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Funding and challenges in fire apparatus replacement
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Council Member Marmorato inquires about the adequacy of funding for fire apparatus replacements. Commissioner Tucker explains the current situation and challenges faced in acquiring new apparatus.
- Fire apparatus purchases are mandated in the fire officers' contract
- New York City is doing better than the national average in acquiring new fire apparatus
- FDNY has over 200 pieces of apparatus currently on order
- The main challenge is not funding, but delays in delivery from manufacturers, which is a national problem
Kristy Marmorato
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Yeah, absolutely.
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I could totally see that.
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Now do you find that there is enough funding allocated to mandates for fire apparatus replacements?
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Is it kind of
Robert Tucker
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Yeah.
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As Commissioner Kristoff mentioned, fire apparatus and the purchase of that is mandated in our firefighters contract.
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I'm sorry, fire officers contract.
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And there was a really terrific article in the New York Times recently about fire apparatus and sort of the business of building fire trucks all over the country.
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And I think that New York is doing better than the national average.
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But nevertheless, there is a shortage of new fire apparatus.
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And we have the orders in so there's no complaint from FDNY on purchasing fire trucks going forward.
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As Commissioner Kristoff said, we have over 200 pieces of apparatus currently on order.
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What our complaint is is that the companies that we've ordered it from aren't getting it to us fast enough.
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But that, as The New York Times highlighted, is a national problem.