It was 8:46 Thursday morning and FDNY Engine 3, Ladder 12 was ordered into formation by Chief John Gormley. There they stood in dress blues, shoulder-to-shoulder, in straight lines that went six deep.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A house fire in Rosebank prompted a large FDNY response on Thursday morning. The blaze was reported at 54 Wiman Place at 10:15 a.m., a spokesperson for the fire department said.