Requiring permanent firehouse facility upgrades to establish full integration of a mixed gender workforce and to ensure a safe working environment.

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring permanent firehouse facility upgrades to establish full integration of a mixed gender workforce and to ensure a safe working environment.

The proposed legislation would require the Fire Department to survey each firehouse to determine the permanent facility upgrades necessary to establish full integration of a mixed gender workforce and to ensure a safe working environment. No later than six months after completion of the survey, the Department would be required to submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council a report on the findings of the survey detailing the permanent facility upgrades necessary at each firehouse, as well as a plan to implement such permanent facility upgrades at each firehouse. The Fire Department would be required to complete implementation of the permanent facility upgrades identified in the report no later than five years after submission of the report.