Recent content by JohnnyGage

who remembers wearing a garrison belt, with the buckle off to one side?

I wasn't a big wrestling fan, but I remember when Hulk Hogan demonstrated a choke hold on Richard Belzer and knocked him out...

The neighborhood siren was cool, except if you lived under it in the neighborhood. As a kid, told me that was a good time to turn on my scanner... My town fire district was the size of Manhattan, 22 SQ miles, there were 5 sirens throughout the neighborhood. When brush fire season was in full...

Probably because they were ashtrays...

Thinking of Willy today!...I'm sure he still has a stack of these...

At E 88 we had a boss that refused to use the electric siren, a chirp barely and we had a few close calls...a couple of members took matter in their own hands, they got a wind-up (not a siren buff as you can see) mechanical from the shops as shown on E 83 above and mounted it under the front...

The Mayday transmission is an indication that a life threatening situation has developed. This term is used **only** in the following situations: 1. Imminent collapse feared 2. Structural collapse has Occurred 3. A firefighter is Unconscious or suffers a life threatening injury 4. An officer...

read it yourself: https://www.rlsmedia.com/article/suspect-detained-after-attempted-break-jersey-city-firehouse-while-crews-battled-brush-fire#google_vignette

Break-in occured while company was out of quarters operating at a brush fire.

His friends were high-fiving him after he was freed!

Oh, no....way off-ice cold.

Hot dogs, Armour Hot Dogs, what kind of kid eats Armour Hot Dogs?...