Recent content by BritishAndy

Thank you Cap, I am glad you enjoyed your visits to both England and Scotland and that the brothers looked after you. The Grenfell fire changed the way the British fire service responded to high rise fires, and the 64 metre Turntable Ladders bought by the LFB were as a direct result of that...

As the Cap said, this would be at the minimum a fifth alarm in the FDNY, and if it happened a good few years back I am confident it would a 'Borough Call'. Here in the UK we don't use trucks/ladders the same as the FDNY and the rest of the USA. Firstly, they are primarily used as water towers...

Unfortunately not loo, there is a law that sprinkers are required in buildings over 11 metres high built after 2020. The legislation is complex in the UK and we do lack behind the rest of Europe and the USA.

This fire has made a lot of headlines here in the UK because of the area where the fire occurred, the historic significance of the buildings, and because the fire started in a vape/e-cigarette shop. To give you guys some context, the building complex was constructed in 1851 and has survived...

I don't think this picture needs any introductions. Taken by a buff friend visiting from the UK in 1973...ish how to create thumbnails online

I don't know a great deal about this rig, perhaps some of the members can help?

Coming from the city which gave the world the Beatles, it is always expected that I have a Beatles story or two to share. The reality is, they were way before my time, although my late mother met them all on several occasions and even attended McCartney's 21st birthday party. My late mother...

Ladder 6 was once this beautiful 1974 Seagrave tiller and it was photographed outside quarters one day a long time ago. The British fire officer who took this picture has long since retired, but Engine 9/Ladder 6 was one of the first firehouses I stopped by on my first visit to NYC. They were...

Engine 65 operating in 1981 in their slime green American La France. I posted this image on a Facebook page a while back and was told the member in the photo is Hiram Rosas.

I once knew a senior officer from here in Liverpool who was a bit of a photo buff. He travelled to NYC in the 1970's and 80's and shot a lot of stuff, but he also traded slides with local guys. Unfortunately, no information comes with this shot of R1 members except they all look very happy!

The policy for the London Fire Brigade mostly applies to commercial premises during daytime hours. They will still respond to 'high risk/residential/sleeping risk' premises as normal such as high rise buildings, hotels, schools, hospitals etc. I think the problem stems from the volume of AFA...

Brooklyn *All Hands* Box 1581. 3400 Snyder Ave. Fire 5th floor B wing 7 story H-type 200x200

Fire out of the windows, fifth floor 3400 SNYDER AVE, MULTIPLE DWELLING A, 5FLR

Dan, you absolutely have a gift for telling stories and if you get as much pleasure of out of typing them as we do reading them, then please continue.

Just to say that today the thoughts of thousands of buffs, fire service personnel and members of the public are with you. We might be thousands of miles away across the pond, but we stand with you shoulder to shoulder as always. Never forget.