Engine Company 271 on Himrod Street in Brooklyn will work only days, but the ladder company will be on duty 24 hours.
The Fire Department is reducing night duty at four city firehouses next month as a cost-cutting measure, and closing down the firehouse on Governors Island, the fire commissioner said on Thursday.
The commissioner, Nicholas Scoppetta, said the reductions would be made in every borough except Queens. They are expected to save about $8.9 million and are part of the department’s efforts to meet budget cuts demanded by the mayor.
NEW YORK (AP) _ The fire department’s average response time decreased last year for the second consecutive year even as the number calls increased slightly, the fire commissioner announced Sunday.
The citywide average response time for all incidents was 4 minutes and 49 seconds in 2007, a decrease from 4 minutes and 54 seconds in 2006, Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said. In 2005, the average response time was 5 minutes and 9 seconds, he said.
The city’s firefighters responded to a total of 490,767 calls in 2007, a slight increase from 484,954 in 2006, or roughly 1.2 percent, Scoppetta said. For non-medical emergencies, firefighters responded to 209,943 calls, the most in the department’s history, Scoppetta said.
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