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Engine 41 was disbanded 1989, "Enhanced Engine 41" was re-organized in 1990, under completely different circumstances and community pressure prior to the other companies that were less busy and eventually became Squad Co's in 1998.

Ah, not a secret, if you came in and said you were a fireman, from anywhere, your $$ was no good, behind the bar all members of E 24 and L 5.!

Good point I like the logic...and actually I know the answer. When I was in L 5, our hangout after work was Chumley's Bar in Greenwich Village. Back in the prohibition days it was a speak easy with two exits, one entrance. On Barrow street you entered and exited through a garden, the other exit...

ON THIS DATE: AUGUST 6... 1979 I was appointed to Washington DC Fire Department... 1982 I resigned from Washington DC FD... 1982 I was appointed to FDNY... 2002 I retired from FDNY ( due to 9/11 ) ...Aug 6, I celebrate my special day!...Yee haa!

Just thinking...Nobody hitch hikes anymore, nobody snuffs out their cigs in food anymore, what happened to the tables with burnt cigarett edges?

Congrats Lebby...dedication and passion, GOD SPEED!

Ladder 5 had the famous "Hot Dog Club" back in the day...

Oh, the HUMANITY!

10-foot soft suction – This 3 ½” soft suction has 4 ½” couplings, so it can be connected directly to a hydrant. It can be bent but will straighten when charged with water and is very difficult to kink. At 10 feet long, it is the shortest hydrant connection and requires accurate positioning close...

Love ya Cap, but you're not making sense, RE: not be delayed but wait for a PD tow truck. Every ECC must know the 3 ways to hook up to an obstructed highway. Smashing windows is not one...suppose glass gets in his eye, then what?...The FDNY is the worlds best trained fire dept through practice...

The FDNY has 3 ways to circumvent a hydrant obstruction, the method shown in the video is not one of them.

My GOD, what was that ECC thinking, totally unprofessional and not focused on the mission. It is truly a WTF moment and a total embarassment t the FDNY. Something isn't proper simply because it's permissible, nor is it ethical just because it's legal. The FDNY is not in the business to teach...

Oh well, the secret is out now!

Not really, the Bronx is made up with the same types of structures whether your in E 45's area, to E 89's area to Hunts Point. H Buildings, TAXPAYER- and row frames. Same as in Brooklyn and Queens. The neighborhood make-up are all the same generally speaking.

The original design by Chief O'Hagan was to have a TL and RM assigned to every box. But of course this is/was not always possible...During the selection process, L 31 was supposed to become a RM, but the Captain (who was buddies with O'Hagan) convinced him to send L 31 a TL, and instead of L 19...

Willy, this will bring a tear to your eye...

what about the citywide Buffmobile?