Recent content by doneleven

Rest in Peace, Captain Ryan. Prayers for the comfort of the family.

Rest in Peace, Rabbit. Always a smile. Prayers for the family.

28/11. Andy Trabanco runs it every year. Great job by Andy.

The Lower East Side may not do the fire duty we once did...but the spirit certainly lives on. Just attended a luncheon/reunion down here....40 guys spanning every decade from the 60's on up well represented. Amazing to see guys I worked with some 45 odd years ago. One of my proby classmates was...

Subway key…always a favorite Annual Inspection request. Deputy would pick a guy…usually neither the bop nor the chauffeur..and ask him to go get the subway key. Better not open the wrong compartment door..lol.

Back in the day, Box 418 was definitely the most frustrating box in our response area. We were (are) quartered at 222 East Second Street...this fire is at 29 East Second Street....literally 2 blocks west of quarters...and we don't go. Was no FAST truck back then. 28 was (R)...third due. Could...

Been a very long time since I was there but if I remember correctly each "building" comprised two addresses. This one was 80/90. The one closer to Houston is 110/120. I believe each address had a separate lobby but the hallways were interconnected above. Twoteamtease or someone more current can...

For years and years you could literally draw a circle in Southeast Queens and 90% of the work was within that circle. 303/126, 298/127, 301/150, 317/165 and 302/155 formed that circle. Right smack in the middle of that circle was 275, later with 133. No matter which way they went there was fire...

The John Wayne of the New York City Fire Department. Vivid memories of late nights in Suspenders with guys surrounding Tom, Fitz, Billy Ahearn and the Corning brothers watching and listening to the stories and antics. A truly legendary figure...as Chief K said above, never once heard him brag or...

Rest in Peace, Tom. Prayers for the brothers on Princeton Street and his family…especially his son, John…Engine 275.

Great article! These have evidently become more and more commonplace throughout NYC. First one I remember was in the fall of 83...a complex on 22nd street in Manhattan. Multiple alarm fire that was featured in a subsequent WNYF as Built to Burn. Five tenements renovated and interconnected with a...

Ok....a blast from the past. When Roosevelt Island was Welfare Island....and we went to proby school there...it's box was 920. Manhattan box. Obviously, the only access was from the bridge on 36th Avenue. At various times your battalion was up for evaluation...the battalions were published on...

Rarity…box 849. 8th and 49 st.

Can’t even imagine the frustration of being boxed in at 297… Baruch Drive where the only access out is all the way down to Delancey ( or backing out to East Houston, good luck!) and hearing 450 come in. Actually I can imagine it..lol. Hated it.

Chief...Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Chief Nemecek featured in the UHF Channel 31 drill show..."on the job" episode discussing vacant building operations? Digging deep into the memory bank here, but I believe DC Burke (father of Billy, Rest in Peace 9/11), FF Willy Knapp E82 and Lt John...