Recent content by Captain784

That is true the old FDNY Lifesaving Rope was junk, and the Lifesaving Rope was all too often used for other than Life Saving. Like towing other companies rigs out of sand or snow. I am a good friend of Deput Chief Jay Jonas and I agree with him, the cause of the rope's failure was not indeed it...

This fire speaks of the need for fire department to be an example for the community around them and have EVERY firehouse fully Sprinkler Protected, with an adequate water supply. We cannot preach about value of Sprinkler Systems and then fail to have properly designed Sprinkler Systems in our...

I have to ask again what is the "New Super Pumper" being saved for? Also, with some many Satellites available why were the Satellite Deck Guns or even the Satellite Manifolds NOT used? Chief's if you need another truck for an advanced, self-vented fire make it a Tower Ladder as well as any...

My 1st unit in the FDNY out of Proby. School was Engine 27 at 173 Franklyn St. E-27 was 1st due at the Holland Tunnel Fire and so I saw some photos of this fire in the firehouse and hear stores that had been passed down over the years. E-27 was closed in 1976 but I still have some of the...

The Fitzpatrick and Frisby incident reinforced the need to place a device =Anit-chaffing device, where a live saving rated rope goes over the edge on any sharp or pointed area. Such as the edge of a parapet top cap stone, sheet metal, a gutter, or anything that could cut through the fibers of...

With all these major fires in Brooklyn and today in Queens, what are the saving the "Super Pumper" FOR ? I worked from time to time in the old Mack Super Pumper System and a Satellite responded, as is done now, on every 2nd Alarm. But the old Mack Super Pumper and Tender and 2 additional...