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Back in the early 70's to secure a compartment door we drilled a hole in the upper channel of the door and put a nail in it. Then the newer rigs came with locks so to limit theft from them. The problem was when you pulled up to a job, you had to get the key out, unlock the door and if it was to...

The runs back in 1970 only came via the bells, so no paper ticket was produced. The Officer would write the box # down and hope he didn't miss a few here and there. Maybe when we interchanged with them they never got the true number we did. When we did interchange with Squad 4 and we would be...

I don't know who was getting promoted, but since she is involved in law enforcement and doing a very bad job of it, was it a Fire Marshal promotion? I wouldn't think she would be there for Officers.

Airports were automatic 2nd Alarm, unless they changed it.

As a Brooklyn FF in Brownsville during the war years all we heard about was the Bronx. Company's in Bklyn were doing their fair share of the running and fire duty. The problem was Brownsville and East New York was too far away from the media's office. Who would want to travel that far from...

As a Fire Marshal, whenever we had 10-45's or unusual circumstances surrounding the fire we would call to have the Photographer come and document the scene. We would direct him in the areas we would want documented in case of a court case regarding the fire. I had a fire with 5 separate fires...

99% of the time you go on a run, extinguish the fire or tend to the emergency and return to Quarters. It's that 1% that when all hell breaks loose and some are transported to a hospital and some never return to home. It hit's us FF's when we hear of situation's like this that really strikes us...

No it wasn't that busy up there and even Cypress Hills. Occasionally a good occupied job, but not very often. We would be 2nd due there and run in with 175, but we never had that much work there. It was nothing like Brownsville or Bushwick. We never got to know the guys in 175 like we knew them...

Actually 1733 is Jamaica Ave. & Pennsylvania Ave.. Marginal is on the east side of Pennsylvania and that's the start of Jamaica Ave. and Marginal runs parallel with the Interboro Pkwy and only a block long. It was said a lot of strange things went on in a house on that block. Being 2nd due never...

I was working that night and it was unusually busy. We caught a 1st due 3rd at Howard Ave. and Chauncey and Tower Ladders were the choice of trucks. As we were taking up and went 10-8 Disp. assigned us to that box. We responded in and the first guy to approach us was BC Flynn of the 39 Batt.. I...

Any body that has seen the movie "Brooklyn's finest" this is where a lot of the action took place on Livonia Ave..

Being there first hand I don't remember a black armband, but we had a red one with 232 on it, which I still have, when we took the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time ever. It truly showed how united the Brothers were back then. To 176 it was like losing a family member that we had lived with for...

Sq. 252 would have been closer to the box than 176. Since it was a corner Building 176 may have been on the Cooper Ave. side.

The wake for Timmy Donovan is at the Werst & LaBella Funeral home located at 71-41 Cooper Ave. on Wed.,1/10/24, from 3-8 PM in Glendale, NY. The Funeral is Thursday, 1/11, at 0945 to 1030 at Our Lady of Hope Church located at 61-27 71 St.. A gravesite service will be held at 11:00 AM to 11;20 at...

Continued Rest in Peace Capt. Russo and prayers for her Family.

I just got word of the passing of Timmy Donovan on 1/5/2024 FF Eng 232 & Lad 176. No Funeral arrangements at this time. Apptd. 9/78 and Ret. 8/1/18.

As a Fire Marshal that worked that day, our tour started at 0500 hours, I was in the kitchen in the base in Fort Totten, when a gust of wind hit some time between 5-6 AM. It was more severe than I was normally accustomed to. After the 4 5's were transmitted my Squad was ordered to the morgue in...

When 176 was in the Tin House we responded to Utica and Union passing up Eastern Pkwy and Utica. Reasoning back then was they wanted a Tower Ladder (111) on Eastern Pkwy.. Most of those Buildings on the Pkwy. were H type buildings.

Cross Bay Blvd. years ago was the go to place for drag racing. High speed would probably be the reason for such a horrific accident.

I knew Larry very well from his days in 120. It was always fun working with him and the other superstars there. My daughter commuted on the LIRR 5 days a week and we were sitting on pins and needles till she actually showed up home. As a parent it was sheer torture. By the way my Daughters...