FDNY Commissioner Vows to Spend $10M on Training and Safety Equipment

The Fire Department vowed to spend $10 million on safety training and equipment after two of New York's Bravest were forced to leap to their deaths from a burning building last month.

The cash will go toward ropes, harnesses and training to "provide every firefighter on the job with the equipment they need," said Fire Department Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta at a promotion yesterday for 35 FDNY veterans.

The department was roundly criticized after six firefighters