FDNY brass on 2010 budget: “The news for the Fire Department is not good”. Read details in memo from Fire Commissioner & Chief of Department.
pdf of memo from Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and Chief of Department Salvatore Cassano
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled his FY 2010 budget today. There is clearly more pain for FDNY.
The specifics of the cuts have been outlined in a one page memo from Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and Chief of Department Salvatore Cassano:
• 4 fire company night closings will become full time closings effective 7-1-09.
• 7 additional fire companies will be disbanded effective 7-1-09.
• 5 additional fire companies will be disbanded effective 1-1-10.
• 30 BLS ambulance tours and 9 supervisory lines in conditions cars will be eliminated effective 7-1-09.
• 27 Fire Marshal lines and 5 Supervising Fire Marshal lines will be eliminated based on attrition.
• 32 EMS administrative lines in units through out the Department will be eliminated, which will require those members on full duty in the designated units to return to ambulance duty and those members with Reasonable Accommodations to seek other accommodations if available, otherwise they will need to retire.
• All civilian vacancies that have not been approved by OMB have now been eliminated.
• There is a complete freeze on all new civilian attrition that occurs until June 30, 2010. This does not include Fire Prevention, Dispatchers, Grant funded positions, Deutsche Bank Task Force positions or ECTP related lines. The Bureau of Personnel Resources will be issuing new civilian guidelines to address critical vacancies.
• Security Services for Randall’s Island, Fort Totten and Maspeth will be discontinued by March 1, 2009.
Click here to read more about Mayor Bloomberg’s budget proposal.
