{"id":946698,"date":"2021-10-31T19:28:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T23:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=946698"},"modified":"2021-10-31T19:28:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T23:28:56","slug":"reports-nyc-suffers-from-shortage-of-firefighters-and-ems-stemming-from-vaccine-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-nyc-suffers-from-shortage-of-firefighters-and-ems-stemming-from-vaccine-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: NYC Suffers from Shortage of Firefighters and EMS Stemming from Vaccine Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freports-nyc-suffers-from-shortage-of-firefighters-and-ems-stemming-from-vaccine-mandate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=946698&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">New York City is suffering from a shortage of firefighters and EMS personnel on the eve of the November 1 deadline, which requires city workers have at least one dosage of a COVID vaccine, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>A report from the <em>New York Pos<\/em>t <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/30\/fdny-firehouses-shuttered-over-vaccine-staffing-shortages\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;26 companies of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) citywide were \u201cshuttered\u201d on Saturday as a result of the city\u2019s vaccine mandate, per city officials.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">As of 7:30am this morning, 26&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@FDNY&nbsp;<\/span>companies are closed including 5 in my district due to&nbsp;<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@NYCMayor&nbsp;<\/span>locking out unvaccinated firefighters,\u201d Nicole Malliotakis (R-SI, Brooklyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMalliotakis\/status\/1454570368233086988\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;on October 30. \u201cIf someone dies due to a slower emergency response, it\u2019s on Bill de Blasio and his overreaching mandates. I hope this fool fixes it ASAP!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.761061946903\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8As of 7:30am this morning, 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FDNY<\/a> companies are closed including 5 in my district due to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYCMayor<\/a> locking out unvaccinated firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>If someone dies due to a slower emergency response, it\u2019s on Bill de Blasio and his overreaching mandates. I hope this fool fixes it ASAP!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicole Malliotakis (@NMalliotakis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMalliotakis\/status\/1454481757772857344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe excessive sick leave by a group of our Firefighters because of their anger at the vaccine mandate for all city employees is unacceptable, contrary to their oaths to serve &amp; may endanger the lives of New Yorkers, \u201d&nbsp;FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GingerOtis\/status\/1454236904111710211\">said<\/a>, according to an October 29 tweet from writer Ginger Adams Otis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Firefighter shortage has affected the entire city and is not isolated to one borough or neighborhood, the <em>New York Post<\/em> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>No borough or neighborhood was spared, with the shuttered companies ranging from Engine Co. 55 in lower Manhattan, to Engine Co. 234 in Crown Heights, to Engine Co. 231 in Brownsville. Others included Ladder Co. 128 in Long Island City and Engine Co. 158 and Ladder Co. 78 on Staten Island, according to information provided by Malliotakis and Councilman Joe Borelli (R-SI), who cited the Uniformed Firefighters Association. Borelli said the list of 26 came from a FDNY alert dispatched to members.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>October 30\u2019s company closures, reported by the <em>Post<\/em>, accounted for 7.6 percent of the City\u2019s 341 engine and ladder companies, according to the outlet. Councilman Borelli called the number \u201cunconscionable,\u201d and added, \u201c<\/span><span>The firefighters who are unable to work have all been tested within the week and are not COVID positive, and I doubt New Yorkers care about the vaccine status of the person applying defibrillators to their chest,\u201d according to the outlet.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18543434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350092400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18543434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350092400.jpg\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29: People walk past the FDNY Engine Co. 216 station house on October 29, 2021 in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City. According to the NYC Mayor&#039;s office, 86% of the city&#039;s 378,000 municipal workers have received at least one dose of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The mayor has given municipal workers until 5 P.M. tonight to get vaccinated and has also eliminated the option to get tested weekly. Vaccination rates amongst city first responders are the lowest of all of the cities agencies. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>People walk past the FDNY Engine Co. 216 station house on October 29, 2021 in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nigro refuted&nbsp;Malliotakis\u2019s claims, the <em>New York Daily News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/ny-three-dozen-ambulances-down-over-vaccine-shot-20211030-uor4avil5rh5rdjzjc52wc6lvy-story.html\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p>Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro denied a claim from Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-Staten Island) that 26 FDNY companies were closed Saturday because vaccine-protesting firefighters are calling in sick.<\/p>\n[\u2026]\n<p>Several firehouses Malliotakis and union officials claimed were closed in Brooklyn were open when Daily News reporters visited. Among them were Engine 231\/Ladder 120 in Brownsville, Engine 323 in Flatlands and Engine 234 in Crown Heights.<\/p>\n<p>When The News contacted two other firehouses Malliotakis and union officials said were closed they were open and operating, although short-staffed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the <em>Post<\/em>, FDNY spokesperson Jim Long said the situation is not permanent and labeled the companies as \u201ctemporarily out of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe situation remains fluid,\u201d Long said. \u201cWe hire manpower to get the company back in service or relocate other units to the area for coverage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>NYPD\u2019s Emergency Service Unit has called upon firefighters from upstate New York and Long Island to fill empty positions, the <em>Post<\/em> reported.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One man lives across the street from Engine Co. 284 in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, which was offline on October 30, according to the <em>Post<\/em>. The 63-year-old resident, named Vinny Agro, said, <\/span>\u201cWe\u2019re f-\u200a-ked. We are going to toast like marshmallows,\u201d the <em>Post<\/em> reported. \u201cIt\u2019s<span>&nbsp;another sad day for New York City.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cMost of the houses here are semi-attached frame houses. You throw a match on it, and it goes up real quick,\u201d he added, per the <em>Post<\/em>. \u201cYou need a quick response .\u2009.\u2009. it\u2019s scary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18543458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350029135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18543458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1350029135.jpg\" alt=\"FDNY ambulance trucks are seen parked at NYC Health + Hospitals\/Gotham Health parking lot on October 29, 2021 in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City. According to the NYC Mayor&#039;s office, 86% of the city&#039;s 378,000 municipal workers have received at least one dose of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. The mayor has given municipal workers until 5 P.M. tonight to get vaccinated and has also eliminated the option to get tested weekly. Vaccination rates amongst city first responders are the lowest of all of the cities agencies. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>FDNY ambulance trucks are seen parked at NYC Health + Hospitals\/Gotham Health parking lot on October 29, 2021 in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Of FDNY firefighters, the vaccination rate registered at 72 percent at the end of the day October 29, and almost 4000 firefighters remain unvaccinated, according to the <em>Post.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One Brooklyn precinct took more than two hours to respond to calls Friday night, according to the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe 77th Precinct in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, was slow to respond to calls Friday night as four officers on the 4\u2009p.m.-to-midnight shift called in sick, sources said,\u201d the outlet wrote. \u201cCall logs showed response times of more than two hours in some cases.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Early Saturday morning, a young boy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/boy-dies-fire-fdny-mandate-sick-outs\">died<\/a> in a Washington Heights fire, and his grandmother was significantly injured, Fox News reported. Robert Resto, age 7, died after a fire broke out in the building superintendent\u2019s basement apartment. Firefighters responded to the call at 1:30 a.m. and were reportedly not affected by the shortages of firefighters, as they reportedly arrived on the scene in four minutes, Fox News reported, citing an <em>NYDN<\/em> article.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Daily News<\/i> reported that upwards of 36 ambulances were out of commission on October 30 as a result of vaccine-related circumstances. FDNY officials stated that a large number of paramedics and emergency medical technicians were experiencing vaccine side effects from their initial coronavirus shots and called in sick on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Town Hall officials said as of Tuesday, October 26, just 61 percent of EMS workers were vaccinated, but the number climbed substantially to 84 percent by 8:00 p.m. on Friday, according to the <em>Daily News<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City is suffering from a shortage of firefighters and EMS personnel on the eve of the November 1 deadline, which requires city workers have at least one dosage &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-946698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}