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Question: Do battalions have more than four BCs assigned?

Northeast Philadelphia near the Tacony Palmyra Bridge. Water Tower 38, Ladder 20, Battalion 12 first due. Audio available on Philly Fire Feed on youtube.

2026 EPA changes are impacting the fire service / apparatus industry already. There is a run on Cummins L9 engines to get in front of the new standards. Fie apparatus manufacturers have been put on allocation. Apparently X12 availability is better and that is being offered as an appropriate...

This discussion has my head spinning. BIZARRE!

Regarding Retired Lieutenant Louis Minchelli. Lou was a Firefighter in Engine 48 and Engine 50. A Lieutenant in Engine 69 and Engine 63. There was a 69 on his uniform hat badge. Is that his badge number or for his company.?

Retired FDNY Lieutenant Louie Minchelli (1930 - 2023) passed away yesterday at his home in Sea Isle City, New Jersey (Cape May County). Louie was a war years firefighter at Engine 50 in the Bronx and for many years had the hot dog cart at 85th & The Beach in Sea Isle City. He was Louie Minelli...

Sutphen has ben strong in Florida for some time especially down around Fort Myers / Cape Coral.

entropychaser, the program you referenced in Philly were called RADIO QUIPS. There were a bunch of different quips most of which were about safe driving and apparatus operation. I remember "wet leaves make road surfaces slippery as glass" and "you can't do the job if you don't get there". I...

I believe Hicksville was the home town of retired FDNY Deputy Chief Lucien Imundi. Chief Imundi was an Advanced Incident Command Instructor at the National Fire Academy back in the 1980s.

Longest, saddest, most demanding job of my career.

Huge homes on 33rd Street across the street from Fairmount Park. Engine 45, Ladder 14, Battalion 3 first due.

1957. That must have been one of the first Mack Cs covered in ice. The other rig is an American LaFrance.

The audio for this 4-11 fire has been posted on chicagoareafire.com

My town had a 75' Quint ordered from one of the REV Group companies. Late 2022 they added 15 months to the delivery time. Good friend was at their factory on a final inspection. He said they have partially assembled cabs staged in one area and partially assembled bodies staged in another...

Engine 5, Ladder 6, Battalion 11 first due from 43rd & Market Streets.

RELATED QUESTION: Did FDNY return to working the group chart after the Pandemic or are they still doing 24 on, 72 off?

Madison, Wisconsin (#1), Portland, Oregon (#2), Gilbert, Arizona (#3).

I saw on another site that Pierce has sold the third Volterra electric fire truck to the Gilbert, Arizona Fire Department.

Pennsylvania Task Force 1 has been deployed. Currently in Columbia, SC.

I was told once that they were the first FDNY Aerialscopes that were not built on Mack chassis.