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    FDNY EMS Runs

    Amazing to look at runs and workers and see how EMS runs have shot up through the years!! I remember watching a video in the mid 90s from firescene publications and video, following R2 R1 and E58 and E75. The guy being interviewed from 75 engine comments about the engine guys been in and out all...
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    5-5-5-5 ...ACTIVE LT BRIAN J. SULLIVAN SQ*41.

    Rest In Peace. Thoughts and prayers for your family friends and colleagues. JT
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    E54 Security Detail??

    So was monitoring Manhattan and sure I just heard MD to E54 'you are assigned to the box as part of the security detail for a cruise ship' Any ideas anyone or was I imagining things!!! JT
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    Da Bronx TL 33

    Is TL33 a 75 or 95 footer now?? I always thought they were  a 75 foot TL, then went to a 95 footer but problems with exiting  the firehouse and the overhead at the end of Walton Ave it returned to a 75 footer. Thanks JT
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    Squad Second Piece

    I saw some footage of a Squad 8 second piece and it features a crew cab. Would the company respond to a Hazmat run with only the second piece carrying all the equipment they need on that rig without the Squad engine? Will this be the new squad second piece layout? I think they would struggle to...
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    Google Earth Download File Firehouse and Box Locations

    Attached is a link to a website that has files to download onto google earth. The guy is Texas based but if you scroll down to the out of Texas areas there is a list in alphabetical order to depts nationwide including FDNY boroughs firehouse and box locations. Some may already know of this but...
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    Federal Sirens

    I see, and hear!! From online footage that R1 and R 2 have supplemental sirens in addition to the factory fitted siren on their rigs. R2 also has the railway horns in addition to the factory fitted bull horn siren and I think a Federal Q? I am sure I will be corrected on this as I am by no means...
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    Rescue 2

    Gotcha cheers???
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    Rescue 2

    With regards Rescues and first due boxes, in the FDNY AN OPERATIONAL GUIDE, it is stated that Rescue Companies operate as a Truck Company in the First Due boxes within the immediate location of their firehouse. JT
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    Rescue 2

    Who replaces R2 as the first due Truck on their old first due boxes once they relocate!? Will this mean R5 grabs a few more Brooklyn boxes as R2 moves further east? With just as many fires occuring in Flatbush and the surrounding communities as there are in Brownsville I wonder what the...
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    FDNY RESCUE 2 ?da rescue?

    So I had the priveladge of riding with R2 under their previous captian. Many a day and night shift was spent with no Runs or local occupied elevators but we also ran to many fires, a lot we got returned on but some I got to see ?the magic? that was R2! A lot of engine companies hated ?Da...
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    Rescue 2

    Sorry for my ignorance  so is R2 in their new house or is it being built??
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    Busy Cities outside NYC

    I remember couple of years ago Detroit was burning, on a daily basis and Baltimore City was banging fires two three times a day like they were going out fashion!! Is that still the case? Any other cities experiencing ahigh fire activity? I listened into BCFD last week and E8 and Truck 10 had...
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    4 Truck Hangar Queen

    I remember a long while back I listened into Fdny man and heard the distinctive reserve apparatus old style siren on 4 Truck as they were responding. That must have been spring time. I see on earthcam watching 4 Truck respond to box 937 around Columbus Circle they are still running the trusty...
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