“Educating New Yorkers on fire safety is among the most important goals of the Fire Department - and one we take very seriously,” Acting FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanaugh said in a statement. The order requires HPD to give FDNY access to fire safety-related violations found since Januthe FDNY will use the data to ramp up inspections at buildings with high amounts of violations, according to the press release.Īdditionally, FDNY and HPD will perform a “broad, educational fire safety outreach campaign.” As part of the effort, the fire department will partner with the Department of Education to teach students and staff about fire safety measures and evacuation protocols during fires. Gaston The Twin Parks building had amassed more than two dozen violations and complaints before the deadly fire. The new measures would “identify safety violations earlier and increase fire safety compliance.” G.N.Miller/NYPost The January 9 inferno at the Twin Parks high-rise killed 17 people. HPD will also check that the Fire Safety Notice is displayed on apartments’ front doors and notify FDNY in cases where it is not. “Today’s actions are an essential step towards the goal of preventing this kind of tragedy from ever occurring again.”Įxecutive Order 12 will increase “coordination and information-sharing” between the fire department and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development by mandating that HPD inspectors search for compliance with FDNY’s requirements in addition to housing code violations. “We must work towards equipping every New Yorker and every building in this city with the tools to avoid an unspeakable tragedy like the one we saw two months ago,” said Adams in a press release. 9 inferno, which was sparked by a faulty space heater that sources said had been left on for days. The building had amassed more than two dozen violations and complaints before the Jan. With the aim of averting another tragedy like the Twin Parks high-rise fire that killed 17 people, Adams’ executive order will increase coordination between the FDNY and the city’s housing department, so the agencies can “identify safety violations earlier and increase fire safety compliance.” Mayor Eric Adams announced a slew of new fire safety measures Sunday - two months after the deadly Bronx blaze at a building with a long history of violations. Texas migrant busing costing Lone Star State $12M: report ‘Leave your gun at the door’: Adams, Hochul slam concealed carry ruling as permit seekers skyrocket NYC’s Homeless Services czar looks badly in over his head A vicious psych-al: NYC crazies freed to repeat menacing rest of us
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