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FDNY's e-bike inspection team size and resources
1:22:19
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Council Member Feliz inquires about the size and resources of FDNY's e-bike inspection team, with FDNY officials providing details on their approach to enforcement.
- Special inspection team in fire prevention consists of 5 staff members focused on e-bike issues
- All fire companies and inspectors are also vigilant about e-bike and battery safety during field operations
- Bureau of Fire Investigation collaborates with other city agencies for enforcement
- FDNY emphasizes the ongoing nature of the e-bike fire threat and the need for continued vigilance
Oswald Feliz
1:22:19
Okay.
1:22:20
And last question.
1:22:23
Actually, two more questions.
1:22:24
How big is the team that does inspections regarding these defective e bikes that are being sold?
1:22:31
How big is the team?
1:22:32
How big is the budget?
1:22:33
And also any do you think what we have is enough, at least to be able to properly enforce?
1:22:38
Or do you think more is needed?
Robert Tucker
1:22:41
I'm gonna let, commissioner Christophe give you specific numbers.
1:22:45
But, you know, again, where we're talking about the type of danger that we're talking about to members of the department and to the 8,300,000 New Yorkers and numbers that are still six in 2024, I think that the more we have, the better.
1:23:13
I think that you should be assured that we are deploying resources both from our Bureau of Fire Prevention, from the fire operations, and from fire prevention at this very proactively.
1:23:30
But I think it would be a mistake to sit here when we've had six deaths in 2024 and eighteen in 2023 and say we've got this thing solved.
1:23:41
We're far from that.
1:23:43
But commissioner?
Lizette Christoff
1:23:45
Yeah.
1:23:45
So just to echo that, this is something that all of our fire companies are looking out for when they're out in the field, and it's something that all of our fire inspectors are also looking for.
1:23:57
But we do have a special inspection team fire prevention of five staff that focus on this.
John Esposito
1:24:06
Our Bureau of Fire investigation works with other city agencies to conduct the enforcement of the bike shops and the other stores that sell these these batteries and distribute the batteries that don't comply with our our rules and laws.