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Now that we have ended the street shacks for restaurants that sprouted up due to Covid we are now adding a new obstacle for fire fighters, rows of 800 gallon trash bins.......see NYT article below. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/nyregion/sanitation-bins-garbage-nyc.html

NYT article about LA firefighters working at recent urban Wildfire conflagration show elevated levels of mercury and lead intheir cells. Levels are high compared to wildland fire fighters fighting fire in non-urban areas. Hope this doesn't turn into another WTC like scenario with multiple cancer...

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2025/03/fdny-punishes-vehicle-owner-who-blocked-hydrant-while-2-people-died-in-nyc-fire.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/us/fire-engines-shortage-private-equity.html At the time of the LA Brush fires 100 pieces of equipment were out of service because of lack of spare parts for older rigs kept in service due to long delays and high prices for new apparatus.

https://rosenbaueramerica.com/rosenbauer-carbon-fiber-pump/?fbclid=IwY2xjawH8-etleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWvbUtQPhiSPema8RvnweqKJTTvojZgK0DJdFzIHHKVrRnyKDQ-dYg90YA_aem_xvZxXNIYUw2sLYSgoozZzg

Visy Paper 4435 Victory Blvd. 19:31 10-75 for fire in the pit. 19:34 fire in pit is contained by Visy staff. Visy staff are leading FDNY to another area where there is supposed to be fire. 19:37 Bn 22 reporting All Hands. 19:37 Div 8 requests extra engine and tower ladder. 19:40 Duration 20...

US Marine Corps Osprey Aircraft to be used to transport President Biden from visit to Fort Wadsworth grounded for two days due to mechanical difficulties. One report indicated that fire was showing from one of the engines before it was grounded. NYPD and FDNY stood by at Miller field. FDNY at...

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2024/11/fdny-forms-brush-fire-task-force-as-wildfires-reach-historic-levels-in-new-york-city.html

Clove lake park large area of brush 20:01 Under Control

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/nyregion/new-jersey-connecticut-wildfires-drought.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2vxy5n2yo.amp

See link below from NYC Independent Budget Office analyzing the issues involved if FDNY were to take over Lifeguard services in NYC. Analysis was prepared at the frequest of the City Council. https://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/moving-lifeguards-from-parks-to-fdny-october-2024.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/25/nyregion/eric-adams-indicted-corruption

https://www.silive.com/news/2024/08/nyc-official-outlines-highly-regulated-protocols-for-battery-energy-storage-sites-on-staten-island.html

I have seen the MSU trucks going to firehouses to change air bottles but do the MSU vehicles also have the capacity to respond to fires and charge air bottles on site ?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/world/asia/lithium-battery-fire-south-korea.html

09:26 hours A few minutes ago I heard a department message that all units in Queens were to switch to the "800 mhz backup frequency " What system are they referring to and can it be monitored or is it encrypted ?

How doe the powers that be in the FDNY decide whether a ladder company should be assigned a Tower ladder or a rear mount straight ladder ?

https://www.silive.com/news/2024/05/as-ca-battery-storage-site-burns-staten-island-borough-president-sends-nyc-a-warning-imagine-if-same-happens-here.html

141 Norway Ave. 20:13 initial call. Under Control 20:43 Duration 30 minutes https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2024/03/fdny-fights-fire-at-south-beach-houses-on-sunday-night-no-injuries-reported.html