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Somewhere on this site is a photo of a 1930s FWD truck. I identified it as the type assigned to LAD 14 when my father was a appointed there in 1934. I thought it would be interesting to post the photos together to show how far the apparatus technology had advanced in the 50 years between the two...

Mine also. 6/1/34. I still have his class photo.

Riverdale parked across the street from Manhattanville. Bet the brothers never expected that when they sat down for the evening meal.

Marine 6 has two primary boats?

Isn't it FDNY policy, as spelled out in Jim Griffith's Operational publication, that the 52s never relocate? But they must, however, be filled if they are to be engaged in extended operations? This was the rule going back way before I was born. The $$$ taxpayers in Riverdale would never be left...

Anyone know why Fairfield FD feeds not carried on Broadcastify anymore? They were available for a short time after Fairfield and Westport FD's combined communications but then stopped. Westport FD is still available.

And note the bell mounted right behind the officer's seat. My father's Engine 88 had one of these rigs until 1952. The first apparatus I was allowed to climb on when visiting the house. The siren, mounted on the front bumper, no longer worked so the bell and buckeye provided the warning when...

I can only find Manhattan feed. Any suggestions?

Such interesting conversations on this site. Thanks guys.

I recall at the time one of the members OTJ telling me this squirt was reassigned to E70 in an attempt to fool the public that there was still a ladder company in quarters. I believe the ladder was lashed to the squirt boom, or maybe that was just to E70s rig prior to the assignment of the...

I am strictly a Bronx/Manhattan boy but I've always admitted the BFD had spectacular architecture for their firehouses.

Referenced Lt. Kelly... John J. Kelly #7. Later helped organize Rescue 5 on Staten Island, Captain of Ladder 5 in Greenwich Village, and Chief of Battalion 14 in Mott Haven. Full-throated and nicknamed "All Hands Kelly" during the War Years because he didn't like the Deputy Chiefs showing up to...

Next block up from 88/38 quarters

Looks like a CD rig next to it.

And I marched as part of COL White's funeral cortege for his burial at West Point. It remains one of the distinct honors of my lifetime.