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To all the vets out there may you have a happy and healthy Veteran's Day, with many more to come.  My daughters husband was a Navy doctor. They lived in Beaufort, SC as he was stationed at the Marine Corp. Air Station in Beaufort. Outside the main gate of the base was a large billboard reading...

A lot of remembrance , where to start, I guess the beginning. Came out of the Navy 1958, did 3 years on what was called a "kiddee cruise," enlisted before 18 discharged before 21. Was fortunate that a number of civil service exams were scheduled in the coming months. Took the FDNY ,NYPD and NY...

Interesting article in Angie's List Magazine 10/16, Fast Fires.  According to research by Underwriters Laboratories three decades ago you had 17 minutes to get out of your house until the room turned to flashover (1,000 degrees), today you have 3 to 4 minutes. The factors listed are 1...

Maybe again.Had 37 years in the FDNY, many memorable, the most memorable.  Warm summer night tour 1974, 82/31. The Deputy Chief from the 6th Division came into quarters. With the chief was a photographer from Life Magazine. Dennis Smith's book "Report From Engine 82" had been out and on the best...

I do not remember if I posted this FDNY history on this site before, if so; sorry for the repeat, last time. A tribute to a great firefighter and friend, Pete Valenzano, B56 retired, now deceased. In 1985 fairly new on the staff as a DAC I was assigned to the Brooklyn Boro Command as one of the...

The first FDNY firehouse I walked into for a tour was 19 truck on March 30th,1960. Crazy but at that time myself and another 100 proby's did not have one minute of training. The training school on Welfare Island was in session with the previous class and we had to wait until they finished to...

Was reading Bx incidents and foam operation at Con Ed facility. In 1985 there was very little, if any, foam program within the FDNY. At the time I was Dep. Boro Cmdr Brooklyn, Car 7B. One of the duties of this position was LI Pipeline Coord. The LIPL Authority run the fuel supply lines from NJ...