Fire Trucks and Firefighters in New York, Date Unknown

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The Fire Department of the city of New York (FDNY) is the largest fire department in the United States even though it started as a volunteer fire department in 1737. The FDNY has more than 15,000 workers serving a population of more than eight million people. The department had 587,270 calls in 2017. 

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• Is New York, New York, an urban area or a rural area? Use evidence from the image to support your answer.
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Date Unknown. Courtesy of Pixabay