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A Happy Birthday to you too Doug, aka "AuxWarYearsCapt" on June 29th.

See Post # 9 in this topic. Many famous people related to firefighters across the country

Today, June 28th we want to wish a very special Nycfire.net member a very Happy Birthday. His photographs captured the FDNY War Years in TWO BOOKS. His first book titled: "New York's Bravest - Their Lives on the Line" His second book titled: "Into the Smoke with New York's Bravest", joining...

From Herb Eysser, Retired FDNY Dispatcher - UFA Staff. The following units have received or shortly will receive new apparatus. Ladder 172 - 95' Tower Ladder Ladder 12 - 95' Tower Ladder Ladder 18 - 75' Tower Ladder Ladder 53 - 75'Tower Ladder Ladder 128 - 100' Rear mount Ladder 61 - 100' Rear...

Ray, "raybrag", the only thing I can tell you is that at one time, maybe 1990/95 or so we had been given a Mack CF pumper that had previously been operated by the Yantic Volunteer FD in Norwich (one of five volunteer fire companies within the city borders). Yantic had gotten a new rig and the...

Once again, the FDNY and FDNY Foundation Calander of Heroes is being released

Very busy 24 hours for the Wallingford FD working under record breaking temperatures and high humidity. Thank you both "Signal73" and "EMSR2" for your coverage Wallingford FDs fire activity https://www.nycfire.net/forums/threads/wallingford-ct-2nd-fire-6-25-25.88802/

That is GREAT NEWS Thank you Chief for posting this and as Firefighter William Levering mentioned in the video, THANK YOU to all the doctors and nurses that treated him. They also are LIFE SAVERS we all depend on. Let us THANK the GOOD LORD too for giving Firefighter Levering the chance to...

Happy Birthday to the Most Rev (as he is known) Elwood E., aka "CFDMarshall" Hallelujah - Let the party begin.

There are various discussions throughout this web site on the tower ladder. Here is one of them. https://www.nycfire.net/forums/threads/tower-ladders-vs-rear-mount-straight-ladders.83316/

George Munch - July 4th, 1990 Brooklyn Fire Radio

We also remember "The Worcester Six" fire in which SIX Worcester, Mass Firefighters were killed battling a fire in the Worcester Cold Storage Building the night of December 3, 1999. Lt Thomas Spencer, Lt Timothy Jackson, Lt James Lyons, Firefighter Paul Brotherton, Firefighter Jeremiah Lucey...

I would like to take a moment to say, "THANK YOU" to site member Tom O'Connell, aka "Capttomo", for providing us with many of the FDNY Training Tips on this site. Although not all firefighters here are FDNY Members, there is much that can be learned and practiced from those training tips...

It was another very sad and tragic day for the fire service. Remember it well. May these brave firefighters continue to Rest in Peace and my extended condolences to the family members, their friends, and Brother and Sister Firefighters.

The City of East Providence, R.I. firefighters are the first in the country to get this new type of gear. Here is the story.

I had bought 1 or 2 audio CDs featuring George Munch working during a busy Fourth of July night. If I remember correctly, it also features Warren Fuchs I bought them from - F.S.P. Books in Hudson, Mass., but I don't think they offer them anymore I once heard that George Munch wanted to work...

Although it is not the policy to discuss politics on this web site, recently I watched this video to hear both sides of the story from our most important leaders of the country. I think this is something that could impact how you feel

Rest in Peace George. Many of us would listen to you on our scanners both at home miles away and while buffing the FDNY on 154.37 mhz during those very busy FDNY War Years. George Munch one of the best Dispatchers the FDNY has ever had.

It was 1964 when singer Betty Everett teamed up with singer Jerry Butler to record their big hit on Vee-Jay Records titled, "Let It Be Me". Betty Everett passed away in August 2001 at the age of 61 years old Jerry Butler passed away in February 2025 at the age of 85 years old We thank them...

GREAT VIDEO and THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED and ARE CURRENTLY SERVING.