NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Executive Summary
As a result of the World Trade Center incident the New York City Police Department is
exhausting all its resources to ensure that the victims are safely recovered, deceased
individuals are removed from the scene in a decent manner, emergency workers are
equipped with proper safety gear, and the citizens of this city are protected from any
future terrorist acts.
To ensure that the New York City Police Department meets these goals a list of
Equipment Needs was compiled and is attached. The list of equipment is broken down
into two (2) categories: (i) Replacement Equipment Needs as a result of the WTC
incident, (ii) New Equipment Needs as a result of the WTC incident, and to prepare for
any future incidents.
It should be noted that the attached equipment list is not all-inclusive. There is a
number of expenditure categories not included in this preliminary report, such as
service contracts, training, clothing, sundry items, and personal services (salaries and
overtime). The Police Department is in the process of developing a more
comprehensive expenditure report that will be submitted for consideration of Federal
reimbursement.
The total cost for all the equipment listed is $868 million dollars. This list is broken
down by replacement equipment - totaling $102 million dollars, and New Needs
equipment - totaling $766 million dollars.
Some highlights of the requested equipment are:
> Communications Upgrades $222 million
> Facility Security Upgrades $207 million
> Capital Project $150 million
> Emergency Response Vehicles $ 80 million
> Hazardous Material Equipment Upgrades $ 76 million
> Air / Sea Rescue $ 42 million
> Rescue Equipment $ 30 million
> Improved Intelligence Gathering Systems $ 25 million
> Water Rescue Equipment $ 16 million
> Mobile Command Post Vehicles $ 6 million
> Medical / Safety Equipment $ 6 million
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