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Congrats Lebby...dedication and passion, GOD SPEED!

Ladder 5 had the famous "Hot Dog Club" back in the day...

Oh, the HUMANITY!

10-foot soft suction – This 3 ½” soft suction has 4 ½” couplings, so it can be connected directly to a hydrant. It can be bent but will straighten when charged with water and is very difficult to kink. At 10 feet long, it is the shortest hydrant connection and requires accurate positioning close...

Love ya Cap, but you're not making sense, RE: not be delayed but wait for a PD tow truck. Every ECC must know the 3 ways to hook up to an obstructed highway. Smashing windows is not one...suppose glass gets in his eye, then what?...The FDNY is the worlds best trained fire dept through practice...

The FDNY has 3 ways to circumvent a hydrant obstruction, the method shown in the video is not one of them.

My GOD, what was that ECC thinking, totally unprofessional and not focused on the mission. It is truly a WTF moment and a total embarassment t the FDNY. Something isn't proper simply because it's permissible, nor is it ethical just because it's legal. The FDNY is not in the business to teach...

Oh well, the secret is out now!

Not really, the Bronx is made up with the same types of structures whether your in E 45's area, to E 89's area to Hunts Point. H Buildings, TAXPAYER- and row frames. Same as in Brooklyn and Queens. The neighborhood make-up are all the same generally speaking.

The original design by Chief O'Hagan was to have a TL and RM assigned to every box. But of course this is/was not always possible...During the selection process, L 31 was supposed to become a RM, but the Captain (who was buddies with O'Hagan) convinced him to send L 31 a TL, and instead of L 19...

Willy, this will bring a tear to your eye...

what about the citywide Buffmobile?

You are correct Willy, started with some of the American LaFrance engines in 1982. I noticed E 48 rig when I was in E 88, E 82 had one too. Interesting to note, that rearmount were still be delivered all red, and wasn't until 1984 Tower Ladders picked up the white/ red scheme.

Half the lawns on Long Island has one...

Wow, reading how adept this Jersey Bar is I didn't realize how flawed the halligan bar was, imagine, after all these years...(add sarcasm here).

Back in L 38 a member, Billy McDaniel made a dog grab after a woman screaming in the street said "her baby" was still inside, of course baby was the dog. But for that whole year he was the toast of the town for the SPCA for all of their events and dinners and received many honors. We dubbed him...

When I worked EMS way back then, and of course I'm sure things have changed, yet some remain the same. We transported almost 80% of our patients in a stair chair. Not many folks needed to be on a stretcher. Perhaps a simple, less expensive van type vehicle as task force units responding to less...

That Denver configuration does not compute, you're still loosing two members from the engine, now you have an ineffective engine... The big red machine requires at least 4 members to be an effective firefighting "unit". Perhaps the city should reevaluate and hire more ems people during the day...

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