Editing Grand Central Terminal (section)

== Emergency services ==
[[File:GCT MTA Police vehicles.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Three parked MTA Police vehicles|MTA Police T3 scooters and [[Global Electric Motorcars|GEM]] electric vehicles for patrol]]
[[File:Grand Central fire vehicles.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Small electric vehicles for firefighting parked inside the terminal|The fire brigade's [[Taylor-Dunn]] personnel carrier and rescue truck]]

The terminal is served by the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department]], whose Fifth District is headquartered<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/police/request.html|title=MTA Police Contact Us|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=February 26, 2019|archive-date=February 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226234155/http://web.mta.info/mta/police/request.html|url-status=live}}</ref> in a station on the Dining Concourse.<ref name="directory" /> MTA officers patrol the terminal in specialized vehicles, including three-wheeled electric scooters from T3 Motion and utility vehicles by [[Global Electric Motorcars]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kaminer|first=Ariel|date=October 22, 2010|title=To Serve and Protect, Perched on 3 Wheels|language=en-US|work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/nyregion/24critic.html|access-date=October 1, 2020|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126102936/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/nyregion/24critic.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Various actions by MTA officers in the terminal have received media attention over the years. In 1988, seven officers were suspended for behaving inappropriately, including harassing a homeless man and patrolling unclothed.<ref>{{cite news | last=Hevesi | first=Dennis | title=7 Rail Officers Suspended For Joke Tape | website=The New York Times | issn=0362-4331 | date=August 4, 1988 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/04/nyregion/7-rail-officers-suspended-for-joke-tape.html | access-date=February 4, 2019 | archive-date=February 7, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020328/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/04/nyregion/7-rail-officers-suspended-for-joke-tape.html | url-status=live }}<br>{{cite news | last=Hevesi | first=Dennis | title=Police Tape Gets National Attention | website=The New York Times | issn=0362-4331 | date=August 7, 1988 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/07/nyregion/police-tape-gets-national-attention.html | access-date=February 4, 2019 | archive-date=February 7, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020728/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/07/nyregion/police-tape-gets-national-attention.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In the early 2000s, officers arrested two [[transgender]] people—Dean Spade in 2002 and Helena Stone in 2006—who were attempting to use restrooms aligning with their gender identities. Lawsuits forced the MTA to drop the charges and to thenceforth allow use of restrooms according to gender identity.<ref>{{cite book | last=Cavanagh | first=S.L. | title=Queering Bathrooms: Gender, Sexuality, and the Hygienic Imagination | publisher=University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-4426-9997-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pyg0UD3eaEoC&q=%22grand%2Bcentral%22 | access-date=February 4, 2019 | archive-date=April 22, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422111005/https://books.google.com/books?id=Pyg0UD3eaEoC&q=%22grand%2Bcentral%22 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Associated Press | title=Transgendered NYC Woman Arrested for Using Women's Restroom | publisher=Fox News | date=March 25, 2015 | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/transgendered-nyc-woman-arrested-for-using-womens-restroom | access-date=February 4, 2019 | archive-date=February 7, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072432/https://www.foxnews.com/story/transgendered-nyc-woman-arrested-for-using-womens-restroom | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, an officer assaulted and arrested a conductor who was removing a passenger from a train in the terminal.<ref>{{cite web | title=Conductors union calls for firing, arrest of MTA cops, citing police brutality | website=lohud.com | date=August 18, 2017 | url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2017/08/18/conductors-union-calls-firing-arrest-mta-cops-citing-police-brutality/577648001/ | access-date=February 4, 2019 | archive-date=February 7, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072354/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2017/08/18/conductors-union-calls-firing-arrest-mta-cops-citing-police-brutality/577648001/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Fire and medical emergency services are provided by the Metro-North Fire Brigade, a professional [[fire department]] whose members belong to the [[International Association of Fire Fighters]] union. The brigade handles 1,600 to 1,700 calls for service a year, mostly medical in nature. The brigade regularly trains the [[NYPD]], [[FDNY]], and MTA Police to navigate the terminal and its miles of tunnels, and trains other Metro-North employees in first aid and [[Cardiopulmonary resuscitation|CPR]]. It also conducts fire drills and stations fire guards for special events in the terminal. Until 2007, the fire brigade was made up of volunteer Metro-North employees who received firefighting and emergency medical certification and would answer calls while on the clock for the railroad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside the Grand Central Terminal's Fire Brigade Operations |url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2019/12/06/inside-the-grand-central-terminal-s-fire-brigade-operations |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=ny1.com |language=en |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122032047/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2019/12/06/inside-the-grand-central-terminal-s-fire-brigade-operations |url-status=live }}</ref>

The brigade's fleet, stored in a bay next to Track 14, includes three electric carts equipped with red lights: a white-painted ambulance no wider than a hospital bed that carries a stretcher, oxygen tanks, defibrillators, and other medical equipment; a red pumper that carries 200 gallons of water and 300 feet of fire hose; and a red rescue truck with air packs, forcible-entry tools, and [[turnout gear]].<ref name="GCFB1" /><ref name="GCFB2" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Max|title=Behind the Scenes With New York's Grand Central Fire Brigade|publisher=The Drive|url=http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/1333/behind-the-scenes-with-new-yorks-grand-central-fire-brigade|date=December 15, 2015|access-date=February 2, 2019|archive-date=February 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212429/http://www.thedrive.com/a-list/1333/behind-the-scenes-with-new-yorks-grand-central-fire-brigade|url-status=live}}</ref>