during his long career in fdny, one of ken’s special assignments included six years in the technical services division / apparatus design unit of fdny. in that role, ken was responsible for performing survey needs analysis for apparatus and new mobile equipment. some other responsibilities included writing specifications, forecasting and cost analysis for a capital budget, initiating the bidding process from pre-bid analysis to the actual award of the bid. ken also attended pre-engineering meetings, as well as overseeing all phases of apparatus assembly and inspections through final design and delivery. ken also managed a budget of approximately twenty million dollars annually.

during the aftermath of the september 11th attacks on the world trade center, ken worked around the clock to rebuild the decimated fdny fleet. this included approximately 140 various pieces of apparatus ranging from pumpers and aerial apparatus, to a number of special units such as, heavy rescues and high rise units, mask service unit, tactical response units, collapse units, haz-mat & haz-mat decon units, field communications units and ems multi-casualty incident (mci) units.