9/13/22 Brooklyn 4th Alarm Box 0820
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That's because they got rid a lot of their staff and don't have the photographers or writers to chase things around like they used to!
Was it Captain Dunne who coined the motto, "Steady Lads"?
Great work but you have L122 act L156 twice, , Should be L122 act L176?
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Continued Rest in Peace Captain Dunne.
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Correct. 122 was acting 176
As someone that was exposed to a lot of the common cockloft Bushwick fires, I know what it's like to get caught with losing a few buildings at a time. Back in the day we learned to give up the fire building and go to the exposures on both sides, exp. 2 & 4, and maybe even further. The most important thing I learned was that the cockloft fires had the most irritating smoke. Maybe cause the wood was so old, maybe close to 100 years old, but that was the most important time to take a mask, because if you didn't you wouldn't last long pulling ceilings which was the only way to get ahead of the fire.
We used to carry 2 hooks on our apparatus for use if we were ordered to stretch a line into the exposure. This was before all of the extra units were assigned on the 10-75. Not that it did much good. By 1977 the firehouse was the only building left on our square block. It's tough to stay ahead of a gasoline fed fire.
I remember my first buff trip to the Bushwick area.
I got there about 11:00 am and parked the " ole buff mobile" at a local McDonalds, a favorite buff spot of mine.
I don't think I was there for 30 minutes and a job came in.
As I remember, it was on Evergreen Ave and I wasn't that far away.
I think the first two trucks were 112 and 176.
It didn't take long when the fire quickly spread across the entire cock loft, spreading over the entire block from one end to the other.
The job went to a 2nd Alarm (that was it - no more companies) and I think the next two trucks were TL 124 and L 108.
No relief companies, no fast companies either. There just wasn't enough companies available during those very busy years of heavy fire activity.
They might have operated with five, maybe six engines.
I think there's a story written about that job in "My Younger Buff Years" in the History section.
I got there about 11:00 am and parked the " ole buff mobile" at a local McDonalds, a favorite buff spot of mine.
I don't think I was there for 30 minutes and a job came in.
As I remember, it was on Evergreen Ave and I wasn't that far away.
I think the first two trucks were 112 and 176.
It didn't take long when the fire quickly spread across the entire cock loft, spreading over the entire block from one end to the other.
The job went to a 2nd Alarm (that was it - no more companies) and I think the next two trucks were TL 124 and L 108.
No relief companies, no fast companies either. There just wasn't enough companies available during those very busy years of heavy fire activity.
They might have operated with five, maybe six engines.
I think there's a story written about that job in "My Younger Buff Years" in the History section.
We used to relocate very often to 112 from the Tinhouse. This 1 day we were there, we responded to a water leak on Cooper Ave. off Central Ave.. We probably spent 15-20 minutes there trying to help the home owner to solve his problem. We told him he had to call Water Dept. to shut down water from the street. The Chauffer remained in the rig to monitor the radio. We took up from that location and headed back to 112's quarters when we stumbled across probably that 2nd alarm that you mentioned. We reported in to the Chief and he told us go into exposure 4b and check for extension there and of course it was already there. When we were taking up the chauffer responded with, "so this was why there was so much radio activity". I have to admit those war years were such a great education to make all the busy Co.'s as good as they were. Size up of a building was done before you were off the rig and you knew how to get to your position when your feet hit the ground.
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I was driving R*2 the morning of the Pine St Fire (13 bldgs) we were on Linden Blvd returning from another Run when the Box was announced ....we arrived right behind 1st Due 225/107/39......I parked off the block & when we got to the front of the bldg BC Eulukavich sp Covering in BN*39 was standing IFO the original bldg with his back to the bldg.....he told us to check both exposures for extension thru the cockloft....we all looked at him & said "it's already there Chief"......the aluminum siding covering the cockloft area already had the paint coming off it......the Fire had started in the cellar of the middle bldg & rapidly extended upstairs & thru out all the bldgs in the row.....Larry B. RIP was our Roofman & he said there was not one spot in the whole row that was not showing Fire & this was just a few minutes after arrival.
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Fire Bell have Car 4G as DAC of Admin not Operations.
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Oops Fire Bell
4G – Dep Asst Chief Admin
Fire Bell says Car 4g Chief of Staffing & Management (Administration)
Which is correct Signal.
Actually this very site says this
4G – Dep Asst Chief Admin
Fire Bell says Car 4g Chief of Staffing & Management (Administration)
Which is correct Signal.
And l imagine all that built up dust is caught up in the smoke.