5/7/26 Staten Island 3rd Alarm Box 8132

Having worked for over 20 years in FDNY in busy Tower Ladders the photograph (Above) is one of the few I ever saw a Tower Ladder bucket placed inside a doorway. The only other time I ever heard of it was a story by FDNY Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn about a Tower Ladder being positioned inside an Armory to extinguish fire in the roof and cockloft above the rig. Not generally a good idea to place any rig inside the fire building, but there is an exception to everything in the fire service. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
 
Peopel throw lithium ion batteries away in their recycling and soetimes it ignites in the recycling plants. A big problem for those plants.
 
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