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I believe Hicksville was the home town of retired FDNY Deputy Chief Lucien Imundi. Chief Imundi was an Advanced Incident Command Instructor at the National Fire Academy back in the 1980s.

Longest, saddest, most demanding job of my career.

Huge homes on 33rd Street across the street from Fairmount Park. Engine 45, Ladder 14, Battalion 3 first due.

1957. That must have been one of the first Mack Cs covered in ice. The other rig is an American LaFrance.

The audio for this 4-11 fire has been posted on chicagoareafire.com

My town had a 75' Quint ordered from one of the REV Group companies. Late 2022 they added 15 months to the delivery time. Good friend was at their factory on a final inspection. He said they have partially assembled cabs staged in one area and partially assembled bodies staged in another...

Engine 5, Ladder 6, Battalion 11 first due from 43rd & Market Streets.

RELATED QUESTION: Did FDNY return to working the group chart after the Pandemic or are they still doing 24 on, 72 off?

Madison, Wisconsin (#1), Portland, Oregon (#2), Gilbert, Arizona (#3).

I saw on another site that Pierce has sold the third Volterra electric fire truck to the Gilbert, Arizona Fire Department.

Pennsylvania Task Force 1 has been deployed. Currently in Columbia, SC.

I was told once that they were the first FDNY Aerialscopes that were not built on Mack chassis.

Philadelphia still has 6 engine companies assigned Squrts as their front line pieces. Squrts 8, 9, 35 and 70 have the articulating booms. Water Towers 38 and 57 have the Snozzle devices.

After 34+ years in the career fire service I retired to a shore community in southern New Jersey 15 years ago. Our community has a combination department with one career company and two volunteer companies. TRIED getting involved soon after moving here. TRIED is in caps for a reason...

Engine 20, Ladder 23, Medic 1 first due from right around the corner.

I have been out since 07/07/07. Back in the day every unit had to submit a memo on New Year's Day with their total runs for the prior year broken down by Fire (non EMS) runs and EMS runs. In Philadelphia Engines, Ladders and Squad Companies respond as EMS First Responders. The memos, some...

Engine 25 was also first due at the multiple fire death job on Hartville Street. E and Allegheny was the Box. Kensington. Pretty sure the run down was E.25, E.7, E.55, E.28, L.10, TL.22, Bn.10, Bn.8, DC.2, R.1, Sq.72.

CONGRATULATIONS to Chief Jonas. Thank you for the impact you made on the fire service. Now a question. I noticed one section of the order dealing with VESTED RIGHTS RETIREMENT. Can someone explain what that is? Thank you in advance.

Terrific information Mack. Thank you very much.

Didn't the name Maverick come up in one of the famous Boston fires? Maybe a fire during World War II with a collapse that crushed an apparatus.