FDNY Gets Annoyed At Building Management
Yesterday [Monday] morning, FDNY received a call to the building on the corner of Montgomery and Albany for an apparent smoke condition in the building, 4 Trucks and a Battalion Chief responded, to find nothing wrong at all. Later the very same day FDNY responded to a similar call to the same building again with 4 Trucks and a Battalion Chief again to find nothing, and this time they were aggravated about it.
On the scene the Superintended of the building was seen arguing with the Battalion Chief saying “there is nothing wrong with the boiler, residents are prank calling 911”, and in a short conversation with a fire official he said that the Boiler is an old boiler that is wired in to the fire alarm and that is what triggered the alarm, the boiler being as old as it is causes some problem that register wrong.
Needless to say that reporting a false incident is illegal [and immoral] and is grounds for arrest, if you have a problem with a landlord there is a number to the city, its 311 you call there and they will assist you, it’s no solution call 911 and report false incidents.
confused
Was it a prank call to 911 by some displeased tenants that got the fire department to come down, or was it an automated signal being triggered by a faulty boiler system?
Or maybe the super didn’t really have his story straight yet by the time they started asking questions.
PS I’m not sure you remember but this isn’t the first time such an incident has taken place.
Incidentally as reported here on CrownHeights.info; not that long ago, December 12th, the FDNY responded to the same call, at the same building, for the same reason! You would think the super would learn, and if it’s not him, then whoever is in charge.
Bad, faulty boilers that don’t trigger the alarm properly, probably aren’t doing other thing properly either. And if C"V something goes wrong and there is a fire, how can u be sure that the boiler will trigger the alarm properly then???
Twice in one day though, is definitely grounds to call someone down to inspect it, and find out whats really wrong.
Click here to see the article from December 12th.
http://www.crownheights.inf…