Chair Ariola asks FDNY protocol for a fire that is also a crime scene
Brooks-Powers yields back to Chair Ariola, who asks how FDNY responds when a fire may also involve a crime scene. Sirocco says FDNY responds with caution, requests NYPD simultaneously, and dispatchers notify NYPD when they know there is a shooting or shooter.
I'm going to yield.
I have a few more questions, but I'm yielding to the chair.
Thank you.
So it's interesting because we're talking about a fire that then became a crime scene.
So for the FDMY, what is the FDMY protocol to respond to a fire when it may also involve a crime scene?
Well, when we respond, then we are aware from the discipline.
There may be a shooting there.
We respond with caution.
But we still respond and we're there to put that fire out.
So we don't want to put our people in undue danger.
But in those situations, we would respond with caution and we would request NYPD response to that location along with us.
So there's a coordination between NYPD, NYSOM, and FDMY.
Absolutely.
We would, in that situation, when our dispatchers know there is a shooter or shooting, they will notify NYPD simultaneously.
Okay, wonderful.