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    A LOOK BACK.

    ^^^^^Willys shot next to the FH before it was knocked down ...... 5941850058
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    A LOOK BACK.

    ^^^^ Our own willy D was the photographer.
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    A LOOK BACK.

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    ANOTHER WAR YEARS VET PASSES.

    RET FF THOMAS P. COLLINS LAD*129...... On 10-10-22 at 83 yrs of age....RET 7-6-94 after 28 yrs OTJ......Tom drove me a few times when I was covering he was a former LAD*14 FF where he was a Dept Medal Recipient.......REST IN PEACE BROTHER.....PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE...
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    ANOTHER WAR YEARS VET PASSES.

    ACTIVE FDNY FIRE PREVENTION INSPECTOR WILLIAM KLOBUS.......REST IN PEACE BROTHER .....THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BOTH MILITARY (US AIR FORCE VIETNAM) & FDNY......PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES...
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    STREET STRUCTURES.

    10-14-22 NYC Fire Wire "8pm last night, Engine 40 & Ladder 25 responded to a car thru the outdoor dining shed at 442 Amsterdam Avenue. Luckily, no one was in it at the time."
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    FDNY Houses scanned from the Ron Mattes Archive

    The ENG*93 photo on West 181 St is also a 3 door FH ......the left 2 doors enter into a double bay & up until the '90s had ENG*93...R*3 & BN*13 ......the right door entered into a separate bay for LAD*45.
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    FDNY Houses scanned from the Ron Mattes Archive

    The ENG*91 picture on East 111 St bet 2nd & 3rd Aves is a 3 door FH .....the left 2 doors enter into a double bay & in the '50s had 2 Sections of 91 that were later disbanded then a 2nd Section of ENG*91 was organized again in '68 & in the same FDNY War Years period BN*25 (former 2nd Section of...
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    10/14/22 Staten Island Overturned Ambulance Box 1385

    VARIOUS NEWS REPORTS.... https://www.google.com/search?q=ambulance+overturns+in+staten+island+ny&oq=ambulance+overturns+in+staten+island+ny&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30.19327j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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    OSCALA NEW E-ONE PUMPER

    The Rig looks nice but why do FDs change from the traditional Red.....there are so many color deviations around the Country.
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    FDNY Houses scanned from the Ron Mattes Archive

    Some nice photos Thanks for posting....just a few notes....210's Qtrs is 160 Carlton Ave off Myrtle Av & also the former Qtrs of R*2........209 now disbanded's Qtrs also housed the disbanded BN*34 .....today only LAD*102 remains.....26 Hooper St has 211 & LAD*119 also Fire Marshall's .....at one...
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    10/12/22 Queens 10-75 Box 9705

    https://www.firstonscenephotos.com/FDNY/Queens/Queens-2021-2022/101222-Hillcrest-All-Hands/i-kfJpNkq/A
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    FDNY MEMORIAL SERVICE 10-12-22.

    VIDEO starts around the 28:29 mark........
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    10/10/22 Queens 10-75 Box 7875

    THEE 46 should have been 1st Due Chief if available .
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    FDNY MEMORIAL SERVICE 10-12-22.

    http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/insider/resources/do/2022/108_sup_73_2022_eoe.pdf
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    10/5/22 Queens 2nd Alarm Box 9876

    ^^^ The show "FIRE RESCUE" was in Sept 1962 on Channel 4.....the photographer was tied flat on the roof behind the Mars Light for the entire 11 mile run from R*1s Qtrs in Manhattan to the Multiple Alarm at 9876......they were also filming the job that FF John Farragher R*1 was killed...
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    TIME TO DUMP SOME HUMPS.

    MAKES SENSE TO ME..... State-Owned Highway Rest Stops § 14-269.4 (5) Across the country, rest stops along the Interstate highway network have been attractive locations where criminals can prey upon vulnerable travelers. The North Carolina legislature has wisely allowed people to protect...
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    10/5/22 Queens 2nd Alarm Box 9876

    In regard to my reply # 11 post above Paul Hashagen has a picture on his site of the photographer tied to the front of R*1s Rig....the picture comes up as "too large to transfer" when I tried to copy & paste it here ..... https://www.facebook.com/paul.hashagen.author
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    COPS BECOME JAKES - BOSTON COPS BECOMING BOSTON FIREFIGHTERS AT ALARMING RATE

    Very common in NYC for years for NYPD to rollover to FDNY....I only know of 2 who went the opposite......1 was in my proby class (& actually wound up with my Fathers old Badge number) & about 9 months later went back to NYPD....the other I did not know personally but supposedly he was in love...
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