The dispatch data, provided by FDNY, comes after WNYC/Gothamist uncovered that officials had not publicly reported these response times since early August - an omission that technically violates city code. “On other emergencies, such as gas leaks, we are sending one engine and one ladder where we normally send two engines and two ladders,” Dwyer added. If a second source reports the fire, the dispatchers fill out the assignment to three engines and two ladders, Frank Dwyer, a spokesperson for the FDNY said in an email. An FDNY spokesperson confirmed the department is currently in “fallback” mode, meaning it is assigning fewer teams to some emergencies.įor structural fires, FDNY is assigning two engines, one ladder and a chief if only one person reports the fire.

That’s despite about 2,000 staff calling out sick partly in protest.īut the staffing shortages have disrupted some normal operations within the city’s fire department (FDNY).

Fire trucks and ambulances took about as much time as usual to arrive in the days before and after New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for municipal workers went into effect.

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