Search results

  1. 3

    Rescue Company 3 1944-1945

    Thanks guys for verifying my memory of what my dad told me. Guess I haven't lost it all yet.
  2. 3

    Rescue Company 3 1944-1945

    Was the signal 5-5-5-5 ever actually transmitted over the telegraph bells? I was never present at a firehouse to actually hear that signal but swear I recall seeing it on the chalkboard. I believe I was told that when it was sent the watch man was to listen to WNYF radio (or the rig radios...
  3. 3

    Rescue Company 3 1944-1945

    That Walsh guy, they always said he was clairvoyant. Or maybe it snowed in August 1944?
  4. 3

    Rescue Company 3 1944-1945

    Entropy, This is a terrific post. So much history to read between the lines. These journals were not an account of Firehouse goings on but rather an official record of company operations. Those with military experience will recognize them as the CQ or officer of the day journals, upon which...
  5. 3

    Rescue Company 3 1944-1945

    It was VE day. The war in Europe was over. The recall for continuous duty was nothing more than all hands on deck for the coming celebrations. I am not privy to the details of the "confidential orders" but do know the FDNY had many operational plans not of public knowledge based on the...
  6. 3

    12/5/24 Bronx All Hands Box 3183

    Sure that wasn't L27 fast rather than 37?
  7. 3

    Rescue Company 3 1944-1945

    Lieutenant John J. Kelly #7 (I believe there were nine of them at one point) later worked in Rescue 5 on Staten Island (I believe he helped organize it), Captain of Ladder 5 down in the village, and Chief of Battalion 14 back in this firehouse. Worked all through the war years, retiring in 1969...
  8. 3

    11/27/24 Bronx All Hands Box 4245

    Fast work by the East Bronx Brothers. 9 minutes from 10-75 to AVFND. The response pattern looks like something out of Brooklyn. Three out of four first alarm companies are single engines. Long haul for Ls 61 and 41; their partner engines Way down on the second alarm. L47 unavailable?
  9. 3

    11/28/24 Bronx 10-75 Box 3303

    4 x 88
  10. 3

    RET. FF Tommy “Chain Saw” Ryan. WTC Related

    Sincere condolences on the loss of your dad and hero. I've known the feeling. He will never stop to inspire you and in that sense will live always.
  11. 3

    Firehouses with Former or Planned Ladder Companies

    91s Firehouse does seem to be a lot of wasted space. I rode from that house in the late '60s early '70s when they had three companies in quarters, E91, E91-2, , and L43. A three-bay house that was one of the busiest in the city back then. Last time I was there for a plaque dedication there was...
  12. 3

    10/27/24 Bronx All Hands Box 4912

    Yes sad Cap. Sign of the times I guess.
  13. 3

    10/27/24 Bronx All Hands Box 4912

    Do I remember that your wife went to OLA?
  14. 3

    10/27/24 Bronx All Hands Box 4912

    Former....did OLA school close and when? I know Church of the Visitation closed about 10 years ago but did not realize OLA also.
  15. 3

    10/19/24 Bronx 10-75 Box 3139

    I assume that's E46, not 64?
  16. 3

    Yonkers, NY -2nd Alarm 10-15-24

    I thought that was Miami...
  17. 3

    Firehouses with Former or Planned Ladder Companies

    I also forgot E97's Walker House, built to include L32. There was really no need for an aerial ladder in Pelham Gardens so L32 moved back in with E62 after just a few years. But 97s house remained numbered for L32 at least through the 1960s.
  18. 3

    Firehouses with Former or Planned Ladder Companies

    I believe it was L 57 (or maybe 60) to go in with E72. Never organized. L50 to go in with E42. You could still see the silhouette of the brass numbers above the bay door back in the 1950s. L50 organized 15 years later on Bruckner Boulevard with E89. Ls 27 and 47 built as a completely separate...
  19. 3

    CFD OOS

    😂
  20. 3

    CFD OOS

    No spare trucks in the city as big as Chicago? Hard to believe. But then the migrants are being well taken care of.
Back
Top