Recent content by raybrag

The following message was transmitted over LA County FD's dispatch system yesterday, July 11: LACoFD final dispatch for Johnny Gage Final Dispatch: End of Watch LACoFD Dispatch: "Dispatcher to Squad 51... Firefighter/Paramedic John Roderick 'Johnny' Gage." (Pause for radio silence) LACoFD...

From WTKR-TV: "A building at the Hampton/NASA Steam Plant caught fire early Thursday morning, according to the Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue. Crews responded to a call for a fire in the debris pit of the steam plant at around 1:00 a.m. When they arrived, they found a heavy fire inside the...

And his name was Ahab. ;)

From the FDNY Facebook page: "Just before 5 a.m. Sunday, FDNY Marine 2 and Marine 4 responded to Eastchester Bay in the Bronx after receiving reports of a vessel with multiple people on board taking on water and sinking. Marine 4 arrived within minutes and located a partially submerged 30-foot...

I think Chief JK will forgive me.:eek:

From the FDNY Facebook page: "While returning home from the EMS Academy late on the night of June 29, Probationary EMS Trainee Juan Osorno Garces came upon a multi-vehicle collision involving an overturned bus on the Long Island Expressway in Queens. He was there before any first responders had...

Trying to be fair . . . A post from Roger Walker on Facebook: "I’ve seen a lot of speculation and misinformation surrounding this fire, so I’d like to offer some perspective. Anyone who knows me knows I worked at People’s Cartage for about four years. This is not simply another industrial...

At the risk of being called a conspiracy theorist (perhaps for good reason) I can't help but wonder if there's a well-hidden reason for all of these warehouse megafires. Carefully disguised arson? Deliberate actions to enhance the burns? Anybody else think it's strange?

https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/parkersburg-warehouse-fire-sends-smoke-10-000-feet-into-air/article_640d1c5a-6270-4f3e-a208-514a0946c1fa.html https://www.wtap.com/2026/07/05/wood-county-sheriff-hard-perimeter-around-parkersburg-warehouse-fire/...

A belated Happy Anniversary to retired Albemarle FD Battalion Chief Steve Elliott (fltpara16) and his lovely wife who celebrated their 36th wedding Anniversary this past week. Hurry up, Steve . . . if you're going to catch me. Kay and I will have been married for 59 years on Sept 8.