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Chief did you happen to see the original Super Pumper tee shirt from the 80s? The buy it now price is $199.00. He is claiming the shirt is new old stock and original. Do you remember those shirts Chief?

In the war years audio on you tube they have the audio of the fire that  FF Celic (continue RIP)was killed. There was a 4th in midtown already for a large dock fire when the fire that killed FF Celic was transmitted by the officer stating they had a fire at The Bare Minimums at Av C and to send...

Yes I second that . Thanks for taking the time to share your history . Over 200 structural fires for 82 in one month is amazing . My favorite part of this site is the history about the job shared by the men who lived and experienced it . I think a couple reasons it was allowed The Bible aside...

I'll second that Nfd. I would love to have the opportunity to sit and listen and learn from your experiences Chief . Just a wealth of history shared by you and others on this site

Mack ,811...Thanks and thank you for all your great pictures and info .quick question I see pictures of the Mack CF engines with the 4 door cabs with the second set of doors removed . Was that a common practice in the summer months?

In the last picture of 103s rearmount would anybody know the year the picture was taken? I can ballpark it for the mid 80s actually trying to possibly identify the chauffeur

Chief thanks for the added info to an already great post by Mack. Your input is much appreciated

A rare shot of the tower ladder that 103 had briefly

Chief I'm guessing it probably had a Detroit diesel motor, open exhaust  and when the Jake was on would have given it that Heavy truck sound more like a dump truck . I doubt there were any other trucks that sounded like it . They don't make trucks like that anymore

Thanks for sharing the Superpumper pictures from the Rock Real great stuff that I haven't seen before . I would love to here what the Superpumper sounded like . I see people who have heard it say it had a loud distinctive sound I'm sure some of the retired guys who post on here heard it and saw...

Here are some Super Pumper stats 1965 was its first year in service and it did 46 runs and 7 workers It's busiest years were 1968 237 runs  67 workers                                   1970 234 runs 78 workers                                   1974 231 runs 114 workers                          ...

Was able to pick up Al's book on eBay not long ago for a very  good price . The fire duty in that part of Brooklyn was unbelievable . JK I'm sure you were part of some of those pictures when you were still with 108. Was squad 3 the originators of BMA?

I'm am new here but wanted to say this is one of my favorite threads along with the younger buff years. Thanks to all who post the great info and pictures. I have the deepest respect for all that have served especially thru the war years many of which also served this country be it WW 2 Korea or...