Recent content by Bazarson

You would have to ask fire fighters or the FDNY as to why a company is disbanded.

That's the building I remember most from the 1960's until the move to Pitt St. in 1973, where my father Max Rutter was a chauffeur since circa 1950, who drove the pumper. Riding in the car on the cobblestones, the humming of the tires. I few stores up from the house, maybe the 2nd 1 in view, was...

Hi Bob, Your words are quite kind. We never really knew any of the guys Dad worked with, except introductions when we came to the firehouse, we knew some names, but not the faces, but your words are a true testimonial to the job he was dedicated to performing, loved, & we were always proud of...

Hi Bob, My Father was Max Rutter. He retired about the time you started. I remember him going to visit often, taking the subway, like work from Far Rockaway until we moved to Long island in 1985. His life was his family but the firehouse was his identity . He used to tell us many stories of in...