EmergeNYC

EmergeNYC is an emergency-response game set across Montgomery County, Brooklyn and Manhattan. You respond to fires and other emergencies using fire, EMS and police vehicles, equipment and tools. Fire incidents vary in location and intensity from one playthrough to another, and some calls may be false alarms.

Fire and rescue

Fires spread and can burn out over time if left unchecked. Wind direction and speed affect fire, smoke, steam, embers, heat blur and ash. Buildings can be damaged dynamically or destroyed, with charring and burning visible on walls, ceilings, pillars and above windows. Water builds into puddles on the ground and walls, and splashes dynamically; high-pressure streams can break glass.

You can run hose lines from fire trucks or connect them directly to hydrants. Hoses have weight, drag and tension when charged, affecting your movement, and you can drag them to lay them out. Nozzles deploy with the hose and can be charged or shut down through a radial menu. Standpipes are available in buildings that need them, and you can vault through windows. A thermal imaging camera reveals fires, windows, doorways and victims through dense smoke. The shovel clears flammable brush and lets you dig lines, while the K12 and chainsaw cut roofs and gates; you can trace cuts and push them out with a pike or hook.

Emergencies and equipment

The game adds over 40 emergencies across its maps, along with new vehicles, aircraft, characters and equipment in Montgomery County. Fire emergencies begin in different places and at different intensities each time, or may turn out to be false alarms. A tutorial is available at the Fire Academy, and Engine Company 85 and its firehouse are in Manhattan.

New Montgomery County vehicles include firefighting helicopters inspired by the Cal-Fire UH-1H and LA County Firehawk, a Skycrane firefighting helicopter, a Cal Fire OV-10 Bronco-inspired plane, a fire-retardant plane, a Super Scooper, a Hotshot Buggy, Engine 1, Ladder 1, Engine 2 and a tanker. Brooklyn adds Battalion 37, Engines 283, 236, 332 and 310, Ladder 175, Ladder 112, Tower Ladder 44 and Squad 1. Manhattan adds a new rig for Squad 28, a 2020 Engine 78, a 2020 Tower Ladder 57, Engine Company 85 and a 2020 Battalion 5. The EMS additions include a new and updated Fortis Ambulance. Police vehicles include a Dredge Crawler PD car and a Ford Fusion-style unmarked car that replaces the Tahoe.

Vehicles and response

Vehicle handling and sounds have been rebuilt, including sirens, horns, engines, doors and compartments. Montgomery County vehicles have new liveries and individual details. Fire trucks have working mirrors and backup cameras, animated gauges and steering wheels, and the tiller can be driven from the back using a first-person camera view. You can also use AI to drive, set up hoses and ladders, and operate a deck gun; this system is still a work in progress.

EMS mechanics and systems have been reworked. A stamina meter decreases when you run, jump or use tools and can be replenished by drinking from a fire truck cooler through the radial menu. You can pick up items using toolbar hotkeys, and reset a vehicle and its compartments and tools to its spawn point from the driver's seat.

Multiplayer

In multiplayer, you can check which players have loaded in and which are still loading. All animations, including tool use, are synchronized, and players can spawn their vehicles at the same time once everyone has loaded.

Additional locations and features

The maps include a World Trade Center memorial with spotlights and the Old World Trade Center. Other additions include live radio near vehicles, with a different frequency for each map, and coughing, yelling and screaming that warn when smoke or fire is damaging you. Putting on your mask or moving away from the fire stops this damage.