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Looks like it ran 4-5 stories. So much for being a "Fire Resistive" building.

Many older cities had their own threads as they were developed before National Standard became a thing. I think after the Great Baltimore Fire was the turning point where the need to standardize was identified. In Westchester, there's National Standard, NY Corp and FDNY plus a few other odd...

The Collapse Rescues are getting up there in age but that would only be 5. Rescues and Haz Mat all have new rigs. Maybe bigger rigs for the SOC Support Ladders? Otherwise, maybe it's something for EMS.

And to think, my most surreal moment was watching a homeless man piss off the sidewalk onto 5th Ave at 42nd Street in broad daylight. Must have been a victim of Mrs. Deblasio's billion-dollar mental health heist.

Interesting. Keep in mind that while the building was vacant, the initial dispatch reports stated people were trapped. I'm sure it's a fairly common occurrence in Baltimore. It's also worth noting that they were in the process of pulling the crews out when the collapse occurred and that it took...

The FDNY does a much better job of documenting their jobs by tracking and publishing not just run numbers but also All Hands fires. Take the Li-Ion battery fires over the past year or so for example. In the past some of the smaller e-bike fires probably wouldn't have made it to the board here...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520_Sedgwick_Avenue 1520 Sedgewick Ave - "The Birthplace of Hip Hop"

The BlitzFire's max out around 500 gpm. It's good for a quick knockdown if you have a lot of fire showing in a small area but not so great for a surround and drown operation. I see a lot of jobs putting them on the end of larger diameter (2.5"/3") preconnects. It allows the chauffer to pull it...

I saw a news clip of the fire where they were spraying down a 55-gallon drum that was smoking outside of the building. I assume that's what they put the batteries into until hazmat could deal with them.

I wonder how rare it is to end up in a spare that was originally your company's rig.

Unrelated to the incident, but does anyone know what the bay labeled "Storehouse" was used for at 227's quarters?

Up until a few years ago, blue lights were strictly limited by NYS law to volunteer firefighters even though many emergency vehicles had them anyway. I think the state changed the law to allow them on emergency vehicles a few years back. There's been a push recently on rethinking warning lights...

I wonder if it they were spec'd out by 2 different groups. I would imagine members of the Rescue's spec out the Rescues and members of the Haz Mat gets a say in their rig but that's just a guess.

https://galleries.ferrarafire.com/2022/In-Process-Trucks/Ferrara/2022FerraraDirectHazmatNYH-6419 Came across this gallery on Ferrara's production site.

Foam has a limited impact if any on a Li-Ion battery fire. What is occurring is essentially a chemical reaction within the battery called thermal run away where the battery rapidly overheats and ignites. I should also add that the smoke is significantly more toxic than most carbon-based...

Back in the fall of last year, Nassau and Suffolk sent swift water assets up to Westchester during Tropical Storm Ida. They staged at the Westchester Fire Training Center in Valhalla. I'm not sure if they were deployed into the field. On the flip side, Westchester sent fire suppression and...

I recall hearing that the FDNY boats were purchased with Federal funding that stipulated that it be available for mutual aid from something like Maine to DC.

Were FDNY companies initially sent for a reported smoke condition in the station or an active shooter? I’ve seen conflicting statements. Either way it drives home the point to never treat a call as “routine.”

There are 3 main types of threads for fire hose: NY Corp, FDNY and National Standard. Alot of it goes back to the 1800's and early 1900's when there was no standardization. Nowadays its usually addressed in the building code. NYC requires FDNY threads on hydrants and standpipes. Yonkers...

Did the vols turn out?