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Thanks for the Remembrance Chief - you mentioned Chief Matty Murtagh - 5th Division was in qtrs. with us on 139 St. - Chief Murtagh was co-founder of Fire Tech and used to give out free passes for a semester to guys in the firehouse, to encourage studying - he was a great chief to have at a job...

Willy, you're always spot on with these videos! Love the Ed Norton clip, he really was a "blast from the past".

Yes Ray, "far, far from home" - guess he did answer, how did I forget that? 

Not sure JohnnyG, but Paladin mighta been a chief in the San Francisco FD, think his aide/driver was "Hey Boy" - guess he had a lotta comp time because he wasn't around that often, had some other work to tend to - think the SFFD dispatcher was often heard trying to reach Paladin, asking him...

alright, alright, already - enough with the nicey nicey stuff JG - we're all sitting around waiting for that can of yours to pop open and toss out another pearl of entertainment for us. Keep signing in and nothing from JohnnyG - what the heck! It's like when I was a kid and came time for "Have...

The "TT" series is great reading JohnnyG - hope you can keep the memories coming. In the last part, JG mentions  "duckwalking"  - another quick story. "Duckwalking" - I don't think I can remember more than a handful of times doing this maneuver, we were mostly advancing down on the knees. Like...

This 6th alarm fire in B'klyn, fire in the cockloft, brings to mind another short story. E80/L23 are at a multiple in Harlem, people were pretty tough back in those days, sometimes you had problems trying to get them to leave the building. At this particular top floor fire in a "h type", the...

Great stuff JohnnyG - probably like lots of others, can't wait for the next edition! This one of mine doesn't have "Ramming speed" in it (I thought that was a great conversation), but here goes, Once again - early 80s - working an OT tour in E69 (Harlem Hilton) - they have a Proby who is...

JohnnyGage's meals' stories bring to mind one of my own, not that it can compare to JG's....anyway, here goes Back in the late 70s into the 80s, the houses that comprised the 16th battalion back then (69/28, 80/23, 37/40), all pretty much had the same meal policy - you were either in on all...

The inspiration to tell a firehouse story is coming from the best writer of this site (Johnny Gage). Never too late to start a new career Johnny - I think you could come up with a best seller. Anyway, E37/L40 (125 St./Harlem) has always been a squared away house, though senior man laden L40...

Address: 833 Waring Ave. 3 story PD 11:06 Batt 20 transmitted 10-75 All hands - Oil burner fire in basement (out of pit) 2 L/S - 1 L/O E62, 97, 90, 38 L32, 41, 51 (Fast) B20, B27 D7 R3 Sq61

Location: 31 W. 131 St. Fire: Brownstone 3rd floor B16 gave 10-75 @09:37 B16 All Hands - WB extra E/T (E58/L14) assigned 2L/S - 1 Line operating Maybe: E59-69-37-35-s/c58 L30-28-40(FAST)-s/c14 B16,B12 R3 S41 D6 L163 act. L14 E93 act. E37 E307 act. E35

Fire Location: 1458 Webster Ave. B26 gave 10-75 E50,92,46,42 L19,44,27(Fast) B26,17 R3 Sq41 D6 19:05 - Fire apt. 3J - 1 L/S/O -  Primary searches in progress - DWH 19:11 - Primary searches negative - PWH 19:15 - (1) 10-45 code 4 19:26 - Secondary searches negative - Under Control - duration...

You sure that isn't Probie Geraldo Rivera (drop the o and you have his real name) in the brown next to Chief Griffin?

Is there a site where there is access to BARB assignments for FDNY alarm boxes (Bronx)?

Being a newbie - don't know if this is the correct forum for this post - I was wondering if anyone can give me any info as to accessing a site where I can get BARB assignments for FDNY Bronx boxes? Thanks!

Being a newbie - I was wondering if anyone can give me any info as to accessing a site where I can get BARB assignments for FDNY Bronx boxes? Thanks!