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Great info and discussion guys! Thank you.

In the days before 46/27 moved south to their present quarters and E45 was still a single engine, L38 was second due and E88 third due at Box 2914, which was located at Boston Rd and Southern Blvd. It was their southern most response (and lowest numbered box) on the first alarm. With a straight...

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The address is one block south east of Bedford Park Boulevard, more commonly known locally as 200th Street. Bedford Park it is.

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Why E63 2d due but L39 3d due?

Should be 88/38 before 79/37, 42. Still working at 3128? Not sure of time sequence on these events.

88/38 normally 3d due. The truck made it in...88 out elsewhere?

29 Laurel Ct, Bridgeport. Signal 29, report of fire in occupied MD. People still inside.  Subsequent report of person down inside garage. Es 3,4,7,1(RIT) Ls 5,11, R5, B1, Safety 1 2d Alarm Es 12, 6 L 6 MAYDAY transmitted for L5 member. E 16, L10 dispatched. MAYDAY canceled. Roll call, all...

Johnny, I was going on 13 years of age when the plane crash occurred. Buddy Holly was already a favorite of mine. In the summer of 1957 or ?58 his (along with his group, ?The Crickets?) hit song ?That?ll Be The Day?  was the first 45 RPM record I ever bought...in Cousins record shop on...

Honorary Chief of Department Jack Lerch You may not realize it but anyone who participates in this forum has been touched by Jack Lerch. Jack was known by most for his duties at the FDNY Mand Library on Randall?s Island.  He was responsible for relocating the archives of the late Clarance...

That?s Matty Preston, not Pearson. His older brother Sammy Preston, retired E79, passed away some years ago. Both fine gentlemen and long time friends. Heart heavy. RIP. (Did the Dept. Order say ?Pearson?? Either way thanks for posting. A group of friends were wondering about the arrangements.)

https://i0.wp.com/vintagefiretruck.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ahrens-6-e1504398072191.png?fit=800%2C437&ssl=1 This 1958 Ahrens-Fox Model ECB750 was one of the last of the ?new? Ahrens-Fox designs. Designed by Curt Nepper and Frank Greisser, only a few were produced before the plant and fire...

And a third telltale sign...the rotating beacon on top of the windshield. The 53 ALS came from the factory with a MARS light, like those originally used on railroad locomotives. It rotated in a forward figure 8. Another cannibalization for H&L 5...Those guys must have lived in the boneyard.

FDCE 54, I beg to differ. That picture would not have been right after the rig went into service. Two telltale signs...the multiversal pipe and the siren. Multiversals did not go in service in the FDNY until the arrival of the 1958-59 Mack CF pumpers. The 1953 ALF did not have such an...

Mack, Notice the MARS light over the windshield. It was a 1948, originally with just a plain red (blinking) red light. Gman, Mack's picture likely shows L38s replacement tractor after they were t-boned in 1962 on 182d st. (Several members seriously hurt.) It was used by 38 for only a short...

Both model years came with red warning lights on the front fenders. I think it was the 48s (L38 had one) had a single red warning light centered over the windshield. It was not a swiveling MARS light and some of these were later replaced by rotating beacons. Like the Ward Lafrance pumpers...

The 47/48 Ward tractors were in fact  WWII surplus. The City got them on the cheap and needed them desperately. No new aerial ladders had been purchased since 1941. Many trucks were running with late 1920s FWD and ALFs. The ladder trailers were still serviceable but the tractors were on their...

Address 1984 Daly Ave at E 178 St. ALL HANDS op 2 story pd. BN 18 gave 10-75. L41 FAST 1ls/io PWH 1147 hrs; UC 1151 hrs Probably 45 88 90 46.  58 38 41F. BN 18, 19. R3 S61 D7 L56 Salvage. relocated L59/38, L17/58, E79/45, 68/88

Right on Bulldog. A few decades ago I visited the Fire Museum in Hudson NY. The museum is a jem but not so much as the old firehouses in the town itself. There are several along the main street built and preserved from the 19th Century. The architecture is priceless. There are many many towns...