![]() The FDNY’s vaccination rate stood at 72 percent for firefighters - and 77 percent agencywide - at the end of Friday, the city’s deadline for workers to get at least one dose of the vaccine, according to data from City Hall. NYPD preparing for potential crush of retirements ahead of vaccine mandate “A lot of them don’t want to take the shot. “It’s sad we have to go through this because of COVID,” Watson said. “The firefighters who are unable to work have all been tested within the week and are not COVID positive, and I doubt New Yorkers care about the vaccine status of the person applying defibrillators to their chest,” he said.ĭonald Watson, 57, a Downtown Brooklyn resident, said the firefighters were just “looking out for themselves.” But it was still an “unconscionable” number, said Borelli, who chairs the council’s committee on fire and emergency management. Saturday’s temporary closures represented 7.6 percent of the city’s 341 engine and ladder companies. #HoldTheLine #FDNY /0powxpEihc- NYCFireWire October 30, 2021 We aren't anti-vaccine & don't hold anyone elses decision against them…. Our neighbors welcomed our services during the pandemic & they refuse to lose us. it’s scary.”įire officials said last week that they were prepared to close as much as 20 percent of the companies citywide.ĭyker Heights community is turning out to support the FDNY at E284 L149. You throw a match on it, and it goes up real quick,” he said. “Most of the houses here are semi-attached frame houses. “It’s another sad day for New York City.”Ī man who lives next door to the firehouse said that he had not seen firefighters for about 24 hours and that they were desperately needed in the neighborhood. We are going to toast like marshmallows,” he said. The FDNY’s vaccination rate was at 72 percent at the deadline for the vaccine mandate on Friday. That was little solace to retired electrician Vinny Agro, 63, who lives across the street from now-offline Engine Co. In anticipation of a shortage of firefighters, NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit has requested the help of volunteer firefighters from Long Island and upstate to back fill the lost positions, according to an email obtained by The Post. ![]() We hire manpower to get the company back in service or relocate other units to the area for coverage,” Long said. Some residents rallied outside of the Ladder Company 149 in Dyker Heights to support the firefighters.įDNY union bosses deny sickout over vaccine mandateįDNY spokesman Jim Long said the closings are not permanent, describing the companies as “temporarily out of service” and the situation as “fluid” since it was shifting firefighters to units where they were needed.Īs of late Saturday afternoon, the FDNY could not provide an exact number of closings that the pols said were in effect as of 7:30 am Saturday. I hope this fool fixes it ASAP!” she tweeted. “If someone dies due to a slower emergency response, it’s on Bill de Blasio and his overreaching mandates. Nicole Malliotakis (R-SI, Brooklyn) said 26 companies shuttered - five in her district - and laid the blame on Mayor de Blasio. The shutdown came amid a pitched battle between City Hall, which on Monday will start enforcing a mandate that all city workers have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and jab-resisting firefighters, many reportedly saying they were already sick with the coronavirus and therefore have “natural immunity.” The FDNY shuttered 26 fire companies citywide on Saturday due to staff shortages caused by the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, according to furious elected officials, who ripped the move as “unconscionable” - and warned it could have catastrophic consequences. NYC to shell out $5M to better collect health data after system crashed during pandemicĪdams’ union negotiation skills stink - you pick up the tab Starting pay for EMS workers less than food app delivery drivers: union Beloved Midtown saloon honors celeb customers from JFK Jr.
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