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INFO=NYC Council Fire Committee-3/08/2012 UFOA Union
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\/,1n/J ,\ _'II/_'Uniformed Fire Onicers Association (UFOA) Testimony on FDNY 2013 FY Preliminary Budget Before the City Council
March 8, 2012
rvly name ts Lieutennnt Ed\\·nrd Boles, Trensurer of the Umformed Fire Officers ,\ssoci
( UFOA). te llfylllg on behalf or our UFOA President, Captam ,\k.xander H<1gan and the 2.500 actiw Fire Ollicers who proudly serve this City m the FDNY
1\·ly objectm.! tod 1s to re\·cal a clearer picwrc or the tme impactllf dosing fire companies m New York City. Next. I \\'ill ren nl the reniity or need for protection using the full range uf incidents thnt the FDNY responds tlL Finally, I will put the staffing nnd resource le\·cl of the FDNY in context of the rest of the United Swtes for the reco..ml.
Company Closings Impact
Commiss1oner Casscmo cl<1ims the list or companJes ttl close IS going tn be almost idcntlcal to the compamcs slated to close in 20 I l Cummissiona Cassano also chums that these compames were carefully selected for ha\·mg the lenst amount or··llperation;Jl impact'· on the City
In this testimony,! am guing tu systematically exphin how the curn:nt list (\f20 compunics selected for closure shows opemtional nnd pub he pLllicy ne ligcnce_ Com. Ca sano acknmvkJges llwt ··op.::rations will be se\erdy l!llJl Ll!rougho..,ut the cit} with any cuts. and
\\"C wou!J be hnrd pressed to provide the sen·ice th<,l we do tody... Hm\·evcr, the FDNY JUstiftcn\Hl!l for choosing any com1Xli1IC.'i. especially the () fmmla:-:t year Js wotcd in the preservation ofminimnl rcspunse times wh1ch is NOT the prescJYatiL'l1 ofminnnal impact to tht: peupk of New York.
I-Iere is the difference:
CPmmisswner Cass:mo located 17 of the 20 cuts ] Jf :::011 in the arc;\s of the City \rith hl\rcr th:m average response times using estimates Ji·om 20! 0 dal8 on structural tires. Therefore, he clauns a mmimnl impact \-Viii be felt on those comnmnit1es thnt are affected BECAUSE the response time will b increase.
However, these exact same areas- 17 of them. literally have the HIGHEST FIRE DENSITY m the City.
Here hes the "'opemtional negligence" that is being displayed by the FDNY's administration:
