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Calls ahead of time? Not sure what that means. Are you talking about when the dispatcher advises Chief at scene of working fire how long they’ve been operating? That is done for safety reasons. With everything going on at a job the dispatcher giving a Time Benchmark is a reminder for command to...

Across the street from 90 Vanderbilt. Old vacant. Think it was a building on old bayley seton hospital grounds

Think we’ve always had plenty of fire in walls. Most don’t go to all hands today and back in day very few 10-75 given for them. Good to see that change now. With ever increasing demand caused by modern electronics Think older buildings wiring set up can’t keep up. Many people think that a...

They gave a 2nd alarm on arrival. Guess they had advanced fire. Area like that ask for more help right away due to extended lag time to get companies that far on that end of Staten Island.

Look on website 1940s NYC. Few shots of old building (possibly 255 club held there) and possibly a storage area right next to 255/157 quarters exposure 2 side. Then down block more see an Stretch of old garages. 1980,s view on same website has the old building next to 255 gone and it’s a...

Ta176 if you mean the guy from 176 front piece it looks like he might be missing screws which fasten the bottom of front piece to the helmet. The rubber strap is holding the bottom. The top of the front piece goes under the cutout on the front piece holder and that gets a screw through the top...

Covering officers write the company numbers with magic marker on white paper, medical tape or sometimes the white insert for that particular company is around especially if they’ll be UFO for a bit. Medical tape works well because it stays sticking to front piece even if it gets wet. And it...

Bike lanes, cars parked off the curb for bike lanes, renegade scooter/ebikes/ bicyclists, pedestrians that couldn’t give a damn you’re trying to turn onto a block and keep walking, street dining shanties, never ending construction on roads and buildings, pedestrian plazas, street fairs every...

Crazy!!

Rest In Peace

Looks like a nice old building. Wonder if they can recover and fix the building as it is. Or see it become another high rise apartment building

Terrible story

Very good point regarding demographic change and the amount of people packed in houses, apartments, and the streets. Many barricaded in. Add in Tons of e-bike/scooters/ lithium battery crap in just about every apartment and house and fires will happen. Work will be consistent no doubt about...

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Lot of smiles for lots of OT!! And the fire will go out when it rains heavily or runs out of stuff to burn

Wonder if Started in Chinese restaurant duct work? Would be a shocker!!

Good stuff!!

Thought they received a big bump in salary? I’m not sure. Anyone have recent salaries now? EMT after 5 years about 80K? Paramedic top at 100K?

Guessing it’s something with my phone. I’ve been able to see them before. Awesome work