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Did Chief Cordasco just come to town on the back of a melon truck? When I have to call customer service I always tell them that I...

Looks like each alarm was struck out on the orders of a different officer. I've got an old Boston audio tape from the 1980's arson...

My best friend joined the Navy in the late 1960's. While in Basic Training at Great Lakes one time he rode with the world famous Snorkel...

Is this any different than the pressure a probie is under when he "gets in the sink" at 210 back in the day?

Looks like streetfighting has become a lost art with the PD. I'm confused. Is this an example of cowardice or was the Lieutenant the...

Engine 64 opened in 1908, Engine 63 opened in 1908, and Ladder 47 in .1913 Some architects doing FDNY houses at that time (courtesy of...

After the departure of the volunteers and before the arrival of the internal combustion engine, municipal fire houses were much the...

If you're in London, you can use Geographers' A-Z London Street Atlas You will find: - The LFB Paddington Station in the old 'A'...

I use the definitive "American Fire Services 1983"- 600 pages, 80 maps. Over the decades I have used my copy so many times that the...

-The credo of the United States Army Medevac helicopter crews who operated in Vietnam between May 1962 and March 1973. All volunteer...

John J. Weisberger was mentioned frequently in the old fire buff column in Fire Engineering in the 1960's. In the late 1970's, Harvey...

You've probably been up all night wondering what happened to Squad 23 in the list of the squads employed by FDNY during WWII. With...

Engine 30 of the Detroit Fire Department was placed in service on October 15, 1908 at Steam Fire Engine Co No. 2' s old quarters on...

Oh No! They've closed the Eastex Freeway. How are the cartel drug mules gonna get to Chicago?