Will any one be attending the funeral? I intend to be going on Friday as I have off. I believe the other week whilst working an entrapment at the 28th PCT that I may have briefly met him as I was being cut out by ESU, R1 and SQ41. The professionalism of the members was second to none and I hope...
100 W 143 ST, MN
Reported fire in the first floor Juice Bar of a one story commercial.
Exposures
1: Street
2: Six story apartment building
3: Vacant lot
4: Vacant lot
Possible Rundown:
E-69, 59, SQ-41, 80
L-28, 30, 23F
B-16, 14
R-3
SQ-61
D-6
I think the case can be made that it's still a great department. But there are and certainly was external and internal politics that have hurt the department.
For those that don't know Newark is New Jersey's largest city that has both heavy fire duty and a poor financial decision making. It is not uncommon for companies in 1 and 2 Battalions to go to a fire every tour, sometimes going to even four. It is New Jersey's largest fire department staffing...
First off, thank you for the date correction. With some snooping on the site, I came by this picture on http://nycfire.net/forums/index.php?topic=14180.885 of L164, but it looks like a Mack not a FWD.
I recently acquired an 86 Truck Front from 1967-1968 and was wondering what apparatus they had at the time. Going through the site I can only find their 1988 Mack 75 ft, with that said obviously they had at least one truck between then and when they were established in 1966. If any has info or...
Thanks for another great post, this is one of my favorite threads going on right now. The history and stories are part of what makes the job so amazing.
Thankfully he was only grazed twice, walked out of the hospital this morning. The 16th was a bit crazy last night, there was another shooting close to our boarder with the 11th.
Signal 5-5-5-5 has been transmitted. It is with regret the FDNY announces the line of duty death of FF Christopher Slutman, L-27, appointed Sept 14th, 2003, which occured Monday April 8th, 2019, as a result of injuries sustained while on active duty with the USMC
I once heard a story about Captain Gallagher being told to switch the ECC by a Battalion Chief and driving his desk over to him to give him what he needed to run his company. Do you know the full story?
1. I've noticed on many helmets for the War Years there is a square white sticker with a blue star of life on it. Was there a guideline for their issue and wear?
2. I've seen other departments like Boston use buttons to screw their fronts on, but not to much in FDNY except perhaps in this...
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