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To Remember: The day the music died...

Got any good Artie tid-bits to share Cap?...

Welcome to the FDNY; you're comparing apples to oranges, a Captain is company level experience whereas BC is middle management very different perspectives. You don't just get thrown into the next rank without some sort of orientation, newly promoted FDNY Battalion Chiefs undergo an extensive...

If the act BC is a Captain, he has little experience in the role of a BC, two completely different functions.

This building had light-weight construction written all over it. Fire in basement > ding, ding, ding!

FDNY PUMPERS generally pump to only 2 handlines for that reason. When supplying a large calibre stream or providing water to a tower ladder they should be the only source alleviating the negative hydrant pressure. A third line should only be used only in Emergency Conditions AND with confirmed...

The engine apparatus should be positioned as close to the fire building as possible to reduce the time, effort and number of lengths needed for the stretch. However, consideration must be given to ladder company response and the engine apparatus should be positioned so that it will not interfere...

Hi Boss, if you think about it, why should we even be worried about a parked car on the hydrant?...The 35' yellow supply line was added to engines in the late 80's to resolve this issue. In addition, 3 ½” hose – Standard 50-foot lengths of 3 ½” hose can be used to hook up to a hydrant through...

"Black Sunday" (January 23, 2005) was one of the deadliest days in FDNY History, resulting in four firefighter deaths and severe injuries to others across two separate, 2-alarm fires in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Six firefighters were forced to jump from a fourth-story window in the Bronx after...

Happy Birthday wishes to the one and only Bob Rainey...Wishing you a day filled with joy and laughter.

There are a few other firehouses built during the same time period, still in operation with the same issue of a narrow bay door,

If you think about it, it was quite common...3 piece combination companies way back when, then TCU's, second sections and Squads, etc that filled up typical firehouses to capacity. And since almost all firehouses were built in mid-block, that made it even more congested.

Actually this firehouse was original quarters of Ladder 18 for a few months. L 18 was disbanded, E 50 a combination company took over... and the rest is history...Years later L 18 was re-organized in Manhattan.

Nigro as Asst FDNY Chief oversaw the MERGER of EMS, he was never the Chief of EMS, that is another title.

Within their own rank and file, primarily concerning severe understaffing, low pay (pay disparity with firefighters), burnout, and discrimination claims, leading to ongoing union battles, recruitment/retention problems, and even proposals to separate EMS from the FDNY to achieve better...

Not sure I understand the question...

Remember the TV show Laugh In, actor Arte Johnson played a German soldier who would peel apart a bush and say; "Interesting...very Interesting."...Applies here. But, perhaps this new commissioner will use her strength to shore up and improve EMS relations, fingers crossed, they sure could use...

Of course my fave is the 68 ALF tiller, but the runner up is a tie. You got to love all the types of Mack produced from the L series, C series, and CF, all genuinely classic beauties...but I get stuck on the fugly Pagoda Ward LaFrance Firebrand for some reason.