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"  Ever since 9/11 New Yorkers have been on high alert \u2014 and the NYPD and NYFD even higher. It&amp;#039;s their job to figure out potential terrorist scenarios before citizens need to &amp;quot;see something, say something.&amp;quot; One of those potential scenarios involves the numerous food carts and trucks that line the city&amp;#039;s streets. Gizmodo reported on a presentation to the FDNY entitled, &amp;quot;Food Trucks: A Transient Hazard.&amp;quot; The document, dated September 2012, outlines the risks created by the proliferation of food trucks. First, they are located where there is high pedestrian traffic in high profile locations, such as in front of high rise buildings in Midtown and the World Financial Center. Second, explosives can be easily concealed in a food truck. Third, they can be used as surveillance since they remain in one place for a long time. More From Delish: Road Food: The Best Restaurants on Wheels Food trucks are dangerous enough on their own without the threat of a terrorist planting explosives. Permitting is hard to come by and many vendors receive them through the black market. Another concern is that they are authorized to have two 20-pound propane cylinders, which are often in the back of the truck and could catch fire in a rear-end collision. A food truck did explode in Toronto in August; its workers sustained bad burns. More From Delish: Wheeling and Dining: America&amp;#039;s Awesome Food Trucks The Big Apple isn&amp;#039;t the only city that has a combination of crowds and food trucks. San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington D.C. are all cities with food trucks close to office buildings and tourist attractions. The good news: the authorities are watching. Do you think food trucks and food carts in any city pose a real threat?  Find more great food content on Delish: Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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