Ariola presents firehouse deterioration photos: Engine 59, 262, 4/15, 229
Ariola presents photos of deteriorating conditions at multiple firehouses including Engine 59/Ladder 30 (water damage), Engine 262 (roof leak), Engine 4/Ladder 15 (crumbled wall), and Engine 229 (roof sinking). DeRacus confirms most repairs have been completed by trade staff or vendors.
Now, again, on the screen, we're going to put up a series of photos, many of which you have seen before, and a few new ones.
The photos show water damage at Engine 59, Ladder 30 in Manhattan.
The picture shows water damage that has corroded the ceilings and walls of the firehouse.
There is a pipe that clearly shows the water has been leaking out of it.
The water has damaged the steps inside the firehouse from the constant leak, and we see steps with stains and buildup.
Were these conditions remedied?
That's engine 59, ladder 30.
Yes, yes, thank you.
Yeah, so we've been working with our trade staff to address all these issues and to try and work on correcting them until we could get funding later on.
So you're working with the firefighters that are in there?
No, no, no, with our trade staff.
Oh, the trade, okay.
Yes, I'm sorry.
Okay.
Next, we have a roof leak at engine 262 in Astoria, Queens that has at least five work orders reported,
125 of 23, 429 of 23, 1125 of 25, 17 of 26, 215 of 26.
In the pictures, we see a drop ceiling that is missing tiles from what looks like a leak.
The tiles are filled with heavy water stains.
There is another picture of a ceiling covered with tiles that seem to be missing.
There is a picture of a blue wall surrounding a window air conditioning unit with what appears to be the outlet of the unit left out of it.
What is the status of these repairs?
Again, our trade staff has responded and repaired the roof on building 262, as well as replaced the ceiling tiles, and I believe they're currently working on the walls as we speak.
Next photo is of the first floor of engine four, ladder 15.
The first picture shows the crumbled support wall of the firehouse between the two apparatus doors.
Was that repaired?
Yes, following the last budget hearing, we quickly went out there to assess it to determine that it's not a structural wall.
Our vendor was there and we completed that wall restoration, I believe, on May 15th.
The picture we're looking at now is the rear wall of the apparatus floor, which we also see crumbling.
This is the same location.
There are also many areas with ceiling tiles missing around the light fixtures with either water stain tiles surrounding the missing tiles, so we can assume the tiles were missing due to water damage from the leak.
Were these conditions corrected?
Correct.
The same vendor who fixed the wall in between the apparatus doors also corrected that wall there.
And the ceiling tiles have been repaired.
Okay.
And all replaced.