Johnson, 41, a former city EMT who earned two medals on that job, was among 282 “priority hires” - applicants passed over in 1999 or 2000 as a result of discrimination, a federal judge ruled. “We’re concerned for our safety, but we’re also concerned for his safety.”īut department members are afraid to openly complain or criticize Johnson, who is black, because he was hired under a court order to increase minority hiring in the FDNY. “Everyone is concerned about working with him,” said a third source. “If they ignore it, some civilian will end up injured or killed, or a fireman will be injured or killed.” Johnson (whose head is seen above the car roof) stands on the sidelines while his fellow firefighters battle flames. “It can’t be ignored,” another department source said of the probie firefighter’s repeated absences. Johnson told his colleagues that he’d returned to the fire truck to refill his air tank, a source said.īut sources said he never entered the blaze and should not have run low on air. That left just two firefighters - the first and a third - to haul the heavy hose up a long staircase and spray water on the flames.Ī photo obtained by The Post shows Johnson at the curb next to an FDNY vehicle while fellow firefighters march up steps into a house engulfed in black smoke. He had been assigned as “backup” to the nozzle man carrying the hose into the burning two-story building. The latest fright unfolded April 2 at a three-alarm blaze on East 78th Street, when Johnson’s irked captain radioed a “mayday” after discovering Johnson was AWOL, sources said.
“To have a guy that you know to be afraid is not going to be there for you when you need him to be - it’s frightening,” said one FDNY source. Nicknamed “Tragic Johnson” by the rank and file, he’s managed to evade the smoke and flames several times since joining the Canarsie, Brooklyn, firehouse last year, sources confirmed. Instead, he stays on the sidelines as his Engine Company 257 colleagues rush into burning buildings, FDNY insiders told The Post.
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