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277 Wethersfield Avenue Three story apartment building ~2125 Box 542 E1, E10, E15 L6, L2 Tac1 DC1 E8 RIT E7 Rehab DC2, C6 2301 2nd alarm E16/1, E2, E9 L4/6

The recent posting of Joe Marino’s photo of Ladder 33 in a street cage back in 1985 prompted this question. When did FDNY first use street cages for apparatus and which companies have used them/when? I’ll start the list: Ladder 33 in 1985 Engine 247 in 1988 Engine 43/Ladder 59 in late...

96-98 Wadsworth Street 3 story, ordinary, apartment building 1131 Box 354 E1, E8, E2, E5 L6, L2 Tac DC1 1134 Working Fire E15 (Rehab) DC2, C6 1138 Window bars L3

69 Gillette St 4 story apartment building - fire in 2nd floor apartment 0110 Box 63 E5, E11, E14, L5, L4, Tac1, DC2 E2 RIT E7 Rehab 0119 Second Alarm E8, E1, E15, L3

8/10/24 105 Sherbrooke Avenue 4 Story Apartment Building 1143 Box 497 E15, E9, E8 L2, L6 Tac DC1 E10 RIT E1 Rehab DC2, C6 1158 2nd Alarm E11, E5, E16 L5

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https://www.wfsb.com/2023/09/21/crews-respond-fire-affecting-apartments-barbershop-hartford/ https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/crews-battle-2-alarm-fire-on-franklin-ave-in-hartford/...

From FirefighterCloseCalls.com & Billy Goldfeder & Pulsepoint Web & Social Media Prince George’s County (Maryland) Fire/EMS Station 820 (Upper Marlboro) suffered significant damage from a fire involving apparatus. Thankfully working smoke alarms alerted 8 Firefighters in the station who escaped...

Turn Out - Winter Spring 2023 issue is now posted on the IFBA website. https://ifba.org/turnout-magazine

Firefighting has always had an alarm component. From shouts, to rattles, to pistol shots, to church bells, to steam whistles, citizen firefighters needed to be alerted. The introduction of coded signals enabled locations to be signaled. The telegraph was invented in 1838 by Samuel Morse...

The Winter/Spring 2022 edition of IFBA's Turn Out magazine is posted on the ifba.org website and is free for downloading. https://ifba.org/turnout-magazine/

Information on the joint annual convention of the IFBA (International Fire Buff Association) and SPAAMFAA (Society for the Preservation & Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America), to be held this June in Woburn, Massachusetts, is linked below...

Most people have specialized interests and passions through the course of their lives. Some individuals affiliate their interests with the fire service in general or with particular fire departments. Their interest is often expressed by supportive activities such as photography, historical...

Engine 258's patch shows their organization date as 1891, which is the year that they were organized as a career company in the Long Island City FD. How do companies determine their organization date?  By the date they became part of FDNY?; or the date they became a career company in any...

March 1st, 1964, the Bridgeport FD moved four engine companies among existing firehouses when it closed Engine 1's John Street house. Engine 1 moved to HQ on Middle St, displacing Engine 5 Engine 5 moved to lower Madison Ave, displacing Engine 4 Engine 4 moved to Maplewood St, displacing Engine...