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Approximately when did the Red Cross canteen services stop responding to multiple alarms and was this a FDNY decision/request

Do any of the Bronx Engines carry any forestry hose?  When was the last time the BFU listed as being at 97 Engine was actually back in the Bronx? 

UNION BEACH FIRE COMMERCIAL FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER http://7online.com/news/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-union-beach-/102609/

Deeply saddened to announce after a long hard battle against cancer Dennis (ExChief84) passed away yesterday.

From Bill Noonans Collection ... Who knew BMW means Break My Windows. http://billnoonanfirefotos.smugmug.com/Other/Hose-through-carEast-Boston/38397655_x9J2CD#!i=3171639548&k=tQnjSNW

The most unforgivable oversight of TV is that her shows were not taped. This is a great story about a great woman. I was unaware of her credentials or where she is buried. Somehow I just can't see Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton, or Jessica Simpson doing what this woman (and the other USO women...

Sugar Boy came home Tuesday morning. http://www.macon.com/2012/08/01/2116807/after-62-years-sugar-boy-comes.html#storylink=cpy

Do the rear mount ladders and the tiller ladders still carry ladder pipes and the hose for it?  I have seldom seen or heard of them being used since the more wide spread use of tower ladders  When towers were first being issued they still had and used the ladder pipes but haven't heard of them...

Fire in single story frame in Glenns Estates Box Location Gildersleeve Ave & Soundview Ave If available: E96,64,94,82  L54, 47, L48fast BC3 BC20 all hands chief D6 SQ61, R3

I know that this isn't mutual aid but, I remember the bronx co. doing radio tests with Harts Island back in the late 60's - early 70's.  I know at various times besides Potters Field there was a Woman's correctional there as well as a NIKE base.  What, if anything was based there from FDNY, if...

Is the B.A.R.S. system still in service in all boro's or just a select few? Also, how many telegraph boxes are still in service, and in which boro or boro's?

While looking through the pic's from the Bronx 4th I noticed in one of the pics an EMS member scotted up.  Is this something new, or just something that has been and this is just the first time someone posted a pic of it...

Chicago Fire Department Ordered To Hire Blacks Who Alleged Discrimination Categories: Legal 02:20 pm May 13, 2011 by MARK MEMMOTT The Chicago Fire Department was told by a federal appeals court today that it must hire 111 African-Americans who successfully argued that they were discriminated...

Jan - March of 2010 had 600 all hands, and 47 multiples Jan - March of 2011 had 696 all hands, and 67 multiples that's a 16% increase in all hands, and a 42.5% increase in multiple alarms and this year they have lost the fifth man on some 60 engine companies and still talking about cutting 20...

Not sure if this should be in communications or history but here it goes.... Prior to and during at least midway into the later part of the War Years dispatchers could increment the number of alarms transmitted for an incident. When was this discontinued and is this built into any of the...

The case of a widow of an FDNY firefighter who worked at Ground Zero could set a legal precedent. Jackie Kaht Fernandez is fighting for her late husband's full pension and medical benefits. FDNY Lt. Cruz Fernandez died while swimming in Florida in 2003 from 'coal miner's lung.' The nine-time...

Underhill Ave & Lacombe Ave fire in a 1 1/2 story frame building. Approx. 17:10 If available E96,64 L54,47

FDNY is reducing 'Roster Staffed' Engines from 5 FF to 4FF as of 2/1/2011 due to the expiration of the current agreement. http://www.thebravest.com/FDNYNewsArchive/11/01/31a.htm

I wonder if someone out there might be able to help identify the model of the Cairnes Leather New Yorker I purchased (used) when I joined the first volly department I belonged to back in 1968 in the Bronx.  I had to go out to NJ to get it sized, there is no webbing inside the helmet.  Sizing was...

Address 217 Husson Ave. E96,64,89,45 l54,47 l48 fast sq61 R3 BC3