QUICK FACTS:
- New York City gave firefighters one day to to file for exemptions, according to The Epoch Times.
- Two NYC firefighters gave Epoch Times an update on the present situation of the FDNY under the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
- An internal document indicating that on Nov. 3, there were only 55% of firetrucks available.
- The normal number, according to the firefighters, should be about 90%.
FROM EPOCH TIMES:
“ENG,” short for engine, represents the firetrucks that have a water hose. “LAD,” short for ladder, represents the trucks that have a ladder.
“My engine has about 25 guys, and of that, half of the guys went home,” said the firefighter, who now has less than 30 days before termination.
On Wednesday, there were four fires that went above 3rd alarm in the city, according to the two firemen that the Epoch Times interviewed and the NYC Fire Wire app that gives alerts and updates on the fires in the city.
Every subsequent alarm means that a fire is getting bigger or it’s persisting to the point that members on the scene need replacement. Two of the fires went up to 4th alarm and one of them went to 5th alarm.
“It’s very unusual. It doesn’t happen often,” the firefighter said, showing the Fire Wire app.
Most of the firemen want to keep working for the FDNY, but are not allowed.
“A lot of guys are looking for a side job, some guys are looking to retire, not by will, but because they feel like they’ve been forced.
“They want to work. My company is out of service today as we speak,” he continued.
“A lot of guys have to show up every tour and say ‘we’re here ready to go and you guys sent us home.’ They’re not allowed inside the firehouse building,” the firefighter said.
He noted that he did a lot of research on his own about COVID-19 vaccines and feels that they haven’t been thoroughly tested.
“I listen to doctors. I personally don’t want to take an experimental vaccine. I already had COVID and I have the natural immunity. I also was tested for the antibodies as well. So my natural immunity is working. I got sick at least twice from last year till now and I have recovered 100 percent every time by myself without any vaccines,” he said.
Another fireman told The Epoch Times on Wednesday afternoonthat “there were three multiple alarms today in the city.”
“That doesn’t normally happen. That’s a direct result of manpower shortages. So a third alarm, fourth alarm, a fifth alarm, all in 12 hours. That’s a direct result of manpower shortages. And the manpower shortages are a direct result of de Blasio’s mandate, there’s no going around it. Those fires don’t go more than a room or a mattress or anything other [than] a small fire, but now they’re [going through] entire floors of buildings.”
Some of the comments in the app blamed de Blasio’s mandates for the fire, while others asked for civility.
