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Dallas TX Fire Destroys First Baptist Church Historic Sanctuary 7/19/24
I had a long time girlfriend in Dallas and used to buff at Engine 17. They had a enlarged photo hanging on their kitchen wall of a horse-drawn steam pumper responding out of their quarters. The members had no idea who was in the photo and were delighted when I informed them it was Bronx Engine... -
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7/15/24 Bronx 2nd Alarm Box 3391
The old neighborhood... 75 traditionally third due... 88 before 42 and 95, must have been out somewhere... Look at the truck response. Hope all were well in this heat. -
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6/20/24 Bronx 4th Alarm Box 2297
This harkens back to a policy in the 18th battalion in the 1950s. There were four single engine companies in the battalion, 42,45,48,96, but only two ladder companies, 27 and 38. As often assigned higher on the run card, the trucks would respond ahead of their partner engines, 46 or 88, to get... -
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6/29/24 Manhattan 2nd Alarm Box 1722
So it appears in the last 6 months or so major changes in the alarm assignments have totally eliminated the traditional methods of response. At this incident, 12 engines and 11 trucks (or did I lose count?) on a second alarm. Relocators, who used to be untouchable, are now routed into an... -
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6/20/24 Bronx All Hands Box 3195
Looks like they're at the 4th alarm, 4th due on the 2nd. Looks like these jobs overlapped. 88 /38 plot closer to this box (1.2 mile) vs 1.4 from 46/27. Maybe 88 on this box, 38 busy elsewhere so 27 assigned as FAST. Before all hands went out here 46 already on the way to 2297. Or maybe they... -
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6/17/24 Bronx All Hands Box 3632
In the days before the radios and the StarFire CADd, boxes in the Northern and eastern parts of the Bronx were were assigned a 2 and 2 response. For 3632, E 62 38 L 32 51 On the transmission of a 7-5 (All hands working) a third engine was assigned (63 here). A second alarm brought 79 97 90... -
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FDNY Number Of Companies
Roosevelt Island... But of course. Thanks for the reply. -
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5/21/24 Bronx 3rd Alarm Box 3819
Thanks. Your guess is good as mine, but a long haul whichever way. -
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5/21/24 Bronx 3rd Alarm Box 3819
That's a great video from beginning to end. Very concise. As a native of the North Bronx whose father worked in L14 ...14 never seen north of 149th Street in years past. A dumb question, but what route would 14 take to relocate to L51? Deegan into 233rd? Bruckner to Bronx River Parkway? Local... -
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VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.
You have more knowledge of this subject than I do Ray. I was not even aware of the name Beck as designers of fire apparatus. I have always been a fan of the old Aaron's Fox pumpers. Local E48 had one when I was a kid. It looked like a behemoth compared to the other rigs. I know that AF made... -
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VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.
This model Mack was originally designed and manufactured by the Ahren's Fox company, which officially went out of business in 1956. I attended an apparatus muster at the Merchant Marine Academy some years ago and was shocked to see an Ahren's Fox rig of this design from 1955. -
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6/5/24 Bronx All Hands Box 3463
Forgive me if I have contributed this story before, but my father always enjoyed telling it. 1960s, a new building erected aside the northbound lanes of the Bronx River Parkway, the quarters of NYPD Motorcycle Unit #1. The first of its kind in the City, this unit was an attempt to embrace new... -
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6/1/24 Bronx All Hands Box 4902
Where was first due L37 at 1:30 in the morning? -
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5/25/24 Bronx 10-75 Box 4767
Well I guess that settles this... Or is it this settles that?