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Who ever heard of this. I have over 50 years with the FDNY, and I have never seen or heard of a 3rd. Alarm for a Brush Fire in Manhattan. Yes, it is for relief, but they are telling all officers to bring their Thermal Imaging Camaras to the command post. This fire is not under control. Brothers...

Chelsea Mass. Has a long history of major fires Including one of the greatest Conflagrations in American History in 1973. Thank God for great "Jakes" = Firefighters in Chelsea and the entire greater Boston Area. Only a great fire Department with the help of their brothers and sisters from the...

If anyone has a copy of the U.S. Forest Service "Ten Standard Firefighting Orders" please share them. I have some of them, myself and have used them in my role as a Safety Officer in my local Chester N.Y. Vol. Fire Dept. Also, brothers and sisters please recognize the Value of Tower...

The lack of use of the Super Pumper 2 is hard to understand. If anything, given the number of large fires lately the idea of having a high-Capacity Pumper Similar to San Francisco F. Ds new unit, in EACH NYC Borough is something worth exploring. Reassign and current pumper from the units that...

It is an honor to be both a FDNY Firefighter and U.S. Navy Viet Nam Vet. To all my brothers and sisters "Never Forget" 911 and those wounded physically and emotionally in all the wars. "God Bleess This Great Nation" Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

May our brother rest in peace. We who fight fires know what can happen and we try to do things as safely as possible. At Brush/Forest/Interface Fires, we need to always have a Safety Officer whose ONLY job is to watch for dangerous situations. At a Brush Fire this includes monitoring the...

I got sworn into the U.S. Navy by candlelight at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during the 1965 Blackout. Truly people back then were peaceful and did not take advantage of the situation, I remember driving into Manhattan to pick up a good friend of my wife, who could not get home from Lower Manhattan...

You are dead on. I still work for the FDNY as Peer Counselor for the FDNY World Trade Center Health Care Program. I spoke to a retired FDNY Firefighter & whose son was at the fire. It appears that is just what happen. The injured Firefighter was maneuvering a handline and was positioned on a...

Larry Hatten a great Chief and great firemen. Happy Birthday Brother,

I have almost done this myself. I once had a multiple alarm fire in Greenwich Village, with my unit then TL-18, and I was operating as the roofman/firefighter. The fire building I was on had a roof that ran deeper than the building next door. Fire vented out of the roof and when I went tried...

Sometime the best firefighters just can't reach them. If working smoke detectors were properly installed in the house, she would have had a chance to escape before the fire overtook her. All firefighters try but we cannot walk though fire. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

Your Grandfather is still remembered by the members of Engine 34 & Tower Ladder 21. A plague is displayed on the apparatus floor wall. I was a Lieutenant in Tower Ladder 21 from 1986 till I was promoted to Captain in 1991. We all in the fire service reach out to you in love for your grandfather...

Let's not "Monday Morning Quarterback" until we know more FACTS. These are good companies who still do some real fire duty often. Let us pray for our injured brother and learn from what has happened when we know all the facts. That said I firmly believe a FAST team should include a "FAST Chief"...

Note in Burned out areas of brush/forest fires, dangers exist from damaged trees and tree limbs falling on firefighters that feel they are in a "Safe Area". Alsos "Lookout" must be posted at all Bush/forest fire to look for danger such as falling/rolling rocks and hillside collapses. Note these...

I was also laid off from the FDNY from July 1, 1975, till March 1976. I never heard before that Engine 26 was disbanded between July 2nd & July 19,1975. Thanks for this information. I was retired on July 17, 2000, and later when I responded to the World Trade Center, I had to go to the...

Note the vents on the side wall just below the roof. The presence of these vents is a clue that the building in NONFIREPROOF, most likely Class 3 Brick and Joist and NOT a Fireproof Class 1 or Fire-resistant Class 2 Mutiple Dwelling. I know this neighborhood very well I was brought up nearby and...

My former unit Engine 26 at W. 37 St. is the oldest ACTIVE firehouse in the FDNY. I was always told it was built in 1860 and has been in continuous use ever since. The only exception I know about is the fire was being renovated on and about the WTC 9-11Attack. The Henry Street firehouse of...

I was a friend of 1st deputy Comm. Bill Feehan, and he was also my college instructor. I known, him when he was a Firemen in Ladder 3 and when he operated at the 23 St. fire and collapse. Also, we served together when he was Captain of Engine 28, and I was a firefighter in L-11. He was a truly...

A.C. Tom Curraro is a friend of mine and one of the best people I know. I wish him the best in his new assignment, as Chief of Fire Prevention. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.

For the Assignment for the 23 St. Fire & Collapse see WNYF Magazine.1967. Note young firefighters - NO FAST teams existed in the FDNY at that time, the Rescue Companies were started in early 1910s to rescue trapped firemen. At the 23 St. Fire some members of Rescue Co. 1 were trapped in the...