Recent content by BritishAndy

Coming from the city which gave the world the Beatles, it is always expected that I have a Beatles story or two to share. The reality is, they were way before my time, although my late mother met them all on several occasions and even attended McCartney's 21st birthday party. My late mother...

Ladder 6 was once this beautiful 1974 Seagrave tiller and it was photographed outside quarters one day a long time ago. The British fire officer who took this picture has long since retired, but Engine 9/Ladder 6 was one of the first firehouses I stopped by on my first visit to NYC. They were...

Engine 65 operating in 1981 in their slime green American La France. I posted this image on a Facebook page a while back and was told the member in the photo is Hiram Rosas.

I once knew a senior officer from here in Liverpool who was a bit of a photo buff. He travelled to NYC in the 1970's and 80's and shot a lot of stuff, but he also traded slides with local guys. Unfortunately, no information comes with this shot of R1 members except they all look very happy!

The policy for the London Fire Brigade mostly applies to commercial premises during daytime hours. They will still respond to 'high risk/residential/sleeping risk' premises as normal such as high rise buildings, hotels, schools, hospitals etc. I think the problem stems from the volume of AFA...

Brooklyn *All Hands* Box 1581. 3400 Snyder Ave. Fire 5th floor B wing 7 story H-type 200x200

Fire out of the windows, fifth floor 3400 SNYDER AVE, MULTIPLE DWELLING A, 5FLR

Dan, you absolutely have a gift for telling stories and if you get as much pleasure of out of typing them as we do reading them, then please continue.

Just to say that today the thoughts of thousands of buffs, fire service personnel and members of the public are with you. We might be thousands of miles away across the pond, but we stand with you shoulder to shoulder as always. Never forget.

Private Dwelling @ 8 Holly Avenue, Staten Island

Haha she was great the Queen Mum, as for the rest of them.......

Dan P (JohnnyGage), I've been loving this thread since it started, even though I'm across the pond in the UK, I'm a huge FDNY buff. I listened to you on the Getting Salty podcast recently whilst taking a train journey across country and found myself getting a few glances off fellow passengers...

Thanks for the information guys

Hi guys, A bit late asking the question, but I read that this 'only' remained at a 3rd Alarm. Is the rundown different in San Diego for alarms compared to other cities? I assumed an incident of this size would warrant a few more alarms. Incidentally, stopped by San Diego last year on the way...

Our FD channels across the United Kingdom have been encrypted since around 2009, the PD went the same way a few years prior. The narrative here is simply terrorism related. Anyone listening to the radio traffic of the emergency services is clearly a criminal, terrorist or up to some sort of...