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Condolences to the Family and may he RIP. I didn't know Sr., but met Eddie Jr. at an unfortunate incident several years ago. Although he was in 175 we never really met running in with each other. We only ran in with them in Highland Park and Cypress hills. Unfortunately I have met Jr. at several...

1 of the very few boxes we ran in with 175. That neighbor hood resisted the fire storm that plagued so many other East NY and Brownsville neighbor hoods. I always called it Cypress Hills.

Cop's should approach all cars with their guns drawn. At least then they have half a chance of surviving. Let's hear how many warrants or previous arrest for this mutt.

In the fire service there aren't too many textbook fires. Reading the story about a Jeep pushing articles on to a ship is very odd. Training is a very valuable tool, but sometimes common sense has to kick in at some point. At this time do we really know how these 2 Firefighters lost their life...

We relocated to 173 sometime in the late 80's and there was a sign that said no rear mount rigs were permitted on the apparatus floor, so we parked on the apron. Word was floor wouldn't support Rear Mount because weight was concentrated and not spread out like a Tiller Rig. Have they reinforced...

Most Churches don't use lit candles anymore for that reason. The offertory candles had become electric, eliminating a potential source for an accidental fire. In the mid 90's as a Fire Marshal I had a Church fire as a result of lit candles starting wood moulding on fire and extending to the...

During the war years BC used to hold it to 2&2 because he didn't want Deputy to show up. All Hands brought DC.

So if extra Eng. & Trk have to wait till fire is extinguished to go to work, doesn't sound too productive. Maybe this is a trial and error change, like some of the previous changes such as the Adaptive Response, 2 Eng. & 1 Trk, in the early 70's and then the CFU's later on.

The change in assignment is probably due to the reduction of manpower in the Engines. It'll give a head start to get another Engine to assist a 2nd or 3rd line in operation. And the extra truck, 3rd one, will be able to pick up the slack that the 1st or 2nd due can't perform because of how and...

We are talking 69-70's when welfare Island was the training center and it was in Long Island City located in Queens. Now it's called Roosevelt Island.

The time I've talked about was the war years in the ghetto where stealing was rampant, that's why everything was locked up. At night kids would come by to the firehouse selling tools they stole out of a car or a construction site, maybe even a car battery.

920 box was the call to welfare Island for training. There you would be reevaluated on your training knowledge. Eventually they changed it where they would come to Quarters and evaluate the Company. And then it actually became a training venue which was a lot more helpful. I was still a Proby...

Back in the early 70's to secure a compartment door we drilled a hole in the upper channel of the door and put a nail in it. Then the newer rigs came with locks so to limit theft from them. The problem was when you pulled up to a job, you had to get the key out, unlock the door and if it was to...

The runs back in 1970 only came via the bells, so no paper ticket was produced. The Officer would write the box # down and hope he didn't miss a few here and there. Maybe when we interchanged with them they never got the true number we did. When we did interchange with Squad 4 and we would be...

I don't know who was getting promoted, but since she is involved in law enforcement and doing a very bad job of it, was it a Fire Marshal promotion? I wouldn't think she would be there for Officers.

Airports were automatic 2nd Alarm, unless they changed it.

As a Brooklyn FF in Brownsville during the war years all we heard about was the Bronx. Company's in Bklyn were doing their fair share of the running and fire duty. The problem was Brownsville and East New York was too far away from the media's office. Who would want to travel that far from...

As a Fire Marshal, whenever we had 10-45's or unusual circumstances surrounding the fire we would call to have the Photographer come and document the scene. We would direct him in the areas we would want documented in case of a court case regarding the fire. I had a fire with 5 separate fires...

99% of the time you go on a run, extinguish the fire or tend to the emergency and return to Quarters. It's that 1% that when all hell breaks loose and some are transported to a hospital and some never return to home. It hit's us FF's when we hear of situation's like this that really strikes us...

No it wasn't that busy up there and even Cypress Hills. Occasionally a good occupied job, but not very often. We would be 2nd due there and run in with 175, but we never had that much work there. It was nothing like Brownsville or Bushwick. We never got to know the guys in 175 like we knew them...