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Seagrave a lemon? How can that be, it's not a Ferrara!

Where was 290 going to be organized in Queens?

Who's Joe Higgins?

Years ago it was a big no no to send a relocator to the fire unless there were some unusual circumstances. Especially in the Bronx there always seem to be at least one other job at the same time hence the necessity of having relocators in place.

What was the address?

Starting in the 60's NY would tout the fact that they had much fewer fire deaths than other large cities. Of course they never mentioned the 24 hour rule when the other cities didn't have the same time limit.

Shouldn't this be under FDNY 5-5-5-5 not "out of area"?

29's quarters were at 160 Chambers St. The building is still standing.

Is there a link to the specs and bid solicitation?

The Signal 18 and then the 10-18 was meant to be a "stop signal" to other units that were still responding, not on scene. Dropping down to 1 & 1 would be the proper terminology when units were on scene.

Yes it was.

The two chiefs mentioned were Mayerhoff.

There's probably a lot more to this story than what has been reported.

It was the opposite. The elevator dropped in a free fall and was then taken off the rigs.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't understand what the 1977 Blackout has to do with electric fire apparatus.

Glad to hear that the P.F.D. still has Chiefs Aides. I know they were trying to get rid of them a number of years ago.

Lawyers sue everyone involved. It's like throwing mud on a wall to see what sticks.

Why should she live in the city when her boss lives in New Jersey?

ENGINE 56 MANHATTAN ORG. 120 W. 83rd St. (Jul. 13, 1889) DISB. (May 1, 1960). The house was never owned (or donated) by Dr. Harry M. Archer. Dr. Archer owned a brownstone on 85 St. between CPW and Columbus Ave.

S.I. has the least amount of numbered streets of all the boroughs. Most (or all) of them are in New Dorp.