environment.

FDNY Fire Protection Inspector (Current Employee) - New York, NY - July 23, 2021

Professional and mostly pleasant work environment. Like most Civil Service occupations the work is mostly expected with little to no recognition of a job well done. Fair chances for advancement.

Pros

Excellent health benefits and pension.

Cons

Micromanagement and lack of work recognition.

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New York City Fire Department insights

Based on 16 survey responses

What people like

Energizing work tasks
Clear sense of purpose
Ability to learn new things

Fire Dispatcher

Fire Alarm Dispatcher (Former Employee) - Brooklyn, NY - May 23, 2019

The NYC Fire Department is a great place to work if you are a Firefighter. If you go to FDNY and go to a civilian position as a Fire Alarm Dispatcher be prepared that the instructors yell at you, they even tell you that they want to see fires. Who in their right mind wants to see people's properties burn up. I will tell anyone go see a psychiatrist if you want to be a FDNY Fire Alarm Dispatcher.

Pros

None

Cons

No meal breaks, Supervisors berate and belittle yoy

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Wamt to spend more quality time with my husband and kids

Fire Alarm Dispatcher (Current Employee) - New York, NY - July 23, 2018

Working for the fire department is a good opportunity to help the public. I really enjoyed what I do. However having a family takes a toll on you, especially working long hours with kids under the age of 5. I'm just looking for a job where I can help people and spend quality time with my family.

Pros

Able to make good money

Cons

Long hours

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The job is very intense

Fire Alarm Dispatcher (Current Employee) - New York, NY - January 9, 2018

I have no real comment about the fire department. The job overall was wonderful. The people and management however is a different story. There is a lot of cut throat activity that goes on.

Pros

Money

Cons

No empathy, no compassion, no team work

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The chalenge of enforcement

Fire Protection Inspector (Current Employee) - New York, NY - December 18, 2014

A typical day starts with the workload, which tells me what direction I'm to head in. There are slow days when nothing happens but when it does its challenging.