Recent content by entropychaser

Acoustic fire suppression was investigated by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 15 years ago. Ten years ago an acoustic extinguisher similar to a subwoofer was built. As noted, the principle is to block combustion by pushing oxygen molecules away from fuel. Attempting...

This was a great look back. I think this was before the era of FDNY 10-signals. You certainly would have heard the All-Hands 7-5 signal on the primary and secondary bell circuits.

Certainly the old days. Taking a feed....hanging out a window looking for some air... Sitting on the back step with mild carbon monoxide poisoning....glassy eyed...moving slowly...puking....pasted! Spend the rest of the afternoon coughing sludge out of your lungs.....taking recoup time (Take...

For those who may have forgotten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Harlem_mosque_incident Then we have Bill Ayers: close friend of President Obama, Columbia University graduate (of course), founder of the Weather Underground, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and implicated (but never...

You mean to tell me that 79/37 and the two-seven don't even get a mark for the run, much less credit for a first due job?

This former GM plant is one of the largest automotive-glass manufacturing operations in the world. They supply their products to GM, Ford, BMW, and Honda. Car production disruption extent is unknown at this time (companies won't comment). This Chinese owned plant employed 3,000 workers and was...

I realize it's only a block, 30 seconds, or so, but; Rescue was "assigned" and 27 Truck was first due. Seems like in the old days the CO would turn out Rescue for something nearby that sounded like work. This would have been in the era of Rescue going on the 7-5 Signal with the Deputy.

Money or jealousy ?

Thank guys! That , of course, raises the question; how many "normally assigned" boxes does Rescue 3 have and how is that determined? Seems reasonable to assign them to any box where they are closer than the first due engine- they are the neighborhood firehouse. I remember when Rescue 3 was on...

Is Rescue 3 first due here? Did they have to wait for the 10-75?

So what is the correct ventilation tactic for a fire on the ground floor extending to an occupied second floor? Do you open the apparatus doors if they're still operable?

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/03/18/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-charged-hit-and-run-crash-killed-sheriffs-deputy

In Ken Little's book on the history of Chicago firehouses- Quoting a neighbor 0f Engine Company 99 (built 1904) 3042 South Kedvale Avenue..... "I've lived here for twenty-five years and we've had only two fires in this block, and both have been in the fire house."

The NTSB has stated that all runway lighting systems were working properly. This means the Runway Entrance Lights were displaying correctly. The REL's are a string of high intensity lights installed in the centerline of all taxiways leading onto a runway. They either show red or green and...