NameMogul, I'm not sure you understand how the term "generic" is used in trademark law.
The word "apple" is generic for a kind of fruit that grows on trees.
The word "delta" is generic for a boggy area at the mouth of a river.
Now, it is also true that both of those words are trademarks for other things.
You keep saying that FDNY is "generic". So, complete the sentence:
FDNY is generic for _________.
Now, looking at archive.org:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050125161149/http://fdny.info/
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