The firefighters' union have been calling for the New York Fire Department to get a helicopter to help put out skyscraper fires and help evacuate people trapped in the buildings.
The FD says it's a bad idea.
Firefighters Association -
"It is a disgrace that the city of New York does not have a helicopter that can put water on a fire. Besides getting water on a fire, it could be used for evacuation, as well as comand and control." LA, Chicago, Miami, Tokyo etc have got them.
FDNY -
"It is simply unsafe to use helicopters to suppress high-rise fires in New York City, and the Fire Department has repeatedly rejected that idea due to many operational concerns."
On Wednesday this week, the firefighters association released an internal Fire Department presentation that got leaked to them by one of the high ranking members of the FDNY who support them. It's from March of 2005 and calls for the FD to get a fire helicopter using Homeland Security funding. The FD refused to comment.
http://imgsrv.1010wins.com/image/win...esentation.pdf
Unsafe???
Bullsh1t.
What do other guys think?
B.