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Back in the day, we had an interchange program. It's main purpose, whether it was a workload interchange at midnight or a scheduled every third night interchange, was to give the super busy companies a breather. Needless to say, neither the busy end nor the slower end of the interchange liked...

Rest In Peace, Jerry. Prayers for the family.

Rest in Peace, brother.

Box 415 was one of the most active ERS no contact boxes back in the day. I can still hear the bells....5-415-28. Later on it was "Manhattan to Engine 28...415 is in....check it out". Happened so often we actually had tee shirts made...."Box 415 Check it out". Then after years and years of...

I realize that's the trend nowadays...send the relocator to the job rather than the next up company. Still, I'm sitting on Merrick Blvd, they special a truck and keep us home...I'm not happy. That's why you gotta cheat...lol. Working a night tour years ago...box comes in for around the same...

FDNYstatenisland..yes. Rear tenements come with a unique set of hurdles. Access is generally straight through the ground floor hallway of the OLT on the street and out the back. The buildings are generally small, usually three or four stories. Very compact inside, small apartments just off the...

Nice pics. Portable ladder to the rear. Rear tenement....tip first. Brownstone...butt first. Little things matter. 132-105...no surprise there. Stay safe.

Totally agree. And the bigger those TLs got the tougher the turns were. Loved Fort Pitt. Great house!

Twoteamtease...Right on the money, as usual. 17/18....er....15/18 first due all up and down Baruch Drive. 110/120 is the second set in from Houston....130/140 being first....interconnected I believe above the first floor lobby. Easy first to arrive box for 28/11. Baruch Drive is a narrow...

On the lighter side..working a night tour..28 has the meal and is preparing an Italian feast. Box comes in…signal 5…engine only. Before getting on the rig, 28’s chef yells “stir the sauce”. It’s misheard and guys start yelling “second source!”. Asses and elbows, guys sliding the pole, donning...

Gotta be honest, I would have had to check the map before leaving quarters for that one.

Responded to those buildings a thousand times. Projects along Avenue D and Columbia Street. Unlike, for example, Schomborg Plaza, these were originally incinerators later converted to compactors. Can't tell you how many times we either lit up the blockage from above and waited for it to...

Prayers for the injured member.

Me…third from left with that light…lol. Probably 40 years ago.

Memorymaster....I believe you're correct. All the old assignment cards sitting in the housewatch desk drawer only went to a 5th alarm. They included responses to the fire as well as relocations. There were numerous special calls on top of the 5th but I don't recall ever actually hearing a fire...

28/11 both 2nd due at 466. Got a pic of our running board on my phone but have no idea how to post it..lol. 466 ET both in black (second due). Red woulda been first and R for 28 meant third (in reserve). Was no FAST truck when they put up the board. Stay safe.

Tiny little attached PDs. First of many jobs in there....pulled up....one occupancy is roaring...thought we'd lose the whole block. Got in 2nd to 155 and actually put my stick up three addresses down....figuring I'd "define the perimeter" as if it was a taxpayer. Give guys a way off as this...

Lt Q...He's a better man than I am...lol. Atta boy to 308's ECC.

Sorry Bud....When I used the term "critique", I wasn't implying you were being critical of the operation. Can't think of a job I ever went to where either in the kitchen afterwards, or in my head later....I didn't go over what had happened and asked myself what I could have done better. We...

Start by saying I'm not a fan of apparatus placement critique using either video or pics that don't start upon arrival. The conditions at the time of the pictures may very well be quite different from when the ECC/LCC pulled up. (and had literally 10 seconds to decide on placement). That said...