There’s a throat in the rear on the South Street side. If I remember correctly that used to be an abused women’s shelter.
When I drove 18 truck, we used to respond to the rear to get positioning - would drive down to the FDR Drive to get to that spot. 15 Engine and Batt 4 would go straight...
Good to see 6 truck and 55 engine towards the top.
Remember getting detailed to that area and looking around at the huge array of screwed up, overcrowded tenements and wondering how they didn’t do as much work as Harlem, Brooklyn, etc.
Now they are
You’re not wrong.
But keep in mind the brothers aren’t working two 24’s a week anymore. Both the average fireman and boss perform around 500 hours or more of MSOT/PCOT a year now - citywide.
Guys are tired and need relief quicker.
And top floor jobs in multiple wing H types seem to be the...
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