PLAY PODCASTS
New Leadership at FDNY
Episode 623

New Leadership at FDNY

FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker talks about his new role and the challenges facing the department, and Chief Fire Marshal Daniel Flynn discusses the department's efforts to prevent lithium-ion battery fires.

The Brian Lehrer Show

September 6, 202422m 39s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (pscrb.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Robert Tucker, commissioner of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), talks about his new role and the challenges facing the department, and Daniel Flynn, chief fire marshal of the FDNY Bureau of Fire Investigation (BFI), discusses the department's efforts to prevent lithium-ion battery fires.

correction: There have been 31 deaths from lithium-ion battery fires since 2021, not since last year.
 

Topics

fdny_commissionerfirefire_safetyfdny_bfifire_marshalbattery_firesfire_departmentlocal_wnycbfirobert_tuckerlocal_newsdaniel_flynnchief_fire_marshallithium_ion_batteriesfdny