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1 of the very few boxes we ran in with 175. That neighbor hood resisted the fire storm that plagued so many other East NY and...

Cop's should approach all cars with their guns drawn. At least then they have half a chance of surviving. Let's hear how many warrants...

In the fire service there aren't too many textbook fires. Reading the story about a Jeep pushing articles on to a ship is very odd...

We relocated to 173 sometime in the late 80's and there was a sign that said no rear mount rigs were permitted on the apparatus floor...

Most Churches don't use lit candles anymore for that reason. The offertory candles had become electric, eliminating a potential source...

During the war years BC used to hold it to 2&2 because he didn't want Deputy to show up. All Hands brought DC.

So if extra Eng. & Trk have to wait till fire is extinguished to go to work, doesn't sound too productive. Maybe this is a trial and...

The change in assignment is probably due to the reduction of manpower in the Engines. It'll give a head start to get another Engine to...

We are talking 69-70's when welfare Island was the training center and it was in Long Island City located in Queens. Now it's called...

The time I've talked about was the war years in the ghetto where stealing was rampant, that's why everything was locked up. At night...

920 box was the call to welfare Island for training. There you would be reevaluated on your training knowledge. Eventually they changed...

Back in the early 70's to secure a compartment door we drilled a hole in the upper channel of the door and put a nail in it. Then the...

The runs back in 1970 only came via the bells, so no paper ticket was produced. The Officer would write the box # down and hope he...

I don't know who was getting promoted, but since she is involved in law enforcement and doing a very bad job of it, was it a Fire...

Airports were automatic 2nd Alarm, unless they changed it.