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I remember my father walking from Richmond Hill to Ridgewood when notified of a recall. The City was very quick to order a recall in those days because it cost nothing. There was no overtime pay.

The very quick '65 Mack pumpers, whistling down the street.

The lime green Macks from 1981 didn't have a scaling ladder but had a strange A Frame. It wasn't very popular and was replaced with an extension ladder shortly afterward.

RIP Lou. Besides being squared away, he was one of the nicest members who passed through when he was bouncing. If I recall well, I think he spent a little time with my father in Ladder 140 before he was promoted.

You have the tiller at Ladder 142 and a 2nd due box comes in at Broad Channel The unit's apparatus is a wooden aerial from the 1920's and you must sit up on a bench with no windshield for the 6-7 mile run down Crossbay Blvd. This could probably be repeated in many of the outlying ladder...

A day or so following this we ran out of 6 foot hooks at Ladder 112. The night after the blackout was very busy as well and the last fire of the tour was right before 9AM and the Boro Chief was trying to get companies back into service to keep down the overtime.

I don't see E216 either and BARB must have been very good to E210, placing them before E235.

I would think that he will get back whatever he put into his pension, which is very little compared to what he will lose.

RET. FF CONSTANTINE "STAN" GIOIA ENGINE 277 On 1/4/25. Appt to and retired Engine 277 from 1968 through 1995. Resided in West Columbia SC.

The special called trucks at 0900 hours included a truck from each of the five boroughs.

RIP Lad 731

My mother had 3 brothers and each of them rooted for a different New York team and would only drink their team's beer so she would have to buy all three brands when her family visited us.

Years ago they pulled out the second section of Engine 217 and tried to back in a rear mount. It was going to be Ladder 731. There wasn’t enough room.

The 15th Div. District Officer was on the 3rd fl. at Eng.277 before the truck came over. It had several old tImers led by a lieutenant. If you ever needed anything, they knew where to get it. Most of the offices are now at Metrotech with civilian inspectors. The 13 Div. District Office is still...

The shame of this is that one of them has nothing to lose and the other his job.