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10/11/25 Bronx All Hands Box 3798
E91 to E79... Another East Harlem to Bedford Park. A pattern development here... -
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10/8/25 Bronx 10-75 Box 3181
So who was the fast truck....L38 or L27? E88 assigned ahead of E 46. Something amiss. Street miles says 88/38 closer. -
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10/9/25 Manhattan 2ND ALARM Box 1546
A TL to Woodlawn? Another first? -
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10/9/25 Bronx 2ND ALARM Box 3888
E88 on the All Hands (5th due)?...musta been a bunch of companies out elsewhere... L43 to L37... East Harlem to Bedford Park... Love that one...gotta be a first. And a TL(23) to Woodlawn? -
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VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.
First frontline rig (other than Rescues) that came from the factory with an air horn. Black in color. See it mounted to the right of the Mars light on top of the windshield. -
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10/1/25 Bronx All Hands 10-60 Box 2154
I have long had this thought... What genius in the 1930s woke up one morning and said, "I have a good idea. Let's have the city build all our residential housing." -
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WWII SKID PUMP
First photo is a Seagrave 1929-30 hose wagon. How to tell?...no hose line outlet on passenger side of the rig, only a siamese to feed the deck pipe; also, the bell located directly behind the passenger seat, often connected by a rope to the back step. Firefighters in the jump seat went near deaf... -
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9-27-16 .... LODD CHIEF MICHAEL FAHY BN*19.
A family friend. He was the second youngest man to ever be promoted to battalion chief in the FDNY. Only Hugh Halligan was younger. His father, Thomas, retired as a battalion chief in the Lower East Side and the former captain of E28 during the war years. His sister was a West Point graduate... -
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9/3/25 Bronx All Hands Box 4850
0k, DMA, i respect that you are so sure. But before I launch into any boring discussion, may I ask if you ever lived in any of these buildings on the streets of New York? -
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9/3/25 Bronx All Hands Box 4850
Nope. It's a five story fall and then you hit the ground. All depends on how you look at it... Including CIDS. -
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9/3/25 Bronx All Hands Box 4850
That's a five-story walk-up, not six story... Just saying. NYC Department of C... Lot Frontage: 114.85' Lot Depth: 105.00' Number of Buildings: 1 Number of Floors: 5 Gross Floor Area: 54,048 sf (estimated) Residential Units: 52 Total Units: 52 Land Use: Multi-Family Walk-Up -
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9/3/25 Manhattan 10-77 Box 1446
Great story 114. Reminds me of friends on the Bridgeport, CT, FD at the time. The BFD was on the same frequency as the Queen's CO. Late at night Bridgeport Engine 4 would be roused out to respond to a box in Queens until they figured it out.