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26 is FAST Truck but it is within their Administrative area for building inspection. They go right to the river for their area, including Rao’s on 114 St...

I had the opportunity to work with Jimmy when he was in TL-33 and I was in 59 Truck (The Blue Devils). We became good friends. Wonderful guy, great family and a terrific Fireman...

Nice job Warren, my condolences. Captain JC (ret) TL-120

Had a Job with 26 on 108 St between 5 Ave & Madison. Interconnected building with 4 tenements going towards 107 St. Fire out 3 windows on arrival. Eventually out 7 windows on 108 St. Conditions on fire floor are severe. Kevin O’D, BC from Batt 12 said two words to me upon my exit from the fire...

TL-120 is one quarter mile closer to the LIRR train cut at Broadway Junction then L-176...

Danny, thanks for sharing your wonderful stories and memories. At the end of the day, memories are all we are left with. Take care of your beautiful wife & yourself, My Brother. We had a Great time back in the day Capt JC (ret) FDNY Tower Ladder 120 Brownsville, Brooklyn

Donny, if anyone would know, you would. That was one shithole back in the day. Hope you are okay...

Byrno. One of my Great friends on the ice & on the Job...

The Rats are a Great Shop...

Billy O' C drove me at Ladder Company 150, before he went to 133. Superb Chauffeur. Remember, when I was in 150, there was NO 133 and 270 was still an Engine Company. Totally different landscape...

I met Seymour after being assigned to TL-120 in 2003. He was a constant fixture at all the Watkins St events and we became good friends, as I did with the whole Retiree group. They weren?t just good people, they were Wonderful people. When we (120) started planning our Centennial for 2005, we...

Danny, it was BC Donny K.  A Blockhead.  He would come over to Hancock St to ?talk? with Capt Frank Pampalone (TL-111).  They would be up in the Truck office and you come hear the screaming as you walked by. We, the Members, thought it was pretty funny. Donny was also the Captain of 96 Engine...

Johnny Gage and I have similar starting points, I was appointed to the FDNY on 12/17/1977, I was 25 y/o.  Our Fireman list was held up in Federal Court for 2 & 1/2 years.  I took the entrance test in 1971, at the insistence of my Father, who was ?On the Job? from 1939 to 1960, along with my best...

Thanks for posting Jack.  I didn?t want his passing to go unnoticed.  Pete was a Wonderful man.

I was in 94 Engine in the Hunts Point section of the South BX in 1978 and we would have 4 guys on the back step. 2 SCBA?s in the hose bed and we were ready to go. I was coming back from Manhattan on the subway, going to the Firehouse. I have shorts, sneakers and t-shirt on. 94 is driving by...

Engine Company 231  &  Tower Ladder 120 (FDNY) in Brownsville  Brooklyn have been side to side for 114 years, in the same Firehouse...

Legends... It's the early 90's and I am a Fireman, working in TL-111. Captain Frank Pampalone is our Officer and I have the Irons. 176 Truck is relocated to Hook & Ladder 175 and Captain John Vigiano is working in 176. It is a day tour and we get a Job at Saratoga & Halsey, on Halsey. 2 1/2...

Yes, that's the Duke along with Mr J.  Both of them went to Medal Day that year.  Thanks for posting because otherwise Nobody would know.  The current Captain of TL-58, a long time BX guy may have been working when Captain TT made his grab the same year.  It was toss up for the Medal Board that...

Danny,  Timmy was the True War Years Legend, among many.  Their respect for our Job gave us the guidance to respect it the same.  I loved Timmy (as I did all the South Bx guys who broke me in) and can see him down at the Pit, doing what he did best, being with the Brothers.  What you have...