Q&A
Fire safety and management strategies in NYC parks
1:23:43
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32 sec
Council Member Jim Gennaro inquires about the Parks Department's efforts to ensure fire safety in New York City parks. Matt Drury from the Parks Department explains their strategies for managing natural areas to reduce fire risks.
- The Parks Department coordinates with DEP, FDNY, and other agencies for fire emergencies
- Management strategies include reforestation and removal of invasive species
- Efforts focus on reducing threats from fire-prone plants like phragmites
Matt Drury
1:23:43
Yeah.
1:23:43
For sure.
1:23:44
You know, we obviously work in close coordination with with DEP and other agencies regarding, and certainly FDNY most most, most pressingly in in in the event of an emergency of that nature, but but, but our our broader strategy for our natural areas involves efforts like, you know, reforestation or those sort of management mechanisms, which, you know, the removal of invasive species that can that can, you know, phragmites, you know, things that, you know, sort of wooded, wheat reedy plants that can, you know, lead to greater threats of wildfires.
1:24:10
That sort of management strategy is a sort of core component of of On that point,
