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  1. grumpy grizzly

    Commissioner Sounds Alarm On EMS

    Just submit Chicago in place of New York. Several ambulances are doing 8000 runs yearly.
  2. grumpy grizzly

    3/4/25 Boston MA Box 1919

    I went to the Boston Fire Historical Society page, under the alarm section I found a series of maps/box locations from 1983. No 1900 though.
  3. grumpy grizzly

    3/4/25 Boston MA Box 1919

    listings for the 1900 boxes?
  4. grumpy grizzly

    9-11 WALL VANDALIZED.

    Come on, give some of old geezers some credit!
  5. grumpy grizzly

    Lynn MA 6 alarms (delayed)

    Friday night Lynn firefighters fought a six alarm fire in an apartment building with extension to an Evangelican church in typical New England winter conditions.
  6. grumpy grizzly

    Boston 3-6168 (delayed)

    Boston had a third alarm this morning for a fire in a 3 decker @ 151 Saratoga Street.
  7. grumpy grizzly

    Boston 2024 runs total, unofficial

    Unofficial BFD 2024 totals. Busiest engine, E-14 4394, ladder L-4 5559*, busiest house E-14/L-4 9953. Slowest engine E-49 788, slowest ladder L-21 1023, slowest house E-56/L-21 1930. R-1 1971, R-2 2613. * busiest company in the city, again. Companies alternate ems runs monthly.
  8. grumpy grizzly

    Chicago 2024 runs preliminary figures

    There is a FB page for Second Battalion CFD that has a listing for all the front line companies, ambulances and chief officers. It is 7 pages long and has fire, ems, and total figures.
  9. grumpy grizzly

    Chicago 2024 runs preliminary figures

    Chicago company runs for 2024: Busiest Engine, E-122 6065 total, fire related E-63 2234, ems E-122 3850 runs. Truck Companies, T-49 5544 runs, fire related T-34 3201, ems T-29 3281. Slowest companies: E-104 232 total, 122 fire related, and 110 ems runs. Slowest truck T-61 391 total, 276 fire...
  10. grumpy grizzly

    Chicago snorkels

    Chicago, the birthplace of the snorkel has none of its 54' Rosenbauer units in service. 3 out of the 4 units are OOS. Squad 7 @ O'Hare still has theirs but that is a FAA purchase
  11. grumpy grizzly

    Boston 3-2443 (delayed)

    Box 2443 for a fire @ 205 Boylston in a 3.5 story wood frame. Info from Box 52 FB page. Box transmitted @ 2310 on 2/1.
  12. grumpy grizzly

    Small plane crash in Philadelphia @ Roosevelt Mall.

    Fox news is reporting several fatalities. NYC Fire Wire is reporting it was an Air Ambulance on FB.
  13. grumpy grizzly

    Small plane crash in Philadelphia @ Roosevelt Mall.

    Fox news is showing the results of a small plane crash in Philadelphia.
  14. grumpy grizzly

    1/29/2025 Washington DC Plane in the Water

    When we returned from a FAC mission to Phu Bai Combat Base we always kept our heads on a swivel for helicopters. Medevacs, gunships responding on a priority mission, even with a control tower of sorts.
  15. grumpy grizzly

    1/29/2025 Washington DC Plane in the Water

    Black Hawk is equipped with some sort of recording device according to NTSB board member on CNN.
  16. grumpy grizzly

    Cambridge MA building fire ((delayed)

    Cambridge firefighters battled a 3-alarm fire in a multi story mixed business and residential building this morning. Fire location was the 300 block of Broadway.
  17. grumpy grizzly

    1/29/2025 Washington DC Plane in the Water

    Thank you for clearing up my inaccurate information. Shut off was the wrong useage.
  18. grumpy grizzly

    1/29/2025 Washington DC Plane in the Water

    They had a former pilot on the Today show this morning. He mentioned that the collision advoidence systems shut off below 1000 feet
  19. grumpy grizzly

    1/24/25 Brooklyn 2nd Alarm Box 675

    Trying to keep my Ops Guide current for alarm assignments, what are all the special units and BC's assignments. Thanx.
  20. grumpy grizzly

    Quincy MA house fire

    E-20 to the fire, L-7 cover QL-5.
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