Maybe they should take baked Alaska off the menu.
More firefighters are getting burned – thanks in part to a 32 percent spike in cooking injuries in firehouse kitchens.
Overall, there were 247 firefighter burns in fiscal year 2018, a 22 percent increase from 2017, according to the latest Mayor’s Management Report.
Forty-one of the 2018 burns were from cooking, up from 31 the year before.
Another 41 occurred during facility and equipment maintenance, training, non-fire emergencies or an unspecified “other” incident.
In response to the bump in burns, the FDNY gave firefighters tips on how to avoid injuries in the kitchen and with equipment in firehouses.