Firefighting on Governors Island NY
Governors Island is a small island in New York Harbor with an FDNY fire station (from the New York Times).
To spend a day with them is to visit a world of firefighting as removed from city life as Governors Island itself. The pace of work, with all its foibles, suggests a small town in Nebraska, or perhaps an island off the coast of Maine. It does not feel like the middle of New York City, which in a funny way it is....
The captain and 13 other men work in shifts of three, all the time, to protect more than 50 people who work on the island during the day and the occasional tourists who visit during the summer. They also watch over architectural treasures, 62 historic buildings that stamp the north end of the island, some of which date from before the Civil War.
Who would have thought that in the middle of New York City there could be a fire station like the one on Governors Island? You'll want to read the whole article. There is a slide show with some pictures too.
Posted November 14, 2005 09:02 AM · Link
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