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July 14, 1874 Chicago Burns Again: The Second Great Fire By Alice Maggio If there is one event in Chicago's history that everyone knows, it's the Great Chicago Fire, which began on October 9, 1871, destroying the downtown business district and leaving a third of city's residents homeless. But...

The chief obviously did not know he was running a non-profit organization.

Lefors TX Volunteer Fire Chief Arrested For Theft From Department https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/ex-volunteer-fire-chief-indicted-on-theft-charges-arrested-lefors-texas-gray-county-jason-sy-brown-theft-of-property-abuse-of-official-capacity-terry-coombes-stealing-from-the-department...

Newburgh also has another reputation in addition to its understaffed fire department: "The most dangerous city in New York is Newburgh. In 2019, Newburgh had a violent crime rate of 1,129.32 per 100,000 people and a property crime rate of 8,019.19 per 100,000 people."...

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Newburgh NY also has another reputation in addition to an understaffed fire department - crime. It ranks as the most dangerous city in NY in 2022. Another reason the safety of NFD firefighters is compromised with reduced crews working in high crime neighborhoods...

A Newburgh 2nd alarm in March =AZUFu_bHvyFyQWBifVY0O-5pFrelxj-gJ_JGz60W_wVeWVoUfxlNWl-exMAmlgn2emI_hrn3I4zjeN7s8Kwa2tcTO2iQfZHmcqidRnTK7blLOWN_WBFo4qxzk2eGlowf1nQVw1-RJaE_jOBPn1RY_N0YcGOwHRtsZeFXC4nE0PtwgIt30DGztCvN15j0aKL6YcRpvH451N4qh9M9Fq1X6nNd&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R']Orange County NY Fire Calls...

This was a 3rd alarm in April in Newburgh which required similar mutual aid: The City of Newburgh assisted by Stewart ANG, West Point, Castle Point VA, Cronomer Valley, and Vails Gate operated at this multi-alarm structure fire at # 11 South Miller Street around 7 AM Saturday morning as shift...

Thanks for staying on this. RIP fallen members.

Good luck Chief Downey. You continue a proud family FDNY SOC tradition.

But those earlier FDNY eras did not have the tremendous demand of EMS responses.

FDNY War Years (later 1960s to 1980s) squads were organized to supplement the overwhelming number of fires, emergencies and false alarms that could not be handled with so many engine and truck companies doing 4000-8000 runs. Chiefs could use a responding squad as an engine or truck because a...

FDNY manpower squads were organized during World War II when engine and truck companies were depleted due to members serving in the military. There was no minimum staffing agreements and engine or truck companies might only have had 1 or 2 FFs on the back step or on the H&L running board.

FDNY ran squads during War Years which responded in small vans or bread trucks. No pumper apparatus initially, but carried tools and masks. Purpose was primarily manpower at jobs. Squads had officer and 4 or 5 FFs. Squads were located in busy battalions and had large response areas. Most...