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Video filmed in 1962 ride along with Engine 162 (no audio)

Mr Grizzly -This one's for you The Boston Fire Department - the good, the bad, and the sad. Remembering my Boston sparking (buffing) days from the parking lot of the Ho Jo's Restaurant on Mass Ave near Engine 43/Ladder 20 To you from Willy D (NFD2004)

Here we take a look back at the State of Connecticut's Capital City - Hartford, Ct

The following FDNY Ladder Companies have received New Apparatus in recent months. All Seagrave Apparatus. List as of March 25, 2026 From Herb Eysser - UFA Staff Ladder 1 - Tower Ladder 75' Ladder 9 - Tower Ladder 95' Ladder 18 - Tower Ladder 75' Ladder 19 - Rear Mount 100' Ladder 34 - Tiller...

A few of the members here have been discussing the FDNY days of the 2nd Sections, the TCUs (Tactical Control Units) and the Tin House. It was a very busy time for the FDNY often referred to as "The War Years". As a buff starting out in 1968 (See topic - "My Younger Buff Years" in the History...

From Herb Eysser - UFA Staff Winter in New York - Three Month Multiple Alarm Comparison Last Winter - vs - This Winter December 2024 - 13 December 2025 - 29 January 2025 - 22 January 2026 - 26 February 2025 - 16 February 2026 -...

January 2026 Fire Activity: Staten Island: 1/2 - 2nd Alarm - Box 1558 1/30 - 3rd Alarm - Box 3275 1/31 - 3rd Alarm - Box 0188 Queens: 1/5 - 2nd Alarm - Box 2217 1/6 - 5th Alarm - Box 4037 1/17 - 3rd Alarm - Box 4085 1/19 - 2nd Alarm - Box 4400 1/20 - 2nd Alarm - Box 8551 1/22 - 2nd Alarm - Box...

Total yearly Fire Activity for 2025 Staten Island All Hands Fires - 92 2nd Alarms - 9 3rd Alarms - 3 4th Alarms - 0 5th Alarms - 0 Queens All Hands Fires - 520 2nd Alarms - 27 3rd Alarms - 9 4th Alarms - 3 5th Alarms - 0 Manhattan All Hands Fires - 288 2nd Alarms - 15 3rd Alarms - 5 4th...

I'd like to just take a moment to say, "THANK YOU" to "Capttomo" for posting all those pictures of firehouses, along with the companies, their nicknames, patches, locations, maps, and closest box number. For me there is an entire collection of some of my favorite buffing/firehouse areas when I...

Well, it's the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year", with Santa Clause here in the Macy's New York City Thanksgiving Day Parade '25. Time to do the Christmas shopping, wrapping the presents, decorating the tree, singing your favorite Christmas songs, with all of us getting ready for Santa to...

Here is an interview with FDNY Commissioner Robert Tucker which took place November 17, '25. The interview was conducted by Mike Colon of MC's Audio. It is titled - Episode 385: The Best of the Bravest: FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker (Volume 79) The total interview last about 1 hour and...

Today November 11, 2025 we honor our U.S. Military Veterans. We say THANK YOU to all of those who have served our country. Please take a moment to view this video and let us Never Forget - FREEDOM IS NOT FREE"

Halloween 2025 Do you remember this. Or how about this. They sure were some great times. Let's never forget them.

I was asked by one of our members to pass this very interesting article onto the membership. It is an article from www.firehouse.com which features Josh Raeban and Tom Bendick assigned to FDNY's Fire Academy with remote tactical training...

FDNY's fireboat "The Firefighter" which had been restored and docked at the Mystic Seaport Musuem in Mystic, Ct needs a new home. The Firefighter, the most decorated fireboat in the world is on the hunt for a new home. It has been owned by the non-profit group "Fireboat Firefighter Musuem"...

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...

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...

For those of you who enjoyed those Doo Wop and Motown music days there's a place you can go and watch the late Jerry Butler's Doo Wop 50 and Doo Wop 51 Shows that played on PBS TV many, many, years ago. Yes, there is an entire series that gives you the GREAT Performers of those music days...