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To wrap this up…. As is usual for such tragic events, controversy swirled in the aftermath. Did the unpopular Fire Commissioner at the...

The house adjoining mine caught fire Monday morning in St Helens UK . Unfortunately the elderly neighbour passed away. My self and my...

Sorry for the mistake you are right the Collapse that almost trapped my friend Rich Saccamano was the one, in the 1960s. But the...

We all know what happened next. The marquee, weakened by the intense flames, crashed to the street, bringing with it most of the front...

This "dropping down to an 18" creates a few problems. There are times when - any or all of the 2nd due units may arrive first, and the...

The BXCO’s first order was to special call Engine 82 and H&L 31 to Box #2953, the abandoned building fire (a circumstance those...

As the clock ticked past 7:00pm on that Wednesday, April 4th, 1956 the Bronx Communications Office (BXCO) of the FDNY tapped out Box #...

Just before 9:00pm on the evening of April 4th, 1956, I sat in my living room in our apartment on Decatur Avenue watching TV (Channel 5...

I have a timeshare down there in Lehigh acres. Great bunch of firefighters.

Photos by Sutphen Corp

This photo is NOT of the Third Avenue collapse on 04/04/1956. This photo is NOT of the Third Avenue collapse on 4/4/1956. Different...

181 ST. ....( missing BN*13 ) ...click X.....

Companies whizzing all around the city today...sounded like the South Bronx.

5 engines, 4 trucks, 2 battalions, a deputy, Rescue, Squad, RAC...relocators from the bottom of the borough to the top, and two more...

My Uncle Charles was the chauffeur of L37 in da' Bronx when this new FWD Chicago reject was assigned to them. They thought they were...