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    52/52 in the Bronx.

    When I was a kid in the '50s in the Bronx they were referred to as "The 52 twins".
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    VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

    Great photo! Engine 48 with a 1938 AF was second due in my Bronx neighborhood. It was a behemoth.
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    ANOTHER WAR YEARS VET PASSES.

    Would you know if Lt Geis had relatives from previous generations who were OTJ ?
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    VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

    That is a 1956 American La France ariel.
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    VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

    It is a Ward la France tractor and nobody said that the aerial was wooden. It is obviously metal. By the early 1970s all the wooden aerials were out of frontline service on the job. These workhorse Ward LaFrance tractors, by then over 20 years old, were still pulling the last vestiges of the...
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    VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

    That is a Ward la France tractor. These models (40 of them I believe) were world War II surplus vehicles that the FDNY purchased on the cheap after the war (1947, '48) to link up with very old aerials dating back to the 1920s and '30s.They were off frontline duty by the late 1960s with some of...
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    4/23/25 Bronx All Hands Box 3391

    75s tenth of a mile move south made all the difference.in these assignments. Would 81 go up Kingsbridge road to Jerome or Reservoir Avenue to get to these boxes? Mileage appears to be the same but a lot less turns going up Kingsbridge.
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    4/23/25 Bronx All Hands Box 3391

    75 out of quarters, 2 turns they are on the Concourse. Looks like 81 has six or seven turns coming around the reservoir.
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    2/5/25 Manhattan 4th Alarm Box 1588

    Many thanks to you guys who post these incredibly accurate rundowns.
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    4/23/25 Bronx All Hands Box 3391

    Wanna bet 75 got in there before 81?
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    4/22/25 Bronx 10-75 Box 4423

    My bad for not being specific enough.
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    4/22/25 Bronx 10-75 Box 4423

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    4/22/25 Bronx 10-75 Box 4423

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    4/22/25 Bronx 10-75 Box 4423

    I was agreeing with you.
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    4/22/25 Bronx 10-75 Box 4423

    Huh?
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    4/21/25 Bronx All Hands Box 3228

    As you say Ed, before the infusion of L's 56 and 58 (at their present and prior locations) and BARB, L38 responded first or second due with the most number of engine companies in the Bronx. Twelve, count 'em (clockwise from north on the compass)... 62, 97, 61, 90, 45, 82, 46, 42, 75, 48, 79 and...
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    4/21/25 Bronx All Hands Box 3228

    L38 famous for being fast out the door. Before E45 had a truck company L38 would beat L31 first due to box 2914, Boston road at Southern boulevard.
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    4/21/25 Bronx All Hands Box 3228

    L38 second due here from 1908 to 2008 (100 years) at 1.7 miles until BARB decided otherwise.
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    4/16/2025 Bronx All Hands - Under Control Box 3367

    33FAST 88 on the 10-75. 81/38 if All Hands transmitted. Not sure how that works if it's all hands under control.
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    US Senate Committee investigating Fire Apparatus Manufacturers

    I don't know if this is absolutely true but I heard it from a very reliable source some years ago who was connected to the Fleet Service Division. One of the main reasons Mack stopped manufacturing fire engines had to do with the contract they had with New York City. The apparatus warranties...
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