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I could never understand why the next generation of fire dept facilities never included underground parking.

Another thought was positioning the TL on an incline. You positioned the apparatus so that if the bucket was extended, and the aparatus slipped, the bucket would move away from the fire building.

Good story TA, as a LCC in L 5, we ran with L 20, and to your point, the LOFT structure was a whole other animal from an engine and truck standpoint.

As a LCC in Manhattan, if nothing was showing for a large building, perhaps 100' long, I'd stop within the first 25'. You can usually always pull forward if something appears, but forget about backing up. Lining up a building with a tiller, rearmount and TL were three unique tactics, also if...

(1982) Everyone, and I mean everyone, feared the Captain who ran the proby school, Captain Saccomanno. Captain Saccomanno had a lean wiry build, he wore aviator glasses and his uniform impeccable. Although not very tall, his shadow was ten feet tall. He walked with a purpose and when he did, all...

FF Rich Saccomanno on the nob for iconic WNYF photo of parapet collapse, 1968.

AC of Training and former member of E 88 RICHARD SACCOMANNO has died. Funeral arrangement at Yorktown Funeral Home. Viewing Friday, March 24 from 2PM-8PM.

SNIPER FIRE I was hired in the summer of 1982 and assigned to E 88. For the most part the FDNY War Years of unprecedented fire duty was considered to be over. Yet, many neighborhoods of the city were still experiencing consistent fire duty, certainly not the amount like the War Years but...

TO REMEMBER; 1988 SUPER BOWL Today a bunch of us from L 112 and E 277 took the subway to FDNY Headquarters on Livingston Street in downtown Brooklyn to protest the planned and deceitful closing of Brooklyn’s ‘Tin House’ E 232 and L 176. There are over six thousand off duty firefighters...

I'm sure there was a lot of thought that went into this change, I think the color scheme may give off more of a friendlier appearance given the turbulent times we now know. I'm waiting for the NYPD to change their uniform from the navy blue that Giuliani implemented to "enhancde authority."

The spearhead that started it all.

GOOD TIMES WITH DENNIS and MEL HAZEL (L 31)

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