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Portsmouth boat fire at Tidewater yacht club Portsmouth, Marina on Crawford Pkwy. Command reporting 3 boats as of now. Units working on moving other exposure boats away now. Norfolk Fire Boat 13 and Suffolk Fire Boat 1 responding to the scene Owner of the main fire boat on scene. Reporting...

The mail brought me a great new book today: "Made In New York: New York-Built Fire Apparatus", by Anthony Buono. It is a 376 page paper bound book depicting the history of the New York fire apparatus industry, beginning with a hand pumper built by Thomas Lote in New York City in 1743, and ending...

While the "All Bands Box 1571" played Sousa marches. :cool: :rolleyes:🤪

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From the FDNY Facebook page: "The FDNY transported 10 patients with non-life threatening injuries to local hospitals after police say a suspect in a stolen car hit several pedestrians on the sidewalk and at least three different vehicles while trying to get away. This happened around 5:31pm in...

Not sure where to post this. Romer Shoal is actually in New Jersey, but it appears that 90% of the effort was from FDNY and NYPD, so I don't think "Metro NYC Area" is the place to put it. Also, the shoal is about the same distance from Breezy Point as it is from Staten Island, and for that...

From "X" (Twitter to you Luddites): :rolleyes: 💩:cool:;):poop: A massive 4-alarm fire engulfed a building under construction in San Francisco's Hayes Valley at Octavia Blvd and Oak St. Video shows scaffolding collapsing under the flames. https://abc7ne.ws/3ODNNR8

Beyond the Fires July 2023 7/3/23 Queens All Hands Box 4508 ---------- 68-03 79th Street; Secondary Wires Sparking; Multiple Power Lines Down 7-5-23...QNS MULTIPLE EXTRICATION. ----------Interboro Parkway; seven people trapped in vehicle 7/6/23 MANHATTAN “HIGH ANGLE RESCUE” BOX 0789...

City of Newport News - 126 Maxwell Lane Working Fire E10 on scene with smoke from the roof. BTN2, E006, E008, EMS2, L009, RSC2, SAF2, TWR06, E010, M010 BTN2 assuming Maxwell command. M006, E009, MAR07 added. Canine brought out of the structure, animal control added I believe. Virginia...

Photo courtesy LONG ISLAND FIRE TRUCKS.COM.

In the early morning hours of Friday, July 28th, the North Bellmore Fire Dept. operated on the scene of a working fire at Gunther Field – located at the intersection of Bellmore Ave. and Logue St. Firefighters put two hand lines into operation for fire in a two-story little league building...

Back in the late '60s or early '70s, Calavar promoted their Firebird 150 (see image) which had a 150 foot reach, and FDNY tried two 144 foot Mack/Magirus "High Ladders" (https://www.nycfire.net/forums/threads/high-ladders.6008/). Neither were successful. If I'm not mistaken, these were the...