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Mike Colon has returned with his live podcast (MC's Audio) featuring the FDNY, NYPD, FDNY/EMS, New Haven Ct FD, etc. Mike was hired as a firefighter in East Haven, Ct and had to take a leave of absence due to his new job training at the New Haven Regional Fire Recruit Training Academy and a new...

Yes "JohnnyGage", they were special times back then and many members here have contributed their stories, photos, and videos of how it was back in those FDNY WAR YEARS. Years that started in the 1960s, went into the 1970s and even into the 1980s. Unbelievable times of lives saved and lives lost...

Today September 25, 2025, we congratulate FDNY's newest probationary firefighters Class 2 - 2025. We wish them ALL a Safe and Rewarding Career as they have now become members of the BRAVEST. Here is the entire video of today's graduation ceremony.

I would like to pass on to you a little history on FDNY's 59th Battalion which has been passed on to us by Retired FDNY Dispatcher Herb Eysser - UAF Staff. The 59 Battalion was OPENED and CLOSED Twice within a TWENTY-YEAR PERIOD. The first 59 Battalion was organized in the quarters of Engine...

Congratulations to ALL of the graduating Probationary FDNY Firefighters, including my friend "Lebby". I wish them ALL a SAFE and Rewarding Career, all "323" of you - as I counted your FDNY Probationary Firefighters Class of 2025 Thank you Chief "68jk09" for posting the entire list for us...

Yes, that is TRUE Ray. I lost 110 pounds. I peeked out maybe around the year 2000 at 295lbs My goal was to lose 2lbs. a month by cutting back on all the extra goodies, although once a week I allowed myself some treats like ice cream, cake, pie, etc. By September 2014 I was down to 255 lbs...

THANK YOU "raybrag" for posting that GREAT PHOTO of the FDNY CLASS 2 of 2025. ALL THE BEST GUYS. P.S. - Who's the guy at the very top with no helmet or gear on? Looks like a Fake Willy D to me.

Today, September 23, 2025 is a very special day for one of our members of this website. It began on Tuesday May 27th, the day after Memorial Day, 2025 - eighteen (18) weeks ago I would like to pass on to our membership that "Lebby" is now a member of the New York City's BRAVEST. Yes, that of...

Excellent photos "ScottBerliner". Thank you for sharing them with all of us here.

Remembering the Chelsea, Ma. conflagration of 1973 note - video gets clearer after first 2 minutes or so.

Here singer Debby Boone who is now 68 years old. Singer Debby Boone is still performing live shows. She is the daughter of singer and former TV host Pat Boone who is still around at 91 years old. Here is her hit song from 1977 "You light up my life". Do you remember it.

From Herb Eysser - UFA Staff. As of September 18, 2025, New Seagrave 75' Tower Ladders have been assigned to: Tower Ladder 1 Tower Ladder 18 Tower Ladder 152 ALSO - Ladder Co 151 is about to receive their new Tractor-Trailer Tiller Rig which will replace a 2012 Ferrara Ream Mount. Note - The...

We all make mistakes. The correction has been made. Let's move on

"BISKET721", you could be 100 % correct. I just posted what I got when I did a goggle search.

Detailed Greater Alarm Activity from Retired FDNY Dispatcher Herb Eysser - UFA Staff August 8 - Bronx - 2nd Alarm - 2260 Bronx Park East - 6 Bk Residential August 10 - Queens - 4th Alarm - 114-42 Sutphin Blvd - 2 Bk Mixed Occupancy August 11 - Bronx - 2nd Alarm - 1700 Crotona Park East - 6 Bk...

That Manhattan dispatcher's name is John Lightsey who worked 9/11 at the Manhattan Communications Center in Central Park. He was the first voice to respond to the call from Battalion 1, which reported a plane crash into the North Tower - transmit a second alarm. When that happened, John...

Happy Birthday Declan, aka "IRISH". Declan has a strong interest in both the Dublin Fire Department and the FDNY "Dec"., thank you for your contributions to everyone and to those fire departments as well. Dan, "JohnnyGage" the picture is perfect for Dec's birthday. I wonder how many of us here...

North Haven Firefighter John Bysko Jr of Old Lyme, Ct passed away suddenly on August 31, '25 at 47 years old. He became a junior member of the Old Lyme Fire Department when he was 15 years old, a senior member in 1997, as well as becoming an emergency medical technician when he was 17. He...

Thank you, Glenn, for your excellent zoom presentation on Tuesday evening September 2, '25 featuring your 50 years of buffing and photographing the FDNY. You were able to share with us photos of the FDNY during their busiest years called the FDNY WAR YEARS. Your photos were featured in...

Yes, this job has been posted twice, both seem to be at the same time. Members here are thankful and enjoy reading about them, including myself. If something gets posted twice it's NOT something that we should lose any sleep over. When I do the monthly Fire Activity Report, if I see the same...