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The official policy of the FDNY is a mandatory relocation at the quarters of 70/53 for any 10-75 or above. On 10/10/2022 a 2d Alarm is transmitted for Bronx Box 4548, Williams Ave at Schofield St. The actual address was 94 Schofield St, which is about a half dozen houses down the block from the...

Yes, the TCUs were add on units designed to address a specific situation, like the Bronx, Brooklyn, Lower East Side, and Harlem being torched...but those rigs were not called “the mini trucks”. Those 2 ALF ladders were an experiment in the mid 60s to see if the Magirus apparatus used in Europe...

"Recently" ain't exactly "exactly"...

Interesting. Exactly when were the quarters of 70/53 not filled?

And let's not forget what the initial rear mounts were called....L27-2 I believe got the first one...my dear friends, Matty (27-2) and Sammy Preston (E79) invited me down to 27s quarters to see the new... "mini trucks", named as such at the advent of the time of those gorgeous mini skirts. Boy...

Great video. Thanks for posting Mack. A couple of questions... 1. Both units are using strictly booster Tank supply to the lines? 2. How the h*** did FDNY E46 manage to come in from the Jersey direction, opposite 93/45. Nice piece of navigation by the officer and chauffeur.

Great obsdrvation Scooby-Doo. I could not recall train tracks on Crowell Ave.

And back at you Mack, fellow West Point Grad (i remember him as a plebe two barracks away) and career Army officer, mega contributer to this site, son and father of FFs (FDNY, BFD) and too many other accomplishments to even list. HAPPY VETERANS DAY to all who served!

In the olden day’s (Pre War Years) this was a 2 and 2 box, 81 75. 46 33. BN 19. In those days companies did not respond on the 1st Alarm beyond 1.4 miles. This was a holdover from the horse drawn era so as not to exhaust the horses. This response pattern was retained after motorization as...

You are correct, Lucky, about the mid 1970s policy.

A little cleanup here... If all available, 79 62 48 88 37 32 56F 38s/c

Should be 48 88 46 75 56 38 27F Obviously companies out elsewhere. These boxes along Park Avenue below Fordham road are the ultimate border boxes. Examples... 4762 W/S Park ave at 186th street 48 88 75. 56 38 33 00 4773 E/S Park Ave at 187 St 48 88 46. 56 38 27 3353 3dAve/Park Ave at...

When I was a kid L37 was 2nd due to E45s 3d due at this box. 88 48 45. 38 37 L37 also ran the same with E42 on the Concourse below Fordham Rd. Adding Ls 56,58, and 59 really altered the North Bronx response pattern.

.4 miles 45/58. .6 miles 88/38.

5 storey MD.

Pre BARB response here was 79 48 75 81 88x 37 56 33F 46x. Bn27, 19 That was for an actual incident. Sorry for delayed response but I was out partying yesterday with Willie D and a bunch of the boys at pepys pizza.

Back before the new response system, Bronx River Pkwy, South of Fordham Rd, 88/38 go south, 96/54 came north, companies that usually don't respond together. (90/41 covered incidents north of Fordham Rd back then but I believe they now go south as well.)

My mistake and I stand corrected. Not having my assignment guide handy I thought Box 3530 was at 204th and Decatur, not Mosholu Pkwy N. But Ah ha...here's where the fun starts. If you reverse 62/32s route, from either the Box or the address, it is 1.1 miles. That is traditionally how they would...

If all available 79 62 48 88. 37 32 56F Up next, probably 75 81 38. 38 33

Love these assignment discussions. I am a retired military guy steeped in operational deployment. I got to that learning the force deployment of the FDNY as a kid...i.e., the run cards. In my very very younger days, even before the radio system, the run cards ruled FDNY. Glad to see that...