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IMPORTANT INFO ON THIS PAGE - PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE PAGE, THANKS More property is lost by water damage than fire. Where does the water that the FDNY uses to extinguish a fire in a multiple story go?? When a sprinkler system is accidentally or purposely set off where does the water go?? When a standpipe in a building or a water main break on the street occurs. Where does that water go?? IT DESTROYS YOUR PROPERTY PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY
GENERAL OFFICE AND ASK HIM TO REOPEN THE PATROL. IT
IS NOT TOO LATE!!
WITHOUT
YOUR HELP THE NY CITY COUNCIL MET
ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, AND UNANIMOUSLY PASSED
A
RESOLUTION ASKING THE BFU TO RECONSIDER THE CLOSING OF THE FIRE PATROL.
New York Fire Patrol Resolution Following an oversight hearing held by the Fire and
Criminal Justice Services Committee on October 4, the In January 2006 the New York Board of Fire Underwriters
voted to discontinue funding to the Fire Patrol at “In the interest of protecting the public and
commercial and manufacturing businesses throughout the City, every New Yorker will suffer as a result. For the sake of the bottom line – for the sake of the all-mighty dollar – a crucial service will be lost. Shame on the Board of Fire Underwriters and shame on the insurance industry if this travesty is allowed to happen.” WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON FIRE & CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES FOR HOLDING THESE HEARINGS. WE WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER MIGUEL MARTINEZ (COMMITTEE CHAIR), AND COUNCIL MEMBER TONY AVELLA FOR DRAFTING THIS RESOLUTION.
Fire Patrol Members Respond For
One of the Last Times
Lawmakers Pass Resolution To Delay Fire Patrol's Closing
COUNCIL FIRED UP OVER CUTS
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Impending Dissolution of Fire Patrol Is Criticized by City Council Members By ELIZABETH SOLOMONT - Special to the Sun Following the hearing, a vice president of the New York Insurance Association, Ellen Melchioni, said it was unlikely that the impending dissolution would be postponed. "I'm sorry that the New York City Council was not aware of what's happening," she said. However, she added, "They don't save lives, they save desks and property, so the safety of the citizens of New York City is not at stake." |
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REBUTTAL TO MS. MELCHIONNI'S STATEMENTS: October 11th
Ms. Melchionni's statements regarding the NYC Council shows
the arrogance of the insurance industry. She is correct in saying the the cost of running the
Patrol is 8.5 million per year. But we would like to know, HOW she can estimate
what the true savings are when the BFU kept such incompetent records, using
savings formulas from 1967 ??? The formulas used predate modern
sprinkler systems!!
HOW can she know what the true savings are, if policyholders
don't have to submit claims, because The Uniformed Fire Patrolmen's Association estimates, at 2006's property value, the true savings to be 50 to 100 million per year of property saved.
"THE CLOSURE OF THE FIRE PATROL WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE FDNY. WHILE LADDER COMPANIES ARE OUT OF SERVICE, DOING THE FIRE PATROLS JOB, PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE AT RISK." THIS STATEMENT WAS MADE BY PETER GORMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FDNY'S UNIFORMED FIRE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. YOU KNOW MORE THAN THESE PROFESSIONALS DO ON WHAT AFFECT IT WILL HAVE TO THE CITY'S SAFETY?? PATROLMAN KEITH ROMA DID NOT DIE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH SAVING DESKS, MS. MELCHIONNI. HIS BODY WAS FOUND ON CHRISTMAS EVE. AND HIS BODY WAS FOUND WITH 9 CIVILIANS, THE LAST OF MANY GROUPS OF CIVILIANS THAT HE SAVED THAT DAY. HE DID NOT DIE FOR DESKS OR PROPERTY!!! HOW DARE YOU MAKE LIGHT OF HIS HEROISM OR THE HEROISM OF THE OTHER 31 BRAVE MEMBERS OF THE FIRE PATROL WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. IT IS AN INSULT TO THE BRAVERY OF OUR MEMBERS, WHO DAY AFTER DAY PUT THEIR LIVES IN JEOPARDY OPERATING UNDER A FIRE FLOOR. YOU STATE THAT THE SAFETY OF CITIZENS
WILL NOT BE AT STAKE?? OUR MEMBERS ARE PROUD, DEDICATED MEN WHO HAVE SERVED THIS CITY FOR THE LAST 203 YEARS. SAVING PROPERTY AND LIFE!!
TO THE PEOPLE OF NYC... DON'T LET WHAT HAPPENED TO THE VICTIMS OF KATRINA & RITA, HAPPEN TO THE FIRE & FLOOD VICTIMS OF NYC CALL THE NEW YORK INSURANCE ASSOCIATION AND ASK MS. MELCHIONNI WHY THE CITY COUNCIL WAS NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS DECISION TO DISBAND THE PATROL? AND TO DO WHAT THE COUNCIL ASKED. POSTPONE THE CLOSING UNTIL THE CITY COUNCIL CAN COMPLETE AN IMPACT STUDY. 1-518-432-4227 130 Washington Avenue Albany, New York 12210 PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY GENERAL
OFFICE AND ASK HIM TO INTERVENE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, THE NEW
YORK CITY COUNCIL WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE IAFF, THE UFOA, THE UFA, EMS AND FIRE DISPATCHERS UNIONS FOR GIVING TESTIMONY AT THIS HEARING, ON HOW THEY FEEL OUR CLOSURE WILL AFFECT NYC EMERGENCY SERVICES
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See what happens when insurance companies close a Patrol
Watch this video and LISTEN to how long
it took a business to resume operations.
6 MONTHS for
Chicago as opposed
to NEXT DAY in New York.
Without a Patrol, Business Owners loose
money - Employees loose income
After October 15 everyone shares the same fate
Chicago disbanded it's Fire Patrol in 1959 and Business Owners have been PAYING the price ever since
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Thank you to all who supported us
during our recent rally at Fire Patrol 2
Special Thanks to Councilmen
Alan Gerson, Arthur Schwartz and UFA Trustee Dan Murphy
Also Thank you to Council Member Tony Avella for all of his support.
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT
GRATITUDE
TO THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE SOUTH GREENWICH
VILLAGE AREA
WHO HAVE RETAINED THE LEGAL COUNSEL OF
ARTHUR Z. SCHWARTZ
IN OUR BEHALF.
ARTICLES
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
UNIFORMED FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION
VIDEO CLIP FROM NY 1 - AUG 30TH
VIDEO CLIP FROM NY 1 - OCT 3RD
ALSO FEATURED ON EYEWITNESS NEWS
The Dissolution of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters is based on a
A FAILURE OF MANAGEMENT !
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For further information go to http://www.fpny123.net/ or call James Nunez, President IAFF Local I-26--- 212-563-1250 As of August 4, 2006 we have received official notice
that Fire Patrol Houses 1, 2 and 3 will have their doors closed on October
15, 2006. WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR HEARTFELT
GRATITUDE
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A Big Thanks to Patrolman Andrew Bottarini and Patrolman Clayton Donnelley for converting the videos for internet use..
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