FDNY Response Policy Memo, August 1997

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

THE PORT AtJTHORTTY OF NY & NJ MEMORANDUM

TO: Robert E. Catlin, Director, World Trade Department FROM: Nelson J. Chanfrau DATE: August 20, 1997 SUBJECT: FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE POLICY - WORLD TRADE CENTER COMPLEX REF: Letter, Chanfrau to Chief Cunningham, 7/25/97, same subject Letter, Chief Cunningham to Chanfrau, 8/5/97, same subject

COPY: B. Bohlen, G. Cummiskey, D. Feeley, C. McClafferty, A. Reiss

At the request of Alan Reiss, Risk Management has been successful in negotiating a modified FDNY response to the World Trade Center Complex. As detailed in the attached FDNY Bureau of Fire Prevention correspondence, FDNY units will not be summoned for a single smoke detector activation at the WTC. This new policy will minimize unnecessary FDNY responses to the WTC by 61%, which equates to 400 false alarm responses annually.

This revised FDNY response stipulates the following FDNY/Risk Management conditions:

* The current policy of immediate FDNY response to pull box stations, water flow alarms, multiple smoke detector activation and the activation of a single smoke detector in non-sprinklered areas will continue.

* The receipt of a telephone call indicating smoke or fire in any area will continue to cause immediate FDNY response.

* The WTC Fire Brigade will immediately respond to the activation of a single.smoke detector in a WTC sprinklered area. FDNY will not be summoned on a single smoke detector activation.

* The activation of a single smoke detector in an elevator lobby, which is cross zoned or equipped with alarm verification detectors, will be immediately responded to by the WTC Fire Brigade. Again, FDNY will not be summoned.

If you require additional information regarding this revised FDNY/WTC response, please call me at 11-2727.

elson J. Ch^frau Assistant Director Risk Management

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