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Does anyone know if our Fire department responded to assist Baltimore City/County and other area fire departments? Heard an excellent evaluation of what could have prevented the bridges destruction by the ship. An expert engineer stated, on Fox News, that many bridges have under water projection...

I worked in 2 FDNY Engine companies that were disbanded. Engine 27 on 173 Franklyn St. Manhattan Lower West Side and Engine 17 on Pitt St. on Manhattan's Lower East Side. I covered vacations as a Lieutenant in Engine 85 on Boston Rd. in the South Bronx, E-85 was disbanded. I guess I'm just bad...

Usually 2 Engine & 2 Trucks and a B.C. were assigned on a FDNY PULL BOX or as close to that as possible. Squads in the 1960s & 70's were equipped with truck co. tools and responded on Engine type apparatus but the use of them as trucks was at often needed. I spent a very short time in FDNY Squad...

The 3rd Truck on the 10-75 is normally the FAST Truck. FAST is FDNY for "RIT" and Consideration for a R.I.C.E. = Rapid Intervention Company Engine is ongoing. The RICE concept came from Ff. Andy Fredricks of FDNY Squad 18. Sadly, Andy was lost on 9/11/01 at the World Trade Center. Captain Bob...

At advanced "Big fires" Engine Companies can place their rigs on or partially on the sidewalk or shoulder of the road, to allow Tower Ladders and/or Snorkels to reach the front of the fire building/s. Large diameter hose must be placed on the sidewalk or shoulder of the road, if at all...

I realize am not at the fire, but I do know this. Aerial Ladders in front of the fire buildings did little good. This fire was so advanced that Tower Ladders in front of the buildings would have allowed the use of Tower Ladder streams to reduce the fire enough for an interior attack to...

Let us not forget the good firefighters that are still on the job. The fires are still going out, somebody is doing something right. But having unqualified firefighters cannot work. Merit Matters, firefighting takes brains, adequate physical strength, and when it is called for courage. Those...

Rest in Peace Frank. He died doing what was right, his memory lives on.

That indeed is my friend Ray Phillips "Gonzo" and the members of TL-29, in the photo. I worked in TL-29 as Covering Lieutenant in the mid 1980s. and worked with him at some really tough fires. He left L-29 to go to Rescue 3 where he was a leader and often the Chauffeur of "Big Blue" R-3. I left...

I never realized how well Steve Allen could sing. What a great clip, of some really great entertainers. Together = Dynamite. Rest in Peace Steve Lawrence, I know you are all singing and entertaining in Heaven. perhaps with Elvis. "This could be the start of something big." Captain Bob Rainey...

Mike Barone, then in TL-18 was working a mutual exchange of tour for me that day. I had a wedding to go to, so Mike Barone was working for me that day. It has always bothered me that Mike Barone had to deal with that tragic fire. Among the real heroes, was Firefighter Davey Esher TL-18, in spite...

I was a member of Tower Ladder 18 at this time. My friend Ff. Marty TL-18 was assigned to TL-18 about the same time I was. I was off that day, but Marty Celic was working overtime in Engine 15 that tour. E-15 responded to a 10-92 False Alarm and found this fire as they were returning to their...

Brothers and sister this is a good example of when you should use a Large Caliber Stream to knockdown the major amount of fire. as the 1st option. Any exterior line often should NOT be a 1 3/4" but a 2 1/2" or as I said a Large Caliber stream. Once the fire is "Reset the Fire" = A Chicago Fire...