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You are right it is L-174 I miss typed. Sorry Guys. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

I belief is that once a 10-60 is transmitted the members at the Special Operations headquarters are notified and the members are ready to transport the pods if required within just few minutes. I believe e the Collapse Pods are already on the Pod Capable Roll-on Trucks and ready to go as soon as...

Remember FDNY also has Collapse Pods that basically supply shoring etc. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.

The use of rubber plugs. for hydrants with damaged or missing 2 1/2" outlet threads, has been ongoing in the FDNY for many years. That said, sometimes it far better to find another hydrant that is in proper working order. ALWAYS TEST THE HYDRANT BEFORE HOOKING UP. In the FDNY this may be a cause...

I do care about both people trapped in fires AND ALSO those requiring EMS. I am a former Paramedic and was an EMT for 27 years in both professional and volunteer organizations. But the proper response for EMS is an Ambulance capable of transporting a patient or patients, not a fire apparatus...

Once again what is really needed is better pay and working condition for FDNY EMS Members. Then hire more EMTs and Paramedics. To tie up more FDNY Fire resources on EMS runs is foolish and dangerous. Once again ask people trapped in a fire if EMS Runs are MORE important people being rescued or...

Later in, I believe in the late 1960 Ladder 172 was formed and quartered with E-310. In the early 1970s E-310 (Brooklyn) and E-71(South Bronx) were both assigned rigs with a 55" Squirt articulated booms on I think 1970 Mack 1,000 GPM pumpers. A great idea that Philadelphia FD still uses. But the...

As child I vividly remember FDNY vehicles like these. The photo above of the Quad behind the 1964 Ford reminds me of buffing on my bike at the Quarters of Brooklyn's Engine 310, where my friend father Fr. Fred Fitting Senior was a fireman. E-310 once had a Ward or American LaFrance open cab...

There is a real question of the effects of Salt Water due to Storm Surge during Tropical Storms, Hurricanes, or for that matter unusual high tides. on electric car battery systems. An event in Florida makes the point. A women driving a Tesla backing her vehicle down a ramp to launch her...

As a U.S. Navy Vietnam combat Veteran, I am deeply bother by anyone going over to Vietnam or doing business with the communist government that never acknowledged the loss of so many brave U.S. Servicemen and women. I will NEVER forget my brothers and sisters, lost in a war that we all knew we...

Does anyone know the know the information about the "box alarm photograph" of the fire on the Lower East Side, I was a fireman in Tower Ladder 18 at that time, and I think I am in the photograph helping to repack the hosebed. Box number? Date? etc. Also that Is a American LaFrance tractor and...

I have many of these books about the FDNY and have passed them on to my grandson who is a Philidelphia Firefighter. I also gave him 2 books Called "Busy as Hell" about the Boston Fire dept. during the Busy "War Years" Great books about a truly great fire department. In return he is lending me...

Brothers and sisters always remember just because you outside the fire building/area a collapse or other failure can still happen. A few years ago, another Chicago Firefighter was killed when a building collapsed hit a tree and the tree fell on the firefighter killing him. Last year in...

This is a fire for large caliber streams initially. I know that water supply problems are a real factor, but this fire is beyond the capabilities of handline even 2 1/2" hoseline, at first. If manpower is a factor that is even more reason for an aggressive Exterior Large Caliber Stream attack at...

Truthfully, I now remember that there is a Shipboard Firefighting Simulator is at the Rock. I worked in Manhattan for most of my career and never had Shipboard Firefighting Training in the FDNY, Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

Preconnected hand lines have their problems, if you stretch the whole thing you, may have too much hose to use it as a reconnect, effectively. If you use the preconnect as JUST a source for hose and only remove what is needed to reach the fire, that can work OK. Just make sure the...

The fact is that they are sending an Engine Company anytime a person says anything that seem to be a problem. FDNY Engines are responding to people passed out drunk on the street, people with minor medical problems such as a broken finger, or an under-control asthma attack. the problem is that...

The real answer is give EMS, EMTs and Paramedics More Money so they stay. Also, more money will attract more people to join FDNY EMS. What is needed is more ambulances both BLS and ALS. A fly car that can't transport patients is not the answer. The idea sending FDNY Ladder companies will not...