'Breakdown:' FDNY boat in crash that killed Belgian firefighter lacked staffing, approval for cruise
The fireboat is typically docked about two miles south at Pier 53 and would have been the closest emergency vessel to the accident site.
An FDNY lieutenant, captain and battalion chief have been removed from their duties in the Marine Division pending an ongoing investigation led by the US Coast Guard, but have not been suspended, The Post has learned. The unidentified firefighter has not been reassigned, officials said.The decision process should have gone as high as Acting Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh – but never reached her, according to sources.
When the civilian boat capsized in the Hudson Wednesday — while the damaged Marine 1 Bravo vessel was unusable — another small FDNY boat, the Marine 1 Alpha, responded to the scene. However, unlike Marine 1 Bravo, the non-medical boat lacks tables on which to lay patients and other equipment. Alpha and Bravo are stationed at the same Pier 53 location in Chelsea. Long insisted there would have been “no difference in response times” if Bravo took the call.
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