Eli5: How so firemen rapidly know the layout of large buildings in places like NYC during a large fire or emergency?

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Edit: Thanks for the folks that are in adjacent areas that got back to me and were kind, I was just curious as a laymen New Yorker.

UPDATE: One of my friends got back to me I guess they have blueprints and do drills and do drills and shit and that I’m not allowed to know the rest – whatever bitch tits, comments basically stated that

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I can’t remember what the proper names for these things are. But all buildings (in my location) have a fire panel on the outside, which is well documented. On this fire panel, there are all the controls for alarms and testing, as well as hydrant connections, and a floor plan.

Fire fighters go to that as their first point of contact. That gives them everything they need to know.

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