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Lt. Ciampo's tower ladder book is excellent.

The main problem with an exterior line is air movement or "entrainment". That moves heat and everything else IN to the building instead of out of it. The reason a nozzleman is taught to whip the line around is so that he creates forward air movement, ideally out a window that has been vented...

No one was rescued. They self evacuated. OV had to scramble to get into the bucket, over taken by extending fire. The old opposing lines theory is not totally correct. An exterior line can certainly be used. It must be coordinated with the interior units. If FDNY Engine Ops are followed...

Ret. Fr. Frank Munafo E 249 1969-1999 https://marineparkfh.com/tribute/details/4228/Frank-Munafo/condolences.html#content-start

That article is just more cheerleading for CP by WABC. No mention of the various Vision Zero inititives that are choking traffic all over the place. Bus lanes, lanes removed, giant median pedestrian plazas, high curbs, etc. That alone is the reason times are up. Traffic has been purposely...

Capt. Shields L 42 might be the league leader in medals among active members. He has been awarded several over the years.

Tragic. The video of this attack has touched a nerve with many people in Germany, for a very different reason. It shows the officer immediately subduing the victim of the initial knife attack, an actual German. The Afghan killer stabs the officer from behind while he is pinning the victim...

Just viral thoughtlessness. One guy hears it and repeats it. Never puts a little thought into what he is saying. Thankfully the general public can’t hear the house watch call out tickets over the PA. 😉

Two Atlantic Avenue's in one boro?

Ret. FF Patrick Herlihy L 59 USMC https://www.mchoulfuneralhome.com/book-of-memories/5433252/Herlihy-Patrick/index.php

Ret. BC George Mulligan B9 Appt. 1954 FF L3, Lt. L43, Capt. L42 https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/george-mulligan-obituary?id=55169240

https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/02/06/exclusive-retired-fdny-firefighter-joseph-scaramuzzino-meets-with-the-man-he-saved-from-a-burning-building/ Awarded the Edith Goldman Medal for this rescue. Feb. 2002

Extra 1&1 for Releaf.

Start working on getting a tiller now. Look at the “City of Yes” zoning initiative. This place is going to look like Bombay in 20 years. Total 3rd world population density.

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