Out of the 343 FDNY firefighters killed responding to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 19 of them came from the Maspeth firehouse.

Killed from Squad 288 on 9/11 were Lt. Ronald Kerwin, FF Peter Brennan, FF Ronnie Gies, FF Joseph Hunter, FF Jonathan Ielpi, FF Adam Rand, FF Brian Sweeney and FF Timothy Welty.

Killed from Hazmat 1 were Battalion Chief John Fanning, Captain Thomas Moody, Captain Patrick Waters, Lt. John Crisci, FF Dennis Carey, FF Martin DeMeo, FF Thomas Gardner, FF John Giordano, FF Jonathan Hohmann, FF Dennis Scauso and FF Kevin Smith.