Recent content by nfd2004

Thank you "Disp51" for providing us with this report. Every police officers' life counts. One officers life lost is one too many. My condolences and prayers to the families and brother/sister police officers on your terrible loss Our police officers risk their lives to save ours. Thank you...

From Herb Eysser - UFA Staff Number of Greater Alarms by Borough For the month of December 2025 Queens - 10 Brooklyn - 9 Bronx - 8 Manhattan - 1 Staten Island - 1 Total - 29 Number of Greater Alarms by Division Response Districts Division 14 - 7 Division 6 - 5 Division 8 - 4 Division 11 - 4...

LaLa Brooks, (real name Dolores Brooks) was the original lead singer of the Crystals. She is 78 years old and still doing live shows. Do you remember this one from 1963.

I have to wonder if "Lebby" didn't have a little inside scoop on that last job for the year ?????? Ain't dat right ! ! ! LOL of course

It is with regret that I advise the membership here that the son of Frank D (fdce54) has passed away on New Years Eve December 31, 2025. Frank had been caring for his son for about a year and a half after his son suffered a very serious stroke. His son was 45 years old and would have been 46...

Total yearly Fire Activity for 2025 Staten Island All Hands Fires - 92 2nd Alarms - 9 3rd Alarms - 3 4th Alarms - 0 5th Alarms - 0 Queens All Hands Fires - 520 2nd Alarms - 27 3rd Alarms - 9 4th Alarms - 3 5th Alarms - 0 Manhattan All Hands Fires - 288 2nd Alarms - 15 3rd Alarms - 5 4th...

December 2025 Fire Activity Staten Island 12/10 - 3rd Alarm - Box 1126 Queens 12/1- 2nd Alarm - Box 7897 12/1 - 5th Alarm - Box 9628 12/16 - 2nd Alarm - Box 9344 12/24 - 3rd Alarm - Box 1464 12/25 - 3rd Alarm - Box 7715 12/25 - 3rd Alarm - Box 6088 12/25 - 3rd Alarm - Box 7689 12/28 - 3rd...

Thank you Dan, aka "8060rock", that is the one. It was just unbelievable how busy some of those War Year Nights were. Certainly, worth saving.

"tperez102", I DO remember that - "any units in the Bronx available". I think a CD was produced which included that. Hopefully it can be found and someone post it.

As they say, "Teamwork makes the dream work".

I'd like to just take a moment to say, "THANK YOU" to "Capttomo" for posting all those pictures of firehouses, along with the companies, their nicknames, patches, locations, maps, and closest box number. For me there is an entire collection of some of my favorite buffing/firehouse areas when I...

My niece is married to an FDNY member who loves it there.

One of my buff hangouts

Thank you Chief "68jk09", I remember that picture.

I am very saddened to hear of the loss of FDNY Retired Lt Gary Howard of Rescue 2. I had met Gary and had been to his home where we would sit down and talk about the FDNY War Years. I had buffed most of the companies he worked in. He was always a true gentleman to me. As the years passed by, his...