Shulman asks about FDNY CFR medical runs and housing growth planning
Schulman asks how many EMS calls are routed to FDNY fire companies and whether FDNY is planning for new housing and population growth. Esposito says fire companies routinely handle about 1,000 CFR medical runs per day and that FDNY is looking at technology and AI to guide resource placement.
The other is that I want to ask you, I'm very close to the firehouse.
By the way, EMS and fire does a spectacular job, and I actually participated in Community Day this past weekend.
But the firefighters are telling me that they're responding.
In fact, when I was sitting there, they had to respond to an EMS call.
So my question is, how many EMS calls are routed to FDNY during any particular tour?
Our fire companies routinely are doing about 1,000 CFR medical emergency runs each 24-hour period each day.
So some companies might be doing 10 or 12, while other companies might only have one or two.
Does that depend what's in the queue?
Like if there's a backlog, they'll go out?
They do not go out on the backlog.
It's simply if it's a segment one, two, or three, and then if that engine is available.
So I appreciate that.
The other thing, too, is that I want to mention, you know, the city is in a position now where we're building a lot of affordable housing and doing a lot of construction and everything else.
So you're going to have a lot more people living in different places.
And so I presume that the system will be inundated with more.
With more 911 calls because you're going to have more people living in all different parts of the city.
Are you planning for that separate from the problems that exist now?
As I had mentioned earlier in my testimony about trying to use technology and AI to best tell us where we should move and put resources.
It is something that we are looking at.
And I'm also going to say whatever you, and by the way, I've given funding for equipment for Aphidney.
I've given money for equipment for EMS.
So I just, you know, we're big supporters here.
You've got to let us know what you need so we can push in the speaker, and everybody is behind this.
And like I said, I appreciate everything that you do, and let's figure out how to resolve this.
Thank you.
And thank you.
And we do thank the council for, we know that you've supported us with driving simulators and conditions vehicles and response vehicles.
So thank you very much.
Thank you.
Now, Councilmember Brooks-Powers.