Over the past 70 years, the number of LODDs suffered by the FDNY has been drastically reduced. From 1941 to 1960, an average of 9.25 firefighters lost their lives in the line of duty. Over the next 20 years, it dropped to 8.25. From 1981 to 2009 — excluding the September 11 terrorist attacks — the department has averaged 2.04 fatalities annually. But it’s still not enough, according to the department — and it is on a mission to transform its safety culture. “We can’t tell anybody it’s acceptable — two LODDs a year is two too many,” Deputy Chief Stephen Raynis told the 2010 Everyone Goes Home Safety Summit in Emmitsburg Saturday. Chief Raynis serves as Chief of Safety at the FDN…
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