Recent content by Capnkeys

This photo is courtesy of Chief 68jk09. He gave me permission a while back, to use some of the images from his collection that he has posted on the Rant. I hope and feel assured he won't mind me reposting this image here. In posting the thread on the old site, I ran some of his original photos...

EXTREMELY graphic video. This is supposedly "a fire at the Moscow Institute of State and Corporate Governance on October 2, 2007. At least nine students died and 47 other people were injured." Fire with Chaos in Moscow [Part 1]

Your pick for Manhattan was a great one, in my opinion. I was told it used to be the Chief of Department's quarters years ago. You may already know this but: That house took a major hit on 9/11, including; Lt. Jeff Walz from Ladder 9 who lived in my fire district, although I never met him...

Condolences to Captain James J. Cummings, Jr.'s family, friends and Brothers of the FDNY. May he Rest in Peace, after a life well lived; served our country, raised a family, and served the people of the city of New York with distinction as a fireman and fire officer. Certainly one of The Great...

Unveiled at FDIC 2011, check out the new windshield and cab design. Click the 360 Tour for a decent look around. Of course the hosebeds still leave a lot to be desired for the way FDNY operates... http://www.piercemfg.com/en/dashcf

http://www.firerescue1.com/weird-news/articles/1002060-Mayor-wants-to-ban-term-firefighter/ When pressed on alternatives for a new term, Mayor Jest suggested "fire-dousers," "flame-reducers," or even "EMS specialists" would better fit the bill and would be readily accepted by the members of the...

US Army Drill Team

Thank GOD for the good people of this country who know it is a patriotic duty of all to not only remember everyday our soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen out there around the world going in harms way and doing their duty, sometimes paying the ultimate price, and many times more having to...

"PLEASANTVILLE ? In the weeks and months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks ? in which she lost her husband, Charley, a New York City firefighter ? Andrea Garbarini found herself leaning on women she had never known. The fellow New York Fire Department widows, who came to regard each other as...

Michael Frey was an Eastchester N.Y. Police Officer, gunned down in the line of duty on March 21st 1996. I was going to post this on a Westchester forum that Truck 4 knows very well, but the nonsense and outright hostility is making it impossible to continue posting there; I hope the Brothers on...

Thanks Chief for re-posting the information about the amazing life of FF Ben Monger, Eng*231. What a true American hero. It's hard to really comprehend the amount of action this man saw in his lifetime. I'm in awe. May He Rest in Eternal Peace. Condolences to his family, friends and the FDNY.

Firefighters everywhere join in mourning the loss of another FDNY Brother. May he rest in peace. NEVER FORGET

Rest in Peace Brother.

Very tragic. May Brother Valentino rest in peace, and may God watch over his family and Brothers of the FDNY.