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Every American should once in a lifetime go to Pearl Harbor and stand on platform that is resting on the USS Arizona. Truly Never Forget Pearl Harbor it is fitting that as we loss the last of the heroes of that day that and the sacrifice of all who served their country with honor. Rest in peace...

Once again, a Church fire, if your department is not practicing and training on church fires you need to do so. Sadly, it seems that churches are becoming targets and they have been for many years, a major fire problem. To my brother and sister firefighters, consider offering your knowledge for...

Some large Fire Departments use an Engine as a "R.I.C.E." Rapid Intervention Company Engine. I has been found that a handline is often used to protect the trapped member/s, and that can be supplied by a Dedicated R.I.C.E. Engine company. Captain Bob Rainey FDNU Engine 26 retired

I was a Buff before I went on the job. I was on my way home from Kennedy Airport, when over my Buff radio I heard the 10-75 and took in Box 802. When my friend and I arrived, the fire looked much like the photos above. Truly at the time, 1971 the FDNY had no Mayday signal, but it was clear...

Great ideas brothers. Another factor in increasing the 10-75 response is that as Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn once said to me when I was an acting Battalion Chief. Basically, Chief Dunn said, If the fire is NOT under control and you have NO UNITS standing next to you ready to go to work, you are...

I served with the U.S. Navy in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. Operation "Sea Dragon" and "Game Warden" I served my second tour in Vietnam aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Ault DD 698. I had it good compared to the U.S. Army and Marines and the Navy River patrol squadrons. As also a FDNY Captain I have a...

Brother your points are valid. As I said I was NOT at this fire, and we know all too well the most important thing is you get water on the fire to protect life. I was only trying to give another way of looking at the situation in advanced fires. When people are trapped, as you indicated, that...

Rest in Peace Mike your brothers and sisters in FDNY truly morn your loss. The special bond of Rescue firefighters is especially strong and hopefully give confort to your family and many friends. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired and Peer Counselor for the Counseling Service Unit FDNY

Does anyone know if our Fire department responded to assist Baltimore City/County and other area fire departments? Heard an excellent evaluation of what could have prevented the bridges destruction by the ship. An expert engineer stated, on Fox News, that many bridges have under water projection...

I worked in 2 FDNY Engine companies that were disbanded. Engine 27 on 173 Franklyn St. Manhattan Lower West Side and Engine 17 on Pitt St. on Manhattan's Lower East Side. I covered vacations as a Lieutenant in Engine 85 on Boston Rd. in the South Bronx, E-85 was disbanded. I guess I'm just bad...

Usually 2 Engine & 2 Trucks and a B.C. were assigned on a FDNY PULL BOX or as close to that as possible. Squads in the 1960s & 70's were equipped with truck co. tools and responded on Engine type apparatus but the use of them as trucks was at often needed. I spent a very short time in FDNY Squad...

The 3rd Truck on the 10-75 is normally the FAST Truck. FAST is FDNY for "RIT" and Consideration for a R.I.C.E. = Rapid Intervention Company Engine is ongoing. The RICE concept came from Ff. Andy Fredricks of FDNY Squad 18. Sadly, Andy was lost on 9/11/01 at the World Trade Center. Captain Bob...

At advanced "Big fires" Engine Companies can place their rigs on or partially on the sidewalk or shoulder of the road, to allow Tower Ladders and/or Snorkels to reach the front of the fire building/s. Large diameter hose must be placed on the sidewalk or shoulder of the road, if at all...

I realize am not at the fire, but I do know this. Aerial Ladders in front of the fire buildings did little good. This fire was so advanced that Tower Ladders in front of the buildings would have allowed the use of Tower Ladder streams to reduce the fire enough for an interior attack to...

Let us not forget the good firefighters that are still on the job. The fires are still going out, somebody is doing something right. But having unqualified firefighters cannot work. Merit Matters, firefighting takes brains, adequate physical strength, and when it is called for courage. Those...

Rest in Peace Frank. He died doing what was right, his memory lives on.