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During the war years was called the Boro of Fire.

Capt. Sergio Giovina retired from E 313 passed on 9/21/2025. FF in 280, Lt. in 222, Capt. 112 and 233. When we got to Rockaway and Chauncey in 87, the Capt of 233 was Fred Fink. He was promoted to chief and shortly thereafter Capt. Giovina was assigned. When he was a Lt. in 222 I remember...

Sometimes Dispatchers would announce to put chains on, but with the slight icing I was talking about they wouldn't know what it was like by us. And when the apparatus door opened up and that blast of cold would hit you, it sent shivers down your spine. Sure don't miss that. The problem was...

The problem we encountered every once in a while was the street would ice up in the middle of the night and control of the rig, no chains on, became optional. One false alarm run took us almost an hour to get back to Quarters due to the icing conditions on the roads and some of the hills in our...

I always speed like that on the Belt Parkway. The 25MPH cameras aren't fast enough to catch me.

The Wake for Bob Cheeseman is Sept.11th at the Wantagh Abbey located at 3374 Park Ave. Wantagh, NY. from 4 to 8PM. The Service will be held at Bellmore Presbyterian Church located at 2740 Martin Ave. Bellmore NY.

I just heard of the passing of DC Robert Cheeseman on Sept. 4th.. He was scheduled to come to our reunion on Sept.10th.. When 233 used to interchange with Squad 4, I remember him on our 3rd floor studying. Eventually he was assigned 176 as a Lt. in 74. He will totally be missed by the Tin House...

Just received word of the passing of Capt. Eugene Carlson on 8/20/2025 at the age of 87. He was a FF in E232 and was promoted to Lt.. There is a burial service on 8/25 at 11 AM at the Blessed Sacrament Church in Staten Island.

That may be true with the amount of fire duty in Queens, but for the most part the fires are mostly in 2 story buildings and garages from what I see. The other boros, other than Staten Island, have much taller buildings and more people per building and present a different challenge with...

In my 30 years in FDNY, as a FF & a FM, I've never seen so many garage fires as I have in the last few years. Is it Ebikes or that people are living in them? If it's the bikes why haven't people learned how much of a serious problem they have become.

6999, If we were still counting bells that's a lot of 9's to be counting.

May need more trucks for window bars and search several floors above the fire. Especially in projects that may have 22 floors.

I guess I picked the wrong Brother. Thanks for the reply. RIP Brother!

Jack was Mike involved in the UFOA? I think he might have been related to Lt. Frank Lenihan in 232.

You foreigners not from Bklyn., the correct spelling is Truxton St.. The quarters of 233 was around the corner from that fire.