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In Brownsville they never bothered to use the blinds on the tinned up windows because nobody of any importance dared to venture there. That's why during the war years Brooklyn got very little press, although we were as busy as the Bronx. The buildings along the Cross Bronx Expressway that were...

I remember 1 Christmas party in the firehouse I was working the 9X, so my wife had to bring the kids in. We were still living in the City so only a 15 -20 minute drive to the firehouse, Tin House. Of course it was a Saturday but us doing 10 runs that day didn't really give me any time with the...

My Dad was a chauffeur in 211 at that fire and he was impressed at how the trucks improvised in the operation there. At the plane crash he was off and he drove us downtown to assist in any way he could. Me being 14 years old, whatever other info he may have told me about went right into the...

Just a reminder of how dangerous the little things we do in this job. RIP brother and Prays for the Family.

Where do you fit 90 apparatus at a fire in a residential area? Do they drop FF off at the scene and go look for a spot to park or do they have Valet service?

I think that 143 should be St. not Ave..

To put things in perspective today, I have the watch chart in the wheel configuration from the Tin House and offered to the new house and was told they don't use one anymore. It seems everything is done electronically today? You mean I got the 3x6 tonight again.

The 2 above pictures are from Watkins St. with the buff answering the phone. A/C is what made everybody enclose the HW area. The Tin House in Bklyn. had 3 enclosed sides and when we went A/C we used a heavy plastic drape, identical to a butchers door to keep the cool air in.

Since these same people voted for Bragg and Holchul, do you think they care about any thing. Fighting fires is not always cut and dry and that is why you need people that can solve a problem. Forcing people to take a job without any incentive or know how puts FDNY on the losing end. So glad I'm...

If the candidates passed the written test would they need a diversity bill?

They still do have a paid F.D., and the Northport F.D. also responds there

When travelling from Long Island, Nassau & Suffolk, to the City as soon as the road was full of potholes I knew I was in Queens. Now with the 25 miles per hour you really know you left civilization and are in the City. Who knows were the schools are and the speed cameras. Big Brother is watching...

My question is who makes the decision on who to relocate and to where? Does the computer do it or the Dispatcher? In the old days we had alarm box cards that spelled everything out. If an all hands came in you looked up on the card to see if you would respond on the 2nd alarm or any future...

Back in the 70's we had the Red Cross respond to Multiples and deliver the hot cocoa. Later on they would have water for us. And to think I always thought a cold Bud would be the best thirst quencher. Boy was I mistaken.

It was. 732 was closed August 5th of 72 and 4 members from 732 were assigned 176. Some members of 732 were bitter after the closing and thought they would become 176. Who knows what the thinking was back then. They then notified 233-2 they would be closing and said to put in a CD 30 for you...

As anybody that has been in FDNY knows, any tools we ever got was like pulling teeth. When we pulled up to roll down gates we had to put a metal cutting blade on our partner saw to change from the wood blade. We responded to the Interboro parkway and didn't even have a Hurst tool, although...

No experience with hurricane windows, but a lot with HUD windows on vacant buildings. They were 3/4" plywood on the outside of the window and a 2x4 bolted to the plywood and spans the window opening on the inside. Best way was using partner saw to remove them. Next we had cement blocks cemented...

50 years ago at 1800 hours on this date Ladder 176 was organized. Out of the original 34 members there are 18 still collecting a pension. For us it was the best of times to be in the thick of the battle during the war years. Eng.232 was there to welcome us with open arms into the Tin House and...

I worked with him when I was in 233-2 and he was in the first section. In the early 70's 233 was starting to get busy and we used to interchange with Squad 4 on Bristol St. when they did their 10,000 runs. So everybody was telling him to transfer from 233 to a slower Company. So he goes to Eng...

We have had bullets penetrating private dwellings and usual lower floors of apartment homes. No big city is immune from the random gun shootings. I'd like to thank all the politicians for cordoning it and especially present NY Gov. because she thinks it's not a real big problem. Of course her...