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No drones back in our day, right Pat.

"paul612", there are times when that happens, and you are not alone. Maybe if you contact "Atlas" he may be able to help you. Gary is a great guy, and he has helped me in the past, but I suggest you contact "Atlas" BUT - I also know that "Atlas" has been a pretty busy guy too. Give it a...

THANK YOU "Hank". My order is in. It's where both my brother and I got our interest in the FDNY back in 1968, which had a dramatic effect on our lives for years after that.

I tuned in to this zoom meeting and I would like to THANK Retired Supervising FDNY Dispatcher Gary Greenbaum for presenting an EXCELLENT Zoom Presentation along with a series of pictures, including a video, going back several decades up until the current dispatch system of how it works today...

For me, FDNYs Rescue 2 is where I got my first experience with the FDNY. It was the late spring of 1968 and Rescue 2 was on Carlton Ave with Engine Co 210. I had been invited down to the firehouse by an Engine 210 firefighter nicknamed "TAD", who I met while working in a local drugstore in...

Charlie, I sent the link to your email address, and I think you are all set Phil, Mr "Lebby", thanks for posting that. Certainly, a serious concern for NYC.

Charlie, "memorymaster", maybe try this. www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/01/harry-siegel-fire-commish-sounds-alarm-ems-about-to-collapse/

This thread is "a collectors favorite" in itself. Thank you to all who have contributed.

February 2025 Fire Activity: Staten Island: No Multiple Alarm Activity Queens: 2/4 - 2nd Alarm - Box 4483 2/5 - 3rd Alarm - Box 4123 2/16 - 2nd Alarm - Box 6173 2/23 - 3rd Alarm - Box 4516 Manhattan: 2/5 - 4th Alarm - Box 1588 2/18 - 2nd Alarm - Box 0818 2/26 - 2nd Alarm - Box 0533 2/26 - 3rd...

For the members who tuned in to our recent monthly zoom meeting on February 4th, '25, Bill Jones, aka "Parkave32" presented to us an excellent presentation on this NY Telephone Co Fire from an Industrial point of view, as he was the Industrial Telecommunications Manager there at the time. I...

"memorymaster", I think you have plenty of company here who fully agree with you. Maybe if a few of the younger FDNY members get to meet up with this "SKELL", maybe they can take care of things, so he won't have to face a judge.

"nfdcanman" is the Chief of the Electric Boat Fire Department. I'm sure he will be able to answer any concerns.

May Captain Blackwell Rest In Peace and prayers for his family on their loss

You're right Pat. I didn't realize it but I was reading the Winter/Spring 2024 Iggy, the link doesn't show the Winter/Spring, 2025

Today, February 24th '25 we learn of the passing of the singer Roberta Flack at 88 years old. May she Rest in Peace. Some of her hit songs included: "The first time I ever saw your face" - 1969 "Tonight, I celebrate my love" - 1983 "Will you still love me tomorrow" - 1972 This was one of her...

The book "Good Folks - Mad City" by Mike Colon that I mentioned in my earlier comment (reply # 1) is EXCELLENT. I had ordered it from Amazon and it is easy to read, has 3 or 4 pages dedicated to each of the 40 FDNY/NYPD members he interviewed and contains several black and white pictures...

Glad this Chicago firefighter has been released from this medical care facility. But he can no longer do the job he loved doing. A family fourth generation firefighter and the senior man on his company - he gave some very good advice. That advice "Listen to what the senior men tell you". To...

Thanks "NikFDNY". GREAT JOB providing us with this FDNY-EMS list.

Since I first began of telling this story called "My Younger Buff Years", I have been honored to have met some of the best firefighters and officers the world has ever known. I would also add to that - some of the greatest fire dispatchers and EMS members of the City of New York. It was a...

Providence, R.I. paints a white band around the nearest hydrant about 6 feet up. They paint a black "H" on that band with an arrow pointing the approximate number of feet away to that hydrant. Example: a hydrant 50 feet away to the right has an arrow painted in black pointing in the direction...