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AFAIK it's real. It was posted by NYCFirewire on both Twitter and Facebook within the last 24 hours. The caption with it reads time to fix the potholes.

The post didnt have any details on what exactly happend. Not sure of they were at a call, returning etc when the ground opened up under them. But yeah, gravity doesn't take time off.

Sorry forgot the caption didnt come with the picrure. Apparently the rig fell into a sinkhole or a pothole.

Speaking of 170 ( courtesy of Firewires fb page)

I think and I could be wrong it was a R2 Capt or Lt that had some help from the Mayors office. Going on memory from a book I read. I remember that the officers spots in the rescues aren't taken lightly but dont remember the details off hand.

Ive seen videos before of chafeurs doing similar things on fores. Not sure how many 5 gallon pails or conatiners of foam FDNY engs carry but what they may have done was take the remaing foam from a used bucket or 2 and dump it into a fresh bucket to use it up. The foam pails we carried as spares...

They've been busy in the rm.

According to fdnytrucks.com website, there is a 85 Mack Baker 95 numbered as TL 12 on E3/Tl 12s page so a guess would be pretty 1985.

I think that what may play into FDNYs decisions on units, is the physical size of a given unit. Some tl companies that are in 75s for example can't go to 95s because the physical size won't fit in the bay or blocks the engine with it, (302/155) or can't make the turns coming out of qtrs...

Slightly different video, with audio and pre arrival https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16rr2RNird/

Per USFRA on July 31st engine 19 was returning to qtrs from a structure fire when a vehicle pulled out infront of them. The operator tried to avoid the car but the rig overturned. FF Melissa Galavan 22 was transported and pronounced at a local hospital. Both her father and husband were ffs. As...

Per Foxnews and multiple other local news sources, At approx 2130 hours in July 29th the District FD (formerly Reedy Creek) responded to a ferry boat crash at the Transportation and Ticket Center during a thunderstorm. Multiple people were treated and several transported. Orange County Fire...

That was my old house. Box number sounds strange though

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