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Around 20 or 25 something like that

Just for clarification, how many companies are loosing the 5th man?

I know it is not an FDNY answer but December 18, 1974 Boston closed 3 single company houses, Engine 12, Engine 14, and Ladder 4 to new...

There’s been a lot throughout the history of the dept. A ton of companies were in single houses up until the 60s/70s. There’s also been...

If you have an app on your phone called Zello all the Boston channels are on there as BFD-1, BFD-2 etc

The graphics company just posted some photos of E21, you can see at least 1 aerial in the background, I think a 2nd.

The new fire house topic sparked a question. What were the latest companies to move out of single quarters to combine in a new or...

The Satellites play a major role in foam operations. Each of the 6 rigs carry over 30 -five gallon cans of foam. Most of them have cans...

That is correct. Satellites 1,2,3, and a Satellite Officer were all part of the Super Pumper System. That all changed in 1975 with...

So during that time the Satellite’s were their own company and not cross staffed by their house engines?

If the need is there the members of the Satellites, Engine Company often help other units with helping with stretches, but insure they...

Thank you all for your replies, I appreciate the info.

In the FDNY there is no hard & fast rule what the SAT ENG Company does if the SAT Rig or the Manifold is not needed but they are on the...

If the fire is still DWH usually they are not used for firefighting as there might be a chance they still might be used for satellite or...

When a satellite is assigned to a job via run cards, if the satellite isn’t utilized at that job, do the members assigned to the...