Your guide to NYC's public proceedings.
Q&A
NYCEM's collaboration on wildfire prevention and rain gardens
2:41:50
ยท
70 sec
Council Member Ariola and Commissioner Iscol briefly discuss NYCEM's involvement in wildfire prevention efforts and coordination with other agencies on issues like rain gardens. The conversation highlights the need for interagency cooperation in addressing emerging environmental challenges.
- NYCEM is incorporating wildfire risk into its hazard mitigation planning
- The agency works with multiple city departments, including FDNY and Parks Department, on wildfire prevention
- NYCEM collaborates closely with DEP on rain garden placement and other climate-related initiatives
Joann Ariola
2:41:50
I'm actually glad to hear that you're getting involved in the wildfire issue because we saw we saw some wildfires that we never did before and we spoke about it with the last panel.
2:42:00
And I think that FDNY could be helpful with their water trucks to get out there and kind of when the when the ground is as dry because we have a drought, just to temper down and water that area, you know, in the park.
2:42:11
I have Forest Park in my district.
2:42:13
And I know the Parks Department goes out there and, you know, waters just the ground regularly so that that there aren't any fires, you know, so parks department.
2:42:23
This is it really is like it's almost every agency in the city that you're going to have to work with for fire, with four of these types of brushfires.
2:42:33
And they're very dangerous.
2:42:35
So I appreciate that you already have that in effect.
2:42:39
And don't know, do you it's DEP, I understand that with the rain gardens and stuff like that, but do you have any input as to where they go or where do you think they're needed?
2:42:48
You have those conversations with DEP?
Zachary Iscol
2:42:51
Yeah, we work very closely with DEP on that as well as the mayor's for climate, Moshe Jay.