From CBS 2:

"New York City’s fire union’s president blasted a city emergency response plan that puts the police department in charge at the scene of any chemical or biological attack.Uniformed Firefighters Association head Steve Cassidy complained that his department lost a power struggle over something they should be in charge of. Under the proposal, the police department will assume primary control of the scene at any biological or chemical attack. Fire officials, in memos and in meetings with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, lobbied for responsibility based on their decades of handling hazardous material incidents. The decision to revamp emergency response protocol was prompted by the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks. In most other major cities, the fire department responds first to incidents involving the release of hazardous materials. Peter Hayden, the fire chief of department, said his agency is better prepared than we were three years ago for a terrorist attack. The Fire Department has increased training, improved technology and added new equipment as part of its preparedness. He added that cases involving hazardous materials remain “an area in which the Fire Department has the greatest expertise. In most other major cities, the fire department responds first to incidents involving the release of hazardous materials."


A few things come to mind after this.

1]bloomberg has got a serious cop fetish. He and his NYPD choir boy Ray Kelly are very clearly not fans of the fire department and I don't know why.

2]NYPD has how many Hazmat teams? Right. FDNY has 1 main team, 7 Hazmat squads, 3 Hazmat engines, Rescue and Ladder comapnies are heavily trained in Hazmat incidents.

3]bloomberg doesn't care about the well being of New Yorkers unless they support his dumbass stadium.