VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

[68jk09]

ENG*259 1958 MACK & LAD*128 1937 SEAGRAVE....

 

[memorymaster]

ENG*259 1958 MACK & LAD*128 1937 SEAGRAVE....

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Terrific photo. Thank you for posting!

 

[captaindewey50267021@gm]

Engine 259 seems to be having M.U.D. = Multy Unit Drill with a "Multiversal". Brothers remember such devices need to be tied down for safety. I have seen especially portable Multiversals lift off the ground once water is started, especially and low stream angles.
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.

 

[68jk09]

BN*21 ....EARLY 1980s GMC SUBURBAN.....

 

[68jk09]

A FEW FDNY FIREBOAT PICTURES....

FDNY Fire Department Photo Lot: New York NY Marine Company Fireboats - 1976-80 | eBay

Six original 8 x x10 inch images in very good condition. They are unique, taken by private photographers.

www.ebay.com

 

[Capttomo]

MARINE*1 ....JOHN D. McKEAN ..... View attachment 50288

while the newest boats are awesome and certainly better equipped, these boats were so majestic

 

[Capttomo]

DV*3 ? ,,,1956 FORD SEDAN.... View attachment 49511

Ill bet Alcyon does not have this car number on his list

 

[Capttomo]

Jack Calderone photo...
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here is a good question.....in what year did they replace the scaling ladder with the extension ladder on the Mack CF's. I don't know the answer

 

[tem217]

here is a good question.....in what year did they replace the scaling ladder with the extension ladder on the Mack CF's. I don't know the answer

early to mid 80s...
right around the same time the women had the physical requirements lowered.
the scaling ladder evolution...
you would have to straddle the window sill and raising the scaling ladder to the window above required upper body strength
just found it coincidental

 

[3511]

EARLY LAD*151 FWD OUTSIDE QTRS.... i.ebayimg.com/images/g/VmMAAOSwGD9oNRQg/s-l1600.jpg

I believe that's a late '20s early 30s Four-Wheel Drive (that was the name of the manufacturer) tractor. L14 had one like it when my dad was appointed there in 1934. Note the store behind it; looks like it's named Bedford Television. That dates the photo to probably the early 1950s as specialized TV stores did not open up until post World War II. Probably an aerial ladder trailer from the 1920s top. Much of that longevity for the rigs was because the FDNY was limited in purchasing replacements during the War and it took years to catch up.

 

[lucky]

The lime green Macks from 1981 didn't have a scaling ladder but had a strange A Frame. It wasn't very popular and was replaced with an extension ladder shortly afterward.

 

[68jk09]

LAD*175 ...1989 SEAGRAVE IN FRONT OF THE FH ON BRADFORD ST.

 

[3511]

But only one had a push button transmission!

The Plymouth!

 

[68jk09]

1905 POSTCARD OF SCALING LADDER RESCUE ....

 

[68jk09]

ENG*45 1981 MACK AT THE ROCK ....

 

[68jk09]

POSTCARD OF LAD*21 1937 SEAGRAVE .....

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[EdMc]

ENG*45 1981 MACK AT THE ROCK .... View attachment 53181

This was after the slime green version, with Kermit on da front . They took the rig out and painted it this color and, as a junior member, I was handed a small can of red paint and a small brush by the Captain to touch up dings from when the butts hit it.

 

[TRAC@1854]

ENG*45 1981 MACK AT THE ROCK .... View attachment 53181

The white roof experiment was short-lived. No concrete proof that it significantly cooled the rig. The same can be said for the lime-green rigs reducing accidents at night

 

[Capttomo]

The white roof experiment was short-lived. No concrete proof that it significantly cooled the rig. The same can be said for the lime-green rigs reducing accidents at night

There is a growing and significant trend for new apparatus to be purchased solid red with no dual colors (eg white over red cabs). Personally I would like to see FDNY go retro with all red rigs and the current striping scheme. Maybe someone who is good with photoshop can whip us up a few renditions

 

[Capttomo]

I took a few of Scott Berliner's excellent photos and manipulated them to give an idea of what a retro all red paint scheme would look like.