Q&A
Council Member Krishnan inquires about Parks Department staff training and fire response equipment
0:31:39
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Council Member Shekar Krishnan asks follow-up questions about the frequency of trainings for Parks Department staff and whether the department has any equipment for fighting fires.
- Krishnan inquires about the frequency of staff trainings
- He asks if the Parks Department has any fire-fighting equipment
- Marit Larsen clarifies that Parks is not responsible for directly responding to fires
- The Parks Department defers to FDNY's expertise for fire response
Shekar Krishnan
0:31:39
That was my next question, actually, was about the the training.
0:31:41
So how often are you all having trainings with parks department staff?
0:31:44
And while FDNY also looks at, you know, new equipment to help with the narrower paths within the, you know, forest to adjust the fires, does parks department have, any equipment itself for fighting fires?
0:31:58
And how have you all thought about that, you know, in light of what happened this fall?
Marit Larsen
0:32:02
No.
0:32:02
Parks is not responsible for responding to the fires itself.
0:32:06
We really defer to the expertise of of FDNY in that, and that that won't change.
0:32:11
We continue to, train focused on responding responding, with communications and assistance.