After the Vulcan Society of black firefighters raised concerns that some Fire Department chiefs advocated using fire hoses against protesters if they were interfering with fire operations, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called upon the FDNY to state plainly that this was inappropriate and violated agency policy.
The Daily News reported Aug. 1 that Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro issued a department-wide memo a day earlier stating, "The FDNY expressly prohibits the use of water streams from hoselines, deck guns or any other type of water application device for crowd control or [dispersal] purposes." It reaffirmed a June 16 notice that the exceptions would involve "protection against sabotage (i.e. Molotov cocktail..."
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