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Gotta brag a little bit here. Yesterday my son Firefighter Matthew McCrory of Ladder Company 6, Platoon A was awarded the Philadelphia Fire Department's Firefighter of the Year Award for two grabs he made in August and September of 2024. He came on the job in January, 2007 and I retired in...

Pretty sure this was a SEPTA electrified commuter rail car in a station. Heavy ugly looking smoke on the 6abc news video.

Narberth is a really long haul from Tinicum Township.

Vicinity of North 30th Street & West Cumberland Street. Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of North Philadelphia.

ENG44, TW44 and RE44 are from Springfield Township not Ridley Township. Holmes is a Ridley Township company. Station numbers are assigned by seniority in Delaware County Fireman's Association. Everything else looks good.

The Philadelphia Squrt shown posted above by Chief JK was a retrofit onto a 1965 International / Central. It was assigned to Engine 43 in Center City. Philadelphia still has 4 Squrts and 2 Snozzles in front line engine company service. Squrts at Engines 8, 9, 35 and 70. Snozzles, called water...

The other volunteer fire company in that area of Darby Township, the Briarcliffe Fire Company, was forced to shut down a couple of years ago.

John Narkin was a GOOD MAN. A South Philly guy with extensive experience in the haz mat end of our business. RIP.

West Philadelphia, north of Market Street.

What is MCRTF training?

Working west of the Schuylkill the last week or so.

Units from three different boroughs on the first alarm.

Probably Engine 16 not 17.

NICE STOP!

L.20 should be first due there coming from E.36. Erdrick Street.