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    Amazing FDNY terminology which stood the test of time

    In the modern politically correct FDNY the term "Collyers Mansion" is no longer to be used....the new term is "clutter" .......sub termed ...Light ...Medium or Heavy.
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    7/21/22 Bronx 2nd Alarm Box 4754

    ^^^^ On 10-29-12 during Hurricane Sandy BN*46 was the 1st Due BC (from QTRS on Grand Ave ) to 8300 for the big Fire in Breezy Point ..... (closer BNs were all operating at other Fires).....Chief Joe Pfiefer lived there & was actually there 1st but the 46 was the 1st to arrive assigned BN.
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    7/22/22 Brooklyn All-Hands Box 1761

    Basically few in the 1st Due Response Area.
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    7/22/22 Queens All Hands Box 5842

    MAP... https://www.google.com/search?q=137-98+sloan+st+qns+ny&oq=137-98+sloan+st+qns+ny&aqs=chrome..69i57j33l3.13875j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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    FDNY apparatus placement

    You can stretch a Line but you can't stretch an Aerial.
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    FDNY Rigs circa 1968

    ENG*71 SQUIRT....
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    7-21-22...BX SCHOOL BUS OVERTURN.

    https://abc7ny.com/nyc-crash-school-bus-bronx-hutchinson-river-parkway/12064794/
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    Old NYC Airports

    https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/theerant/flushing-airport-t118408.html
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    MEDICARE INFO.

    The fight is not over yet however Thank You to those spearheading this & to those who have contributed $ to keep things running.
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    MEDICARE INFO.

    RETIRED LIEUTENANTS ASSOCIATION NYPD Dear RLA Members, To those of you who are on or going on Medicare and have NYC health plans as your secondary insurance, the Retired Lieutenants Association just got the following information from the Municipal Labor Committee and want to pass...
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    POSSIBLE FDNY INVOLVEMENT IN NYC LIFEGUARDING.

    Not really sure what the expectation of "FDNY involvement" might be ?.........it is a shame that due to a Lifeguard shortage that one of the results is that "Learn To Swim" programs are being cut back , teaching non swimmers is an important step in addressing drownings ........ what is...
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    7/19/22 Manhattan Box ???? Canine Water Rescue

    A high Bridge over land.
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    7/17/22 Queens All Hands Box 4004 (2)

    14 hrs later a possible rekindle in a bldg like this is a stretch.
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    ALF EMBLEM

    https://www.etsy.com/listing/1179738299/vintage-american-la-france-metal?click_key=18dd3d0c8fb9a7ca9493ccccd4f1a256f96718ba%3A1179738299&click_sum=7f126c82&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=truck+nameplate&ref=listing_grid-16-20&frs=1
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    Jamesport (Suffolk) Working Fire - 7/15/22

    55 bayside ave jamesport ny
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    MURDER OF TOKEN BOOTH AGENT 1995..

    ^^^^^^. 1995 NY TIMES ARTICLE ON STRING OF SUBWAY FIRE ROBBERY INCIDENTS..... About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not...
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    MURDER OF TOKEN BOOTH AGENT 1995..

    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/3-men-cleared-in-1995-killing-of-nyc-subway-token-clerk/3776809/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_NYBrand&mibextid=lPl56r&fs=e&s=cl#l5o18fquhuns7qkjklc
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    Retired NYC employees sue to block new ‘inferior’ Medicare coverage

    I saw this on another site.....worth looking into......QUOTE....Thursday July 14, 2022 NO NEW INFO STATUS QUO APPEAL SET FOR SEPTEMBER Note: Anecdotal evidence is indicating that all of the hoopla surrounding the City’s new MAP plan and the Alliance’s court mandated outreach to doctors, have...
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    NEWBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING CUTS 7/12/22

    I still get chills when I hear Watertown .....in January '65 when I was in the USMC were were Cross Training with the US Army at Camp Drum (now Fort Drum) in Watertown NY for Cold Weather Training.....a little classroom but mostly Field Exercises around the clock for days at a clip.....SNOW & COLD.
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    7-13-77...THE BLACKOUT.

    I was driving R*2 during the Blizzard of '78 which started on the first Sunday of February....the Rig was our '76 Mack which was basically unstoppable even in deep snow....the biggest problem was people who abandoned their vehicles in some streets.....there were some Fires but the highlight was...
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