Q&A
Inter-agency cooperation in fire investigations
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Chief Fire Marshal Flynn discusses the collaboration between FDNY and other agencies, particularly NYPD, in fire investigations. He explains the process of evidence analysis and information sharing between departments.
- Evidence analysis timelines vary depending on the type (e.g., DNA evidence takes longer than fingerprint analysis)
- FDNY has gained access to NYPD's OmniForm system, improving their ability to enter and access complaint reports
- FDNY also has access to NYPD's domain awareness system
- There is a strong partnership between FDNY, NYPD, and ATF in a joint task force for arson and explosion investigations
Joann Ariola
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Right.
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That's good.
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And when when the evidence is collected and it does have to go to all different agencies, whether it's ME or the the NYPD, what is the intersectionality between all the agencies for you to access the databases or any type of, you know, computer analysis this stuff and usually how long does it take?
Daniel Flynn
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That's a case by case basis.
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Some evidence comes back rather quickly.
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DNA evidence generally takes a lot longer.
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So we have to wait a little while for that.
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Fingerprint analysis is different.
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The laboratory analysis generally comes back fairly quickly.
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We'll get that in about 2 weeks or so.
Joann Ariola
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Right.
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And you have access to that though.
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Like, you don't have to wait for a report.
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Do you have
Daniel Flynn
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access to
Joann Ariola
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the database that you can go to and see where it's at pending?
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Or
Daniel Flynn
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Well, they do directly send us the results once they are available, we'll get an email from the lab that the results are available.
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But we recently have gained access to NYPD's OmniForm system, which was a which is a great win for us in the in the bureau.
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So each marshal now has their own log in to the Omniform system, so we can enter our own complaint reports.
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A lot of those lab collected evidence goes directly into that complaint report, so we're able to see that as well.
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Like I said, that was a huge improvement in the way we do business in BFI.
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And prior to that, we would we didn't have our own logins where we'd have to use a police officer to log us in and enter those complaint reports.
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But that really changed the way we do business and those lab results would be tied to that complaint report.
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Right.
Joann Ariola
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We gotta work on getting access to other databases that would have important information.
Daniel Flynn
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We recently got access to NYPD's domain awareness system, which is is very useful for us in our investigations.
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So we do have some members that are have access to that as well.
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NYPD has been a great partner who was, and our relationship is excellent.
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We are in a task force with NYPD and the ATF their arson and explosion unit is works day every single day with marshals assigned to our special investigations unit.
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So our our relationship with NYPD is fantastic.
