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You are right Bill. We explained to this rep. that it was common for HT transmissions to go unanswered at times due to saws operating in the area, radio off, battery dead etc. If we were to withdraw all members every time a HT went unanswered with all members finally out of the building and...

The death of FF A Ronaldson. When a firefighter is killed in the line of duty the federal government (OSHA) investigates the cause. The FDNY was cited by the feds OSHA that the FDNY's procedures led to his death. The fire building was a two story taxpayer with first floor stores and a large open...

Chief Fowler was one of the best. May he Rest in Peace.

Was detailed to the Brooklyn crash site the next night, 6x9 tour. Remember it as a bitter cold night with snow and ice on the ground. We were mainly sifting through the debris in the collapsed church for human remains. They had set up a morgue at a nearby taxi garage. A nearby bowling alley was...

Richie was on 82's back step 70-73 before crossing the floor to 31. Always dependable, tough piece of work. Suffered terribly the last few years, is now at peace. May the good Lord comfort his family and may he Rest in Peace. Was always a pleasure.

Good man, always a friend to the firefighters. Rest in Peace.

July 4th, 1986, the Statue of Liberty Celebration. Huge fireworks on the Hudson 2100-2130 that night.  Most of the staff were staging at Pier A for any problems during the tour.  Around 2030 a second alarm came in for 48th or 49th and 10th Avenue (if I remember right). This area of Manhattan is...

To answer Truckman's question Gasoline Gomez was a person named so by the guys in 82/31. Gasoline alley was box 2323 Cauldwell and 160 named so by the Bronx dispatchers 1971-72. Was the busy box for a time, response was 50-1, 50-2, 73, 19, 42, Sq2, B55 and D6. As a Lt. in 50-1 visited the alley...

The city was broke those years and the brass did everything they could to hold down the unit numbers to avoid second sections etc. I remember one night tour at a job the DC tells me that they just received a call from the boro that by orders of FC/CoD O'Hagan they are forbidden to transmit a...

I read in one of the books that the Soundview section of the Bronx had 970 or so commercial and residential buildings in 1970. In 1980 there were only 45 or so left standing. When I was promoted  to BC in 1976 I was assigned to the 10th Battalion on East 85th street which covered the East side...

Bill, You mention the FAST Truck concept. Around 1991 there was a 3 alarm fire in a 2 story Bx taxpayer. First floor had stores second floor was a ballroom type occupancy which covered the entire floor. During the fire there was a partial ceiling/floor collapse over the store of origin. A...

Thank you Bill and the other brothers for your kind words. I don't feel that we the FDNY members of the 60's and 70's were or are any different from the members today. If that period, the War Years, was beginning today there would be no difference in dedication and sacrifice by todays brothers...

The first FDNY firehouse I walked into for a tour was 19 truck on March 30th,1960. Crazy but at that time myself and another 100 proby's did not have one minute of training. The training school on Welfare Island was in session with the previous class and we had to wait until they finished to...

Was working 9x6 in the 12th Division that day. We were special called around 1300 to the Trade Center. While responding I was told by the dispatcher to respond to Tower 2. On arrival I was amazed that after 2 hours or so how many people were in distress in the lobby and still outside the tower...

Good friend, great firefighter, Rest in Peace Jimmy.

Charlie Ott and I came on the job same day, 3/30/60. Great guy, great firefighter. Always a smile with the glass always half full. A couple of training days at the rock they would put us in the smoke house for mask training. I would always try to get by Charlie, then I would reach over and close...

Rest in Peace. A thank you for your service and love of country and FDNY doesn't seem strong enough, but is deeply felt.

A folly, or as Webster defines the word," a weakness of mind", is various studies municipalities do for future cost savings. Very early 1960's NYC hired the Rand Corp. to study "which fire companies could be disbanded, do to inactivity for future savings. One of the companies on the list that I...

How busy a unit is would be number of structural fires and number of structural hours of work.

Rest in Peace