Recent content by Bob Dobalina

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    5/24/23 Staten Island All Hands Box 1184

    Stupid comment…. You ever been to S.I.?
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    FDNY CAPT FRANCIS T KEANE LODD 12/11/2006

    My first Captain in 46 Engine when I transferred into the company in April 2004. Frank was an absolute Gentleman, and the consummate professional. He actually got me there, and him and I became very tight in the time that I got there, and his passing in 2006. I came into work Sunday night...
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    5/4/21 Bronx 10-75 Box 2584

    I was informed that this car was in fact ticketed. And depending on when you worked in that neighborhood, then we probably worked together at some point in the same Battalion. Since last summer, 99% of the cops have stopped writing summons, of any kind. It’s why this city has become a...
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    5/4/21 Bronx 10-75 Box 2584

    And the cop looked the other way and walked away from writing a hydrant ticket...... have asked a few cops to write these douchebags who park on hydrants......all to no avail...... frustrating, especially being a former cop.
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    4/28/21 Bronx 10-77 Box 2705

    3 Probie’s on the backstep with a covering LT..... they did a great job!
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    Yonkers, NY Working Fire 03-22-21

    No, E-311 became Squad 311, now known as Squad 11. Been a Squad at least 12-15 years now...
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    Ladder 27

    Drive over any hoses at fire scenes lately?
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    Ladder 27

    Because it is a Ferrara POS, and we’ve had issues with that rig since the day it was delivered. Plus, the shops are very short handed these days.
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    VINTAGE FDNY WAR YEAR LIDS

    1959
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    Highest alarm?

    I'm 99% sure it closed.  Was open though when I was assigned to 54 Engine (2001-2004).
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    Highest alarm?

    January 23, 1985.    My father was in the area that night and buffed the job.  Afterwards, he walked down the block to the corner of 43rd and 11th to the diner that used to be there to grab a bowl of soup to warm up.    For YEARS after that, he would always say that it was the BEST bowl of...
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    Yet Another 9/11 Brother has passed on ...

    Billy was one of the main guys who ran the Lt. Williams (R-4 LODD in '92) Volleyball Tournament out in Long Beach every June.   He did a GREAT JOB and was always out there every year manning the grill!   I know he also received a Medal in 1990 for rescuing a man from a building collapse in Dec...
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    Second sections

    Chief,  I forgot that you guys didn't work 24's then..............Big Difference! ;)
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    Second sections

    Squad 4 did 9,694 runs in 1970...........That comes out to just over 26 runs a 24........EVERY 24, give or take a few runs............That's crazy!!  My busiest 24 was 33 runs....24 on the day tour and 9 on the night tour, with a 1st due job thrown in on the night tour............I know I was tired!
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