AGENCY TESTIMONY
Parks Department's role in brush fire response and coordination with FDNY
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Marit Larsen outlines the Parks Department's role in responding to brush fires in city parks and their coordination with the FDNY.
- Emphasizes the importance of protecting New Yorkers and natural areas
- Describes the protocol for Parks staff to contact FDNY and ParkCentral Communications upon observing a fire
- Explains how Parks staff provide operational support to FDNY during fire incidents
Marit Larsen
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To echo the sentiment sentiments just expressed by chief Esposito in his testimony, protecting New Yorkers along with our vital natural areas and green spaces is of the utmost importance to New York City Parks.
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Brushfires in our parks and natural areas can be dangerous and damaging, and we work closely with FDNY to ensure that fires in city parks are extinguished as quickly as possible.
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Of course, FDNY is primarily responsible for all fire response in the city, including parks.
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And we're grateful for the bravery and responsiveness of our city firefighters and for FDNY's incredible partnership.
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Upon observing the fire in a park or natural area, New York City Parks staff are trained to immediately contact FDNY to ensure the fire can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
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And then to also contact ParkCentral Communications who send broadcast notifications to key parks managers and staff so we can monitor and coordinate additional assistance as needed.
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As FDNY firefighters work to extinguish flames during fire incidents, our dedicated staffers are available to provide operational support in a variety of ways, including assisting with crowd control if necessary, and the removal of standing or fallen trees to facilitate FDNY's access to impacted areas if if necessary.