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MEDIA ADVISORY
NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE TO SIGN
AGREEMENT FOR INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TRAINING IN SUPPORT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY
NEW YORK CITY, Jan. 14, 2003—New York City Fire Commissioner
Nicholas Scoppetta and USDA Secretary Ann M. Veneman will
sign a first-of-its-kind agreement for the United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service to provide additional
resources for homeland security within New York City by developing
Incident Management Team (IMT) capabilities within FDNY. FDNY
Officers will be trained to respond to all large-scale incidents
in which IMT’s are required within the City of New York
as well as incidents outside the city at the discretion of
FDNY. Through this agreement the FDNY will become the first
municipal fire department east of the Mississippi River to
receive training in development of IMT capabilities.
WHO: |
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman, FDNY Commissioner
Nicholas Scoppetta, USDA Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth,
FDNY Chief of Department Frank Cruthers, Top Federal and
FDNY Fire Officials |
WHAT: |
A signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding
between FDNY and U.S. Forest Service, which will allow
for the immediate training of more than 60 FDNY Officers
to create a command structure for any large scale emergency. |
WHERE: |
FDNY Headquarters 1st Floor, 9 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn,
NY |
WHEN: |
Wed., Jan. 15, 2003, 1:30 pm EST |
Contact: Francis X. Gribbon/Mike Loughran (FDNY) (718) 999-2056
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