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    Changes in the FDNY

    https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=FDNY%20comparing%2060%E2%80%99s,70%E2%80%99s%20and%2080%E2%80%99s&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:1c049604,vid:JMuJH73TO1c,st:0 Saw this story about changes throughout the years. I’ve been out for 24 yrs and I know the job isn’t the same. I’m curious as...
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    10/17/25 Queens All Hands Box 6038

    https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/18/lithium-ion-battery-fire-breaks-out-in-queens-e-bike-shop-again/ Learning the hard way,, Sometimes you can’t fix stupid😜
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    10/17/25 Brooklyn Barge Fire Box 1422

    https://maps.app.goo.gl/gvmx6CXctUHkyRF46?g_st=ipc My mistake when it stated in the Gowanus Canal I didn’t check the address. This barge was not in the canal as I knew it, canal started around 20th Street runs along 2nd Ave. Completely different alarm assignment, 😞 my bad.
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    10/17/25 Brooklyn Barge Fire Box 1422

    How about E202 &L101, E239 and E220 lot of companies before E201 and L109. Not to mention E204 😢 Just checked E202 and L 122 relocate to S.I.
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    PROBY APPOINTMENTS OR ASSIGNMENTS .

    More problems with political correctness https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/terminated-fire-cadets-accuse-fdny-of-bait-and-switch/6402945/
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    FDNY Vetting

    It used to be tough, I remember I had to go to City hall and pay a parking ticket before my appointment. The funny part was since my father and share the same first name and the car was registered in his name, he never payed the ticket since I actually got the ticket. It was two years old I...
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    9/27/25 Brooklyn 10-75 Box 1182

    https://abc7ny.com/post/several-left-homeless-apartment-fire-brooklyn/17894760/
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    PROBY APPOINTMENTS OR ASSIGNMENTS .

    No Truck Companies? Is the job loading up Engines for a reason besides filling the openings?
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    9/17/25 Brooklyn 5th Alarm Box 1387

    Worked at TL 131 many years before these buildings went to artist use. When they were warehouses we always went in cautiously due to maze conditions. I can only imagine how the floors were divided up into studios and offices as CIDS stated use search ropes! Heavy timber! These buildings have...
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    9/14/25 Brooklyn *ALL HANDS* Box 1324

    TL- 131. Should be first due 🤔
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    9/4/25 Staten Island 3rd Alarm Box 547

    When you have 11 Truck Companies working. a 20 x 40 detached house fire and have to backfill the empty houses anybody is available especially from outer boroughs.
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    8/23/25 Brooklyn All Hands Box 0507

    That was my first fire when I was a proby in TL 131. We were 2nd due then, Columbia and Kane was the box, it was a 4 story Old Law Tenament on the water side of Columbia St. I remember we had to go back later that night for another fire at same building. Being told there are no such thing as a...
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    8/6/25 Brooklyn All Hands Box 0491

    next to the Manhattan Bridge. Tight streets down there. https://maps.app.goo.gl/FmZrUspv4h4NEeSR9?g_st=ipc
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    Least we forget

    Timmy Stackpole remembered, this just popped up on my memories. Thought i would pass it along,story and memory should never be forgotten. Timmy was a hero in life and death and forever in the hearts of all who serve.
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    Good news for NY Firefighters

    a politician who cares, sometimes hard to find https://qns.com/2025/07/pheffer-amato-fdny-legislation/Pheffer Amato passes legislation on behalf of the FDNY, volunteer firefighters, EMTs and paramedics – QNS
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    7/22/25 Brooklyn 10-75 Box 3409

    D-5? Big fingers= D-8?
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    ANOTHER WAR YEARS VET PASSES.

    Sorry to hear the bad news. Greg was well known in the Marine Park neighborhood, ( Lad 147, BC 33, DC 13). Quiet but respected by all. His loss along with Lts. Pat Ward, Jimmy Cooney in the last year makes a big hole in the old neighborhood.
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    Scary happenings

    https://abc7ny.com/post/driver-arrested-nypd-discovers-75-gallons-gasoline-10-diesel-inside-van-manhattan-nyc/17154624/Driver arrested after NYPD discovers 75 gallons of gasoline, 10 gallons of diesel inside van in Manhattan, NYC - ABC7 New York
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    Scary happenings

    https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6YeLwwo/ 72 propane tanks and approximately 26 gallons of gasoline/diesel fuel Confiscated. FDNY was called after strong Oder of gas from truck. Driver threw keys away and FD forced open doors for Oder of Gas!
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    Retired NYC employees sue to block new ‘inferior’ Medicare coverage

    statement is BS With the line ‘At this time’ After election all bets are off! https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/438-25/mayor-adams-on-future-medicare-advantageMayor Adams’ Statement On Future Of Medicare Advantage | City of New York
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