WTC questionnaire staff distribution notice, October 2004

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of asbestos above legal limits, the union announced May 17. Ihe Federal money will be used for an extensive clean­ ing that involves disassem­ bling each vehicle and scrub­ THOMAS MANLEY: Assist bing its internal vents and from Senator Clinton. wiring, said UFA Sergeant- at-Arms Thomas Manley, FEMAToPay the union’s chief health and safety officer. ’The Fire .Department said For Cleaning it requested FEMA funding for the cleaning months ago, Of Fire Trucks and had waited for a re­ sponse along with many oth­ er city agencies that submit­ By MARK DALY ted funding requests. But The Federal Emergency Mr. Manley contended a key Management Agency will change occurred May 20 af­ nay to clean Fire Depart- ter he raised the issue in a nent (Vehicles that contain conversation with U.S. Sena- ; posoibty' harmftd dust from tor Hillary Clinton and the World Trade Center site, FEMA Director Joseph M. city and fire union officials Allbaugh at the Deer Park, announced last week. L.I. funeral for Deputy Chief At least $2 million will be Raymond M. Downey, who allocated for the cleaning of was killed at the World 600 vehicles that were used Trade Center. That after­ at the World Trade Center on noon, FEMA announced it Sept. 11 and afterward, ac­ would pay for the cleaning. cording to the Uniformed Mr. Manley said the OTA Firefighters’ Association, would continue to push the which had pressed for the city to provide a similar funding. cleaning for the firehouses Asbestos Found south of Canal St. “They cleaned the businesses, but The Fire Department they didn’t clean the fire- cleaned 200 ladder trucks i houses,” he said. and engines and returned them to service earlier this year, but the UFA com­ plained that many nooks and crannies of those vehicles are still coated with grime that contains asbestos, fiberglass and concrete dust. Samples from three of the vehicles tested positive for amounts

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