The Fire Department (FDNY) has set up a specialized task force to battle and prevent NYC wildfires, scores of which have broken out across the five boroughs this month due to the Big Apple’s ongoing drought.
New York City has not seen substantial rainfall since September, and the prolonged dry spell has made the city’s parkland particularly vulnerable to brush fires. Between Nov. 1 and 14, the FDNY has battled 271 brush fires across the five boroughs, including at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Alley Pond Park in Queens and Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan.
