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Great article! These have evidently become more and more commonplace throughout NYC. First one I remember was in the fall of 83...a complex on 22nd street in Manhattan. Multiple alarm fire that was featured in a subsequent WNYF as Built to Burn. Five tenements renovated and interconnected with a...

Ok....a blast from the past. When Roosevelt Island was Welfare Island....and we went to proby school there...it's box was 920. Manhattan box. Obviously, the only access was from the bridge on 36th Avenue. At various times your battalion was up for evaluation...the battalions were published on...

Rarity…box 849. 8th and 49 st.

Can’t even imagine the frustration of being boxed in at 297… Baruch Drive where the only access out is all the way down to Delancey ( or backing out to East Houston, good luck!) and hearing 450 come in. Actually I can imagine it..lol. Hated it.

Chief...Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Chief Nemecek featured in the UHF Channel 31 drill show..."on the job" episode discussing vacant building operations? Digging deep into the memory bank here, but I believe DC Burke (father of Billy, Rest in Peace 9/11), FF Willy Knapp E82 and Lt John...

Back in the day, we had an interchange program. It's main purpose, whether it was a workload interchange at midnight or a scheduled every third night interchange, was to give the super busy companies a breather. Needless to say, neither the busy end nor the slower end of the interchange liked...

Rest In Peace, Jerry. Prayers for the family.

Rest in Peace, brother.

Box 415 was one of the most active ERS no contact boxes back in the day. I can still hear the bells....5-415-28. Later on it was "Manhattan to Engine 28...415 is in....check it out". Happened so often we actually had tee shirts made...."Box 415 Check it out". Then after years and years of...

I realize that's the trend nowadays...send the relocator to the job rather than the next up company. Still, I'm sitting on Merrick Blvd, they special a truck and keep us home...I'm not happy. That's why you gotta cheat...lol. Working a night tour years ago...box comes in for around the same...

FDNYstatenisland..yes. Rear tenements come with a unique set of hurdles. Access is generally straight through the ground floor hallway of the OLT on the street and out the back. The buildings are generally small, usually three or four stories. Very compact inside, small apartments just off the...

Nice pics. Portable ladder to the rear. Rear tenement....tip first. Brownstone...butt first. Little things matter. 132-105...no surprise there. Stay safe.

Totally agree. And the bigger those TLs got the tougher the turns were. Loved Fort Pitt. Great house!

Twoteamtease...Right on the money, as usual. 17/18....er....15/18 first due all up and down Baruch Drive. 110/120 is the second set in from Houston....130/140 being first....interconnected I believe above the first floor lobby. Easy first to arrive box for 28/11. Baruch Drive is a narrow...

On the lighter side..working a night tour..28 has the meal and is preparing an Italian feast. Box comes in…signal 5…engine only. Before getting on the rig, 28’s chef yells “stir the sauce”. It’s misheard and guys start yelling “second source!”. Asses and elbows, guys sliding the pole, donning...

Gotta be honest, I would have had to check the map before leaving quarters for that one.

Responded to those buildings a thousand times. Projects along Avenue D and Columbia Street. Unlike, for example, Schomborg Plaza, these were originally incinerators later converted to compactors. Can't tell you how many times we either lit up the blockage from above and waited for it to...

Prayers for the injured member.

Me…third from left with that light…lol. Probably 40 years ago.

Memorymaster....I believe you're correct. All the old assignment cards sitting in the housewatch desk drawer only went to a 5th alarm. They included responses to the fire as well as relocations. There were numerous special calls on top of the 5th but I don't recall ever actually hearing a fire...