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Not listening to radio, was outside pumping out my pool. Heavy lightning with over 4” of rain in about 2 hours

A DC will be given CWTC if they are low on Full Duty staff chiefs.

A few blocks from the Brooklyn Base

It’s not new. Has been in the books since the 70’s. Just something that aides stopped doing

Vent Support Unit. They carry a couple of fans and have been trained on positive pressure vent

Let’s do it again for 5th floor

Read the msds for it! Don’t use water if on fire!

Communication Manual has the boxes for relocating via NJ. Granted, written prior to the Verrazano Bridge. Doesn’t say anything about escort or sirens. Dispatchers might have directive to notify PAPD, but I don’t know why that would be needed. If traveling on Turnpike, that’s State Police. Having...

If you want to get technical, the staff chief titles are assistant and deputy assistant chief’s of operation.

I learned as a young chief call for help before you need it. I never wanted to play catch up. I think only once I caught with it just me, my aide and the fast truck and we needed more units.

Signal, 421 wouldn’t relieve the CWTC unless specifically requested to do so. The staff chief at the fire would remain

If another 3rd alarm comes in, they got it. They are now the staff chief on duty

Having been a chief on SI for a few years, when we needed the satellite, we needed it on the 10-75. Like SI 1075 said, volume is the issue. Quite a few multiples, we had good pressure, but hydrants on one way mains and we were out pumping the supply. Satellite has maps of mains and were able to...

I wouldn’t call 60 psi that high. There are other factors in play. Older sections of the Island are on 6 and 8 inch mains, only fed from one direction. Many dead end blocks. If there haven’t been big infrastructure upgrades, hydrants can be scarce in wooded areas, with a few houses along the...

While covering as a BC, I walked a block into a job or two. Welcome to Midtown Manhattan. No parade, no events, just a weekday.