FDNY Patches & Rig Decals

Signal73 said:
Anyone know the story behind this

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Just a shot in the dark:

101st Rescue Squadron (101 RQS/ERQS)
New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing, Westhampton Beach, New York.

Saw this quote on the USAF Page:
"Maj. [Curtis] Green's fire house and the fire house I work for lost firefighters that day," explained Capt. Shaun Cullen, an HH-60 Pave Hawk pilot who also works full time as a firefighter back home. "I worked on Wall Street with an investing firm at the time and saw the explosions from the back side of my office." New York Guardsmen return to where it all started to save lives
 
I think the relationship could have been FDNY Members of the 106th Rescue Wing who were Active but not all KIA . ? Not all the Units listed lost Members on 9-11.
 
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I have a ? To ask now that I'm retired for awhile all my company shirts are worn out can I still get them and if so I'm not in new york anymore
 
Venezia060808 said:
I have a ? To ask now that I'm retired for awhile all my company shirts are worn out can I still get them and if so I'm not in new york anymore
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"Venezia060808" - I see that this is your first reply since joining this web site.
Of course, we welcome you.

In order to help you, would you please let us know what companies you worked in.
Perhaps you had a nickname used in the firehouse in which the guys would gladly help you in trying to get some company tee shirts.
Maybe you could also provide us with your first name and first initial letter of your last name.

This would all help.

Also just curious - "where are you located now"?

Willy D (nfd2004)
Retired Norwich, Ct F.D. and FDNY buff.
 
Venezia060808 said:
I have a ? To ask now that I'm retired for awhile all my company shirts are worn out can I still get them and if so I'm not in new york anymore
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You can try FDNY FireZone in Rockefeller Center or the New York City Fire Museum on Spring Street. Doesn't your old company have an "outside" phone? Here in Houston that would be known as the "Love" phone.
 
I'm guessing it was in the 1990's. It must have been during a budget crunch, and, after the War Years they had way too many field divisions in Suppression. Somewhere along the way Divisions 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 16, and 17 disappeared.

Then, someone (with too much toilet training at a young age) decided to renumber the divisions to reflect the lower number.
In the event, the Sixth Division became the Third. The symbolism in the patch explains the change- on several levels.

The irony of the merry pirates of the 6th becoming the dandies of the 3rd is beyond measure.

Luckily, after a year or two, sanity returned and the historical nomenclature resumed.

In the 1950's, the 6th Division did not exist ; only the 7th in the Bronx (on Intervale Ave.).
 
I agree it was wrong to renumber the divisions.
The FDNY has fewer than 200 engine companies yet they're numbered into the 330s. Why not renumber them?

I heard a story of a DC in Division 11 explaining to someone with no knowledge of the FDNY makeup how the department was organized.
He explained about the engines and ladders, how they're a part of a battalion, and that there are several battalions that make up a division and that there were nine divisions.
He was asked what division he was in and replied "the eleventh".
The guy gave him a puzzled look,
 
t123ken said:
I agree it was wrong to renumber the divisions.
The FDNY has fewer than 200 engine companies yet they're numbered into the 330s. Why not renumber them?

I heard a story of a DC in Division 11 explaining to someone with no knowledge of the FDNY makeup how the department was organized.
He explained about the engines and ladders, how they're a part of a battalion, and that there are several battalions that make up a division and that there were nine divisions.
He was asked what division he was in and replied "the eleventh".
The guy gave him a puzzled look,
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feels like the fdny/nyc is one of the few departments that becomes smaller as the city expands.

Almost a million in population growth since 1990 but less company coverage
 
NikFDNY said:
feels like the fdny/nyc is one of the few departments that becomes smaller as the city expands.

Almost a million in population growth since 1990 but less company coverage
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I wouldn't say that is one of the few that have become smaller. I would say the minority are departments that become larger, especially in older and denser cities. Recently I can only think of Philadelphia and Jersey City getting bigger and none of those are new companies just reopened ones. Most of the aforementioned departments used to have many more companies.
 
Lebby said:
I wouldn't say that is one of the few that have become smaller. I would say the minority are departments that become larger, especially in older and denser cities. Recently I can only think of Philadelphia and Jersey City getting bigger and none of those are new companies just reopened ones. Most of the aforementioned departments used to have many more companies.
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Correct although alot of the major departments throughout the US that I can think of have been reopening companies, Boston also comes to mind
 
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