Q&A
Role of public education in improving community safety
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Council Member Kevin Riley asks about the role of public education in improving community safety and assisting fire departments in search and rescue scenarios. FDNY officials emphasize the critical importance of public education in fire safety.
- Public education plays a major role in community safety
- Simple actions like closing doors during fires can be life-saving
- Examples of recent fires in the Bronx where proper education could have prevented fatalities
Kevin Riley
0:41:59
Okay.
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And one last question, Chair.
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What role does public education play in improving community safety and the system fire departments in search and rescue scenarios?
Malcolm Moore
0:42:11
A major role.
0:42:12
I'd say a major role.
0:42:13
Getting the information out there about something as simple as closing the door when you leave your fire apartment is a tremendous lifesaver.
0:42:23
I mean, we you mentioned the Bronx.
0:42:25
I mean, we we've had a bunch of these fires.
0:42:28
I I think a Prospect Avenue, perfect example of a fire where the fire was on the first floor of a fire story building.
0:42:35
The tenants fled the apartment and left the door open, and I think we ended up with 13 fatalities in that fire and not one of them from the fire department.
0:42:45
That's just a perfect example of a situation where closing the door would have made all of the difference.
Daniel Flynn
0:42:50
Also on Twin Blocks, the same same situation.
0:42:52
Nobody from the fire department was was even injured in that that fire.
0:42:57
If not for the door being open, I I firmly believe that nobody would have died in that fire.
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So that that education piece is is huge.
0:43:05
If the occupants of that apartment had received the education to know that they need to close that door, nobody would have died in that fire.
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I I really believe that.
