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About a year ago I passed the 44 EMS station which was our old firehouse. They had rigs parked in the middle of Rockaway Ave and a...

My 20 years in 176 we always had a 100 Ft. aerial. When Capt. Vigiano was assigned the Co. he asked the chauffeurs if the 125 Ft. aerial...

Boy did I open a can of worms which was all about a typo. I knew a few guys at 307-154. My fellow car pool buddy from Proby School at...

Firehouse is 25 Rockaway Ave.

Checked nyfd.com and checked history of all units, L—145 never used, most likely a typo.

I just read on D.O. #39 that a retired member, FF Thomas George passed away from L 145. I don't remember that Co., but he retired in 73...

I can just see the theft of batteries on the rise. Common sense is the big problem here. Leaving batteries at a Firehouse, and Co...

In the blackout in July of 1977 a 10th Alarm was transmitted for Knickerbocker & Bleeker. Although route cards only went to a 5th, Guess...

My son-in-law has a Fryer and the Turkey comes out moist and makes me almost like Turkey.

When I was working Turkey fryers weren't invented yet.

Usually the oven would contain the fire, unless some genus opens the door to the oven and runs out of the kitchen. Thanksgiving turkeys...

Now that sounds like a good old food on the stove extending to the cabinets above. I guess the bacon was over done.

Another oven fire. In my 24 years responding as a FF we only had food on the stove. Now its food in the oven.

10-26 is food on the stove not in it.

Did they leave the rig outside and he parked that in Qtrs.? Not too many parking spots that big in the City.