Recent content by jkal

I do NOT like the new(er) relocation policy. What brainiac thought this up. Changed 150 years of response policy.

Blue Devils, Ladder Company 59, First Due…

Wonderful Job by the Boys on Watkins St. 231 & 120, side by side for 118 years...

That was my Uncle’s gas station many decades ago. Cal‘s Service Station. It was a Texaco station back in the day.

Jack, it’s a hell hole. I believe the former baseball player, Mo Vaughn bought the complex but it is what it is. We, 120, were second due and I liked that because it was a different view for us with the TL. It is a 6 story complex with at least 6 interconnected Multiple Dwellings. I believe...

Ray was the Captain of our hockey team back in the day. We were good friends. Leaving the Rock when I was a LT in L-26 and I see him, walking back to the main building. Stop the rig and talk to him for several minutes. He is a 58/26 Alumnus. The 26 guys couldn’t believe I was able to do that...

Rear fire escape collapsed on a 4 story tenement in Brownsville about 6/7 years ago. Problem was TL-120’s OVM was on it.

A Member of Ladder Company 26 (The Fire Factory) made a "grab" in the Projects behind the Firehouse on the morning of 911. He ultimately received a Class 3 Award for his efforts. Since Medal Day was cancelled the following June, he was never afforded the opportunity to be honored for these...

Jack, My Deepest Condolences. Had a job on Westchester Ave, probably 1979. 2 story, maybe a catering/mix-occupancy. I’m 26 y/o, working in 48 Truck. Big John Braunagel, 6’5” of him, takes the 20’ hook, turns it around, and vents all the 2nd floor windows. Only time I saw it in action. Corner...

Jack, I have been in them many times when covering on Lincoln Ave, a lot as a ABC in the 39. Absolute S**hole

Donny, that's how you do it. I too, am not thrilled with this new policy of sending the relocated Truck to the job. When I was a LT in L-150 (The Hollis Hogs), we used to like getting the meal in 162's area. I was Always out Trolling, in all the Companies I worked as an Officer, just in case...

248 is a Great Shop. I spent many tours in both 248 & ABC-ing in the 41 Battalion and the Brothers treated me wonderfully. Thanks for that.

Great Brooklyn Fireman. Even though the local Trucks were always butting heads with R-2, at the end of the day, it was simplistic to me. Let’s put the fire out. RIP Richie...

Don’t forget TL-120. Their signature hallmark is positioning. If you want to work in a TL, you better get it in position. Otherwise, you could have come to the fire in a City Bus...