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September, 2024 Fire Activity Report From Herb Eysser - UFA STAFF. Sept 3 - Queens - 5th Alarm - 150-05 Liberty Ave - 2 Bk Tire Warehouse Sept 3 - Brooklyn - 2nd Alarm - 244 Bainbridge Ave - 4 Bk Residential Sept 9 - Bronx - 2nd Alarm - 1881 Harrison Ave - 2 1/2 Frame Vacant Residential Sept...

He is now 84 years old and still singing at live concerts. I'm talking about Tom Jones. Here he is singing one of his greatest hits - "It's Not Unusual" at the Mohegan Sun arena on September 5, 2024. This song was released in February, 1965. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXwJmhAsXm0

There are a couple of members on this web site who either are currently or retired dispatchers. I know "Atlas" is a retired citywide supervising dispatcher and I'm sure he would be willing to help you if you send him a personnel message through this site. And then there's another great guy...

September, 2024 Fire Activity: Staten Island: No Multiple Alarm Activity Queens: 9/3 - 5th Alarm - Box 6066 9/17 - 2nd Alarm - Box 5155 Manhattan: No Multiple Alarm Activity Brooklyn: 9/3 - 2nd Alarm - Box 0889 9/15 - 2nd Alarm - Box 1442 Bronx: 9/9 - 2nd Alarm - Box 2992 9/22 - 2nd Alarm -...

Thanks Mike, aka "mikeindabronx", I will add this to my collection of those busy FDNY War Years books

Members and Visitors to this web site. FDNY is of course the main focus of this web site and I think most of us would agree on that. But once in awhile, Fire Books come out on various departments and there may be some individuals interesting in purchasing them. Well, I'd like to introduce you...

"Fire department where's the fire" ? No CAD system in those days. Those FDNY dispatchers had to get all the information right Plus the street corner pull boxes coming in Remember - Nobody goes until those dispatchers send them

August, 2024 Official Number Of Greater Alarms Report from Retired FDNY Dispatcher Herb Eysser. August 1 -Manhattan - 2nd Alarm - 72 Allen St - 4 bk mixed occupancy August 3 - Queens - 5th Alarm - 88-21 Frances Lewis Blvd - 2 bk residential 7 buildings leveled August 9 - Manhattan - 2nd alarm -...

Also a part of that same FDNY 1968 class is this site member "Lt Q". Another great guy who I believe started out being assigned to Engine 5 on the lower East Side. He also worked in Brooklyn, including being promoted to Lt and working in the very, very busy Ladder 112 during the height of the...

Let me also remind our members that "jbendick" and his son Tommie started this web site. "jbendick" worked some of the busiest FDNY companies during the very busy FDNY War Years. Starting at Engine 96, then Squad 2, Engine 75, Lt Engine 68, and Captain at Engine 23 His son Tommie as well...

Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPHnadJ-0hE

One of our members here brought up a very good point about tonight, September 10th having a National Presidential Debate on the night before the 23rd Anniversary of the Attack On America - September 11th, 2001. The point he brought up was that the headline news story will be the day after a...

What a mess

He was nicknamed "The Polish Prince". He had his own TV Show called; The Bobby Vinton Show". He had many musical hits. Some of you may remember these: Roses are Red Please Love Me Forever Blue Velvet I Love How You Love Me Mr Lonely Blue on Blue My Special Angel Here we take a look back to the...

BUT - how did that picture get posted on WFSB Channel 3 CONNECTICUT News that EMSR2 provided (3rd link down EMSR2 provided) ? I believe it IS Bridgeport, CT

From the wfsb news posted. Anybody know what that Engine 522 is ? I never saw or heard about that before Is it a Bridgeport rig or a mutual aid unit ?

August, 2024 Fire Activity: Staten Island: No Multiple Alarm Activity Queens: 8/3 - 5th Alarm - Box 5289 8/9 - 3rd Alarm - Box 8530 8/9 - 2nd Alarm - Box 4425 8/25 - 2nd Alarm - Box 6091 Manhattan: 8/1 - 2nd Alarm - Box 0258 8/9 - 2nd Alarm - Box 1530 8/19 - 2nd Alarm - Box 0749 8/28 - 2nd...

THANK YOU to All of you who are out there doing it - 24/7 Risking your lives for all of us no matter who we are, or what we look like. There when we need you most.

Glad to see that member "jciscone" is still out there and buffing the jobs It's been over one year since he last visited us here at this site. Come on back Joe - we miss you "Signal73", Thank you for posting those stories and the photo.

It seems these days that Hamden, the cities of East Haven, West Haven, and North Haven are just an extension of the City of New Haven when it comes to Fire or Police Activity