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Great pictures!! Thanks for sharing!

I had forgotten about these wrenches. These and those black suitcases the air packs were stored in!

Many years ago, back when I was a teenager in the 1970's, I started getting WNYF. I believe there was a picture of this. I do remember seeing this somewhere!!

Very well done and very informative. Hard to believe what the members went thru back then. Fires, politics, unrest, aging equipment.

Happy Birthday Dan!! Always enjoy reading your posts!!

Rest in Peace Sir! Sounds like he was a great human being!

We don't have mains that large where I am from!! Biggest main around here is 12". But I was always told that if you hook up to a hydrant with a hard suction (most engines don't carry true hard suction hose anymore) you could steal water from the next pumper using ldh, etc. Never got a chance to...

Those were great! Thanks for sharing.

I used to listen to Brooklyn here in North Carolina back in the late 70's and 80's. Always in the summer. Also used to hear lot's of fire dept's from Long Island on low band back in the day!

Didn't Philadelphia have a Firebird? I seem to recall seeing a picture of one in a book.

Purchased Al Donchin's book brand new when it first came out. Some amazing pictures!!

The Jackson FD ladder is on the E-One calendar for April. Looking at it right now.

I believe that there was an elevator (lift) on the side of the ladder to ride to the top. I remember reading this somewhere.

From what I found out they rode the back step!!!! Truck was a 1974. https://chicagoareafire.com/blog/2013/03/chicago-fd-history-morita-135-ladder/