Earlier this month, FDNY Marine Operations in conjunction with the FDNY Incident Management Team and FDNY Center for Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness conducted a four-day, full-scale exercise aboard the SUNY Maritime College operated Empire State VII, a brand-new state-of-the-art vessel. This large-scale drill had FDNY units responding to several simulated scenarios which include a shipboard fire and a hazardous materials spill. The IMT started designing this exercise in June 2020. 102 member

FDNY Marine 6 is operating in New Rochelle for multiple boats on fire. | NYC Fire Wire

At 3:05 pm today, Engine 246, Ladder 161, and Ladder 169 responded to Emmons Avenue at 23rd Street for a report of two people in the water in Sheepshead Bay. They were clinging to a dinghy that was sinking. L-161 and L-169 both deployed rescue swimmers, Firefighters Dan Palmieri and Matt Paz, who swam to the two victims in the water. Using a surfboard, they were pulled to shore. A third person who had jumped into the water to help the other two, was rescued by Marine 9 with the help of NYPD. All