I responded to this fire as an EMT (this was several years prior to my being appointed to the job). Even though we treated and transported some Brothers, it was a very helpless feeling as we knew the sad fact that none of us would be able to help those six heroic Firemen who were trapped by the...
Firefighters save three girls after responding to false alarm at Bronx school
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/girls_bx_fire_ordeal_ktgKHjqV5YP70YpP47CDWJ
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/firefighters-save-girls-responding-false-alarm-bronx-school-article-1.1081312
I gave the Rochester Protectives website a look. It appears to be a group of youngsters who provide salvage services after fires are extinguished. http://rochesterprotectives.com/index.php To my knowledge, the vollies in the 5 boros consider themselves to be fire departments, not salvage units.
It's nice to see that S.F.F.D.'s Chief of Department is openly supporting street alarm boxes and citing good reasons for keeping them...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2012/02/07/MNE41N2TCM.DTL
[I was assigned to R3 but frequently worked at R4 on details, OT, mutuals ...]. I think it's terrific that you are preserving a piece of F.D.N.Y. history. These rigs [and the men who responded on them] served N.Y.C. during the worst terrorist attack ever to occur on American soil. The...
The 2nd photo that you posted is a 1977 Plymouth Fury, The 2nd photo that kfd274 posted is a 1973 Plymouth Suburban Station Wagon. A quick way to verify is to look at the headlight configuration: the '73 Suburban Station Wagon had round headlights with the low beams & high-beams side by side...
I believe this is a 1973 Plymouth Suburban Station Wagon. The 38th Battalion had one [Plate #736].
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56415558@N05/5235105643/in/pool-1586154@N23
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56415558@N05/5235699258/in/pool-1586154@N23
When I started riding with the 38th Battalion in 1968 they had one, I believe it's a 1968 Ford Fairlane station wagon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/0867pnp/4521711202/
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