Firefighters critically hurt in Staten Island fire sue city

Four FDNY firefighters critically hurt in aannounced Monday they are suing New York City over what they called a dangerous policy that puts firefighters and the public in harm’s way.

“There’s a policy with FDNY to close a firehouse when the firefighters need to go in for medical exams or training,” said Andreas Koutsoudakis, a lawyer from KI Legal Personal Injury firm representing the firefighters. “Instead of replacing them with firefighters who might be off or from another firehouse nearby, they close it. So if there’s a fire in the area where that closed firehouse is, the one that’s responding is not that one obviously because no one is there.

“When we talk about the risks that these people go through, yes, they sign up for a very dangerous job, but we don’t need to make it worse,” Koutsoudakis said. “This is something that is completely within the city’s control to not add to the risk.” “I was trapped, but I relied on my experience and training to get out, Doody said. “But I just don’t want this to happen again. Another firefighter or civilian with less training and doesn’t stay as calm…it might not work out as well for them.”

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