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    3/16/22 Manhattan 10-75 Box 466

    28/11 both 2nd due at 466. Got a pic of our running board on my phone but have no idea how to post it..lol. 466 ET both in black (second due). Red woulda been first and R for 28 meant third (in reserve). Was no FAST truck when they put up the board. Stay safe.
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    2/27/2022 Queens All Hands Box 8652

    Tiny little attached PDs. First of many jobs in there....pulled up....one occupancy is roaring...thought we'd lose the whole block. Got in 2nd to 155 and actually put my stick up three addresses down....figuring I'd "define the perimeter" as if it was a taxpayer. Give guys a way off as this...
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    2/13/22 Queens All Hands Box 4723

    Lt Q...He's a better man than I am...lol. Atta boy to 308's ECC.
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    2/9/22 Queens All Hands Box 6832

    Sorry Bud....When I used the term "critique", I wasn't implying you were being critical of the operation. Can't think of a job I ever went to where either in the kitchen afterwards, or in my head later....I didn't go over what had happened and asked myself what I could have done better. We...
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    2/9/22 Queens All Hands Box 6832

    Start by saying I'm not a fan of apparatus placement critique using either video or pics that don't start upon arrival. The conditions at the time of the pictures may very well be quite different from when the ECC/LCC pulled up. (and had literally 10 seconds to decide on placement). That said...
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    Son of Fallen FDNY FF makes NHL Debut

    Yes....47 Engine and 275 Engine. Rest in Peace, Paulie....Go Anthony!!
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    1/6/22 Manhattan All Hands Box 418

    Yes...11 Truck is definitely 3rd due to 418. Strange assignment....I can remember standing on the apron and seeing a job that we did not respond to on the initial box. Before the FAST truck was in existence we went on the second. Even stranger is that 28/11's home box is 419.
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    Baudon "cookie" malmbeck L114 FDNY

    Sad news. Got to know Cookie through the retirees association down here in Brevard County. Always fun to be around, always enjoyed marching in our little St Patrick's Day parade down here. As you said, TEM....he was very proud of his time in 114. Really good guy...I'll miss him. Rest in...
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    ANOTHER WAR YEARS VET PASSES.

    No tem...He was a distinguished graduate of Fort Pitt...18 truck. Really great guy, quiet, humble...strong as a bull. Very sad. Rest in Peace, Pat.
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    8/25/21 Queens All Hands Box 5688

    Always had a lot of respect for 165...excellent truck company. Terrific chauffeurs. Never quite got the rationale for laying the aerial on the front porch. They did it a lot back then as well. Felt it would tie me up too long. 133 preferred a couple of small portables to the porch, and if you...
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    5/27/21 Queens 3rd Alarm Box 8642

    Vipers definitely first due on the ticket. Tough box to beat them into...trust me, I tried...lol. Stay safe.
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    2/12/2021 Queens All Hands Box 8652

    Tiny little run down looking attached flat roof pd's. Had quite a few jobs there...place would be roaring on arrival. First one I went to in there, I actually sized it up and put my 2nd due stick to the roof 3 or 4 occupancies down. Figured that's where the egress off the roof was gonna end up...
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    2/2/21 Queens 10-75 Box 4388

    Boy that's brutal. I realize being the FAST truck is something most don't love but is necessary in today's job. But being FAST (135) then seeing YOUR relocator (127) walk past you and go to work would drive me crazy. Just sayin'.
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    12/30/20 Queens 10-77 Box 4798

    Happy New Year, Greg. All the best to you and the family.
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    12/30/20 Queens 10-77 Box 4798

    Maps can be deceiving. 275/133 make a left outta quarters onto Merrick then a quick right on 93rd , left on 170...boom. First in. 298/127 have to take Hillside past 170...to either 173 or 175 to get across Jamaica. When I was driving 133 and one of those boxes came in, I knew we were getting in...
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    FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section

    Excellent companies both. Terrific, aggressive chauffeurs in 165. Needless to say, we in 133 truck weren't their favorite people...newcomers and all. One very early morning we caught a job in a PD with them...us first due. I had my stick up to the attic window and had gone in to make a...
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    10/11/20 Manhattan 10-77 Box 433

    Believe me, 28/11 first due box. Under the heading of "ya never know on this job"....many years ago, in the course of maybe a year/year and a half...433 would come in as a phone alarm.. 60 Ave D...apt 2B as in boy. Always a 92. Always. Until it wasn't. One day around 3 pm....433...reported...
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    9/21/20 Manhattan 10-75 Box 0434

    This is the 6th street I remember. "This land is ours. Not for sale". Hmm...guess it was for sale.
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    8/14/20 Queens 10-75 Box 9821

    Not sure when the box came in, but if it was before 1800 the van might be to effect relief. Just a guess.
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