Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Progress Memo #2-Quotes UFA Calls Deutsche Bank a "Toxic Mess" alleges top leadership negligence

...and and charges the Fire Commissioner and Chief with "shoddy performance."

STEPHEN J. CASSIDY
President of UFA said:

-"Chief Siegel's recommendations were totally ignored by the FDNY
"leadership" at 9 Metro Tech. Yet, no one had the
foresight to develop an alternate plan to protect our
firefighters should a serious fire take place in the
building."

-"public of a recommendation by former Chief of Department Peter Hayden made in March 2005
that the Department acquire a helicopter to help fight
hi-rise fires"

-"in an obvious attempt to gloss over their
failures, the Department leadership has decided to add a
third day of building inspections to an already
overburdened firefighter's workload. This fiasco is called
"Building Inspection Safety Program (BISP)".

-"It is clear that a separately trained and staffed Task Force is
necessary to effectively address the need for proper fire
inspections. Not only is this so-called "new" program an
inadequate response to the need for better and thorough
building inspections, it will also most certainly increase
response times to fires and other emergencies. "

The Deutsche Bank Fire: Failure of FDNY
Leadership - The UFA's Effort to Keep
the Public and Our Membership Informed

Nov 20, 2007 Ltr to Members and the Public:

http://www.ufalocal94.org/pdf/db11_20.pdf

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