Certainly not a serious violation but just an FYI for anyone studying.... from the FDNY Communications Manual Sec. 8.2.2.....
8.2 RADIO PROCEDURES
8.2.1 Dispatchers are responsible for maintaining discipline on the air and determining message priority. Dispatcher orders must receive prompt...
RET FF PATRICK O'NEILL ENG*82 LAD*31.....
REST IN PEACE BROTHER.....THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BOTH MILITARY (US ARMY) & FDNY....PRAYERS FOR THE COMFORT OF THE FAMILIES...
MACK....I remember an old WNYF photo of SQ*1 when in Harlem arriving 1st & getting a trapped couple off a Fire escape.....I don't remember if Fronts were visible or not ?
In reply # 576 above regarding the WNYF photo of 1753 Sterling Place the bldg still stands & is a half block away from R*2s current Home Box (the famous War Years) 1644 Howard Ave & Sterling Place.....the Fire bldg in that picture is one of the few originals that remain standing to this day...
mack that was not custom made....it was as Lebby said the standard issue between 1955 when they were organized & 1960 when the insert Fronts came in.....the WW2 Squads like 22..24 etc did not have an SQ Front....FFs who were in them had a piece of masking tape horizontally across their regular...
At the Osborn St Collapse which killed BC Tuttlemondo & injured several Members squatters were present & at least one was killed....there was one who was present as the search continued into the morning...he stated he only escaped due to the fact that he had left the bldg before the Fire & was...
RO = Roof Open (like from a previous Fire ) .......ALL these markings like RO & the squares ...slashes & Xs are very subjective.....while they are a good idea the occupancy & conditions of the structure are very dynamic .....constant evaluation is mandatory with each response no matter how many...
Lebby is correct it is legit & Very Rare....this was an FDNY SQ Front used from 1955 to 1960.... (SQs had Green back then & Marine Units had regular Black ENG Fronts.....after the Insert Fronts came in in 1960 SQs had Yellow & Marine Units then got & still use Green )...this particular Front...
Back in the day in R*2 ( pre Haz Mat) we carried "G1" Powder.....it was a black graphite powder for metal Fires....you could not just dump it on a burning piece of metal as the metal would just continue to burn underneath & possibly thru the surface underneath ......the procedure was to place a...
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