Gothamist: FDNY Announces Cutbacks, Including Night Tours at 4 Fire Units

Outter Burrougher

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:35:25 -0500

ha, i crack myself up!

Outter Burrougher

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:35:06 -0500

i don't suppose it's too much to assume that they studied the statistics and pattern of incidents and determined that these were the areas and times that least needed the coverage that will be cut?

GM

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:03:34 -0500

Yeah, but the argument is "the post 9/11 world." It should be changed to the "post Lehman Brothers world."

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:00:36 -0500

I'd rather have the opposite, nighttime is when people do stupid stuff and when all the action is. smoking while sleeping, trying to start a BBQ indoors, cooking in general and candles.

nomnomnom

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:45:34 -0500

Seems kind of foolish to completely cut a unit, especially with winter coming. People always accidentally set their apartments on fire trying to stay warm.

r1b2

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:59:13 -0500

Even with all the money the City is saving by eliminating bottled water, this is still necessary? This won't end well. People will be in harm's way because of FDNY cuts.

TJ

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:45:53 -0500

This is a logical move. The Police Department and EMS are constantly changing the way they deploy units and no one ever hears about it. The difference is that Fire Department units are all tied into responding from fixed structures, so the city cannot change response matrices as quietly as they can for other agencies. Every time they do, there is community uproar about the impact on response times. NYPD & EMS both have fewer units running at night. There is no reason the FDNY can't as well.