The MTA’s most important and expensive pieces of equipment — subway trains — are stored in yards lacking adequate fire safety measures, according to a report. For example, inspectors found fire alarm systems in closets instead of visible public areas.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The MTA’s most important and expensive pieces of equipment – subway trains – are stored in yards that lack adequate fire safety measures, an MTA watchdog reported Friday.
“We acknowledge more work needs to be done; that is why we are currently expanding our fire safety checklists, updating our policies, protocols, and instructions, and evaluating our use of vendors,” New York City Transit President Richard Davey wrote in response toThe inspector general's office visited several train yards in 2020 to examine fire alarms and suppression equipment.
"Transit yards are the workhorses of the system, and while critical, these facilities are very old," the MTA's Acting Inspector General Elizabeth Keating wrote in a statement. "Fire safety training and testing is essential to keeping NYCT's sprawling system operating and employees safe."
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