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Congratulations, Chief, to you and your classmates for your dedication and achievements.

Re: 1940s FDNY video: - I?m not fully positive, but I?ll bet someone else?s pay check that this video was on Eleventh Avenue around 27th Street. Way cool.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/03/displaced-westborough-apartment-complex-fire/dauQRj7AzdHL7UipL1aYIN/story.html?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter 250 displaced in Westborough apartment complex fire

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-45390540?ns_mchannel=email&ns_source=newsdaily_newsletter&ns_campaign=NEWS_NLB_Wk36_Mon_3_September&ns_linkname=bbcnews_fire_newsuk_fire&ns_fee=0 Liverpool's Littlewoods Pools building engulfed by fire

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/8-Firefighters-Hurt-in-Crash-While-Responding-to-Apartment-Fire-492230161.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DCBrand 8 Firefighters Hurt in Crash While Responding to Apartment Fire

Thanks for posting that, Bill.  It's a wonderful tribute to an extraordinary gentleman, an American to be admired in the past, now and throughout the life of our Great Nation.

United States Senator and Captain, U.S.N. (Ret.) John McCain has died.  The word "hero" is so often over-used that it has, in many cases, become trivialized.  John McCain, a man of honor, principle and integrity truly belongs among that honored pantheon.

Thanks for posting this, Chief.  I'm passing it on to some people.

I didn?t finish reading this, it made me too angry.  At least one person should be serving many years prison time. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/21/verizon-throttled-santa-clara-county-firefighters-data-as-they-fought-mendocino-complex-fire-chief-says/ \Verizon throttled Santa Clara...

And to you, fdhistorian!

Mack, I know it's been said so many times before, but I've got to say it again.  Your work is extraordinary.  Thank you so much.

Timelapse Video Shows New York City Subway's A Express Line to Rockaway Park Some great imagery here. Anyone who went to Rockaway on the ?A? train and rode with his nose pressed against the front window in the first car should remember this. Of course, if you rode with your nose against the...

https://maritime-executive.com/article/port-of-antwerp-fire-under-control#gs.AJFgJos Port of Antwerp Fire Under Control 

I'm not positive about this and if anyone cares to correct me please feel free to do so.  I believe that the highest box number in Manhattan (in the early 1960s, at least) was 1868 at Henry Hudson Parkway, 300 feet south of Dyckman Street Entrance. There were unassigned box numbers from 1870...

Thank you.

I never understood the operational differences between the Salvage companies and the Fire Patrol.  Can anyone explain? Thanks.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/24/afghanistan-defense-cia-operation-704929?utm_source=Join+the+Community+Subscribers&utm_campaign=65eafce9b8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_26_04_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_02cbee778d-65eafce9b8-122451265&mc_cid=65eafce9b8&mc_eid=7cdd9c7ac5 U.S. soldier...

https://maritime-executive.com/editorials/u-s-navy-s-first-female-admiral-passes-away#gs.IUkyDEc U.S. Navy's First Female Admiral Passes Away 

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/21/c_137338429.htm Forest fires block northern border-crossing between Finland, Russia

NOTE THE LINK TO THE US IRS https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/07/130000_veterans_due_tax_refund.html?ath=027f6ea648be3a3f00c0984c45050a2c#cmpid=nsltr_stryheadline 130,000 veterans due tax refunds: Do you qualify for $1,750 payment  Secondary link to IRS ...