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This is also City Island Avenue & Beach Street Late 50's

This is City Island Avenue and Beach Street sometime in the late 50's the raised aerial the center of the photo is 53 truck with their ladder pipe. I don't know who the other companies are in the photo.

Nice looking vehicle. Question, did NYPD move away from EV RMP’s ?

Thanks. I never did pick up on the Latin in school.

Now I have to Google that !

You would be correct, If a Chief Officer in EMS happened to be EMT certified and not a Paramedic although they are few and far in between they would be able to serve in the Chief of EMS position if the Fire Commissioner so desired. The last 5 Chiefs of EMS in the FDNY were all paramedics. The...

Yes and no but reasonably accurate statement.

I absolutely do. 😂

Question is will this fine ever be collected ? And I still like the tow truck on top of the summons.

They are neither trained nor equipped to accomplish the task. Finding and alternative means of entry and forcible entry are two different things. Besides we have forcible entry experts just minutes away.

Obviously you were trained well. Unfortunately you are using common sense as a reasonable approach to an easily solvable problem. That skill rarely exists these days. Physically checking on alternative ways to get in was not only a prudent thing to do it was actually expected of you while...

Thank you !

Don’t know if this is in the books for Engine operations or not but, I remember reading or hearing something that Engine companies responding on second alarm or greater could only use the hard suction when they hooked up to avoid exactly what you described.

Captain Cervo

This was what I wore when my assigned unit was Paramedic unit 23 William out of Station 23 in the Bronx.

In EMS pre merger all officer ranks from Lieutenant on up had gold colored collar brass. EMT’s and Paramedics had silver collar brass that had E M S in block letters on the right collar and your Station number on the left collar. Some of us wore our unit numbers instead of the station number...

Double YES.