Q&A
FDNY boat deployment for water rescues
0:17:23
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Council Member Ariola inquires about the deployment of FDNY boats for water rescues. Chief Moore provides details on the number of boats, their locations, and operational considerations.
- FDNY has 32 boats in total, with 3 full-time units and 3 seasonal boats deployed from May to November
- Boats are strategically located around the city, including Staten Island, Brooklyn, and Queens
- The effectiveness of boat placement is considered, taking into account factors such as access to open water
Joann Ariola
0:17:23
So in your in the in your testimony chief, you said that there are 32 boats that you have in the command.
0:17:29
So how are those resources deployed?
0:17:32
Are they deployed city wide?
0:17:33
Are they kind of in a in a station and they're they're called out?
0:17:36
How how are they deployed when you need a water rescue that would need a boat?
Malcolm Moore
0:17:40
So we we have 32 boats in the fleet, but in actuality, the the in service units.
0:17:47
We have 3 full time units, marines, 1, 6, and 9.
0:17:51
And then we have 3 seasonal boats that we put in off of Brooklyn, off of throg's neck and queens, and a second boat off of Staten Island.
0:18:05
So during the during the months of May to November, we we have 6 full time boats in service.
0:18:11
The other boats are boats waiting to change based on the the the scale of an incident.
Joann Ariola
0:18:18
And and they're held where they're they're deployed.
0:18:20
I don't know if I missed it.
Malcolm Moore
0:18:21
Well, they deployed they're deployed from Century Fire.
Joann Ariola
0:18:25
From Central.
0:18:26
Right.
0:18:26
Okay.
0:18:26
So they're not, like, Right.
Malcolm Moore
0:18:28
But marine 6 is in the marine yard.
0:18:30
Marine 1 is is on the lower west side.
0:18:33
Marine 9 is out in Staten Island.
0:18:35
Marine 3 is out in Brooklyn, 4 is out in the truck that Queen's, that section of Queen's.
0:18:45
And A
Joann Ariola
0:18:45
portion of it is.
Malcolm Moore
0:18:47
Say again?
Joann Ariola
0:18:47
A portion of it's Queen's.
0:18:48
You're right.
Malcolm Moore
0:18:49
Yeah.
0:18:49
Right.
0:18:49
Right.
0:18:49
That's that is the waters right there.
0:18:51
It's right there from from the Bronx.
0:18:53
Yeah.
0:18:53
For titans, what
Joann Ariola
0:18:54
I I asked that question because we do have a firehouse right on on the canal in Howard Beach in in District 32.
0:19:00
Yes.
0:19:00
And we have a we have an NYPD boat there, but we don't have a fireboat.
0:19:03
So you just wonder because we there are so many water rescues Yes.
0:19:07
Along the Rockaway Peninsula.
0:19:08
I just think you might wanna just put make a note.
0:19:10
Maybe that's a place where we could station something.
Malcolm Moore
0:19:13
So interestingly enough, just to just to answer, we've we've had conversations and discussions about that area.
0:19:21
The only problem there is the amount of time it takes for them to get out of the canal into the water.
0:19:26
So really hasn't proven to be as effective as the boat responding out of the Brooklyn location going towards the Rockies.
