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My brothers in Charleston lost some great firefighters. A few know it, but a team from the FDNY Counseling Service Unit spent a good deal of time counseling the brothers in Charleston and helping through this most difficult time. I myself visited the site and when I was there only a homemade...

My 1st unit out of Proby school was Engine 27 at 173 Franklyn St. on Manhattan's Lower east side-SOHO. When I was appointed there, they had a 1970 Mack CF. engine 27 was closed shortly after the Firefighter Layoff's in 1975. When I was 1st assigned to Eng. 27 it was assigned to the now long...

Great to see photos of TL-18's new rig. I worked in TL-18 from March 1977 to Oct. 1984. Great company, great guys and a whole lot of fire duty in the late 1970s and early 1980s. R.I.P. all my brothers from Ladder 18 no longer with us. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

My grandson corrected me also me. he is a firefighter in Philly's Engine 54. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

Yes, the 1st unit on the scene can transmit a 2nd alarm in the FDNY. I did it twice in my time at a company officer in, once while a Lieutenant in L-19 and once as a Captain in Engine 26. I was at a fire in the Chelesa section in Manhattan where the Lieutenant in FDNY Rescue 1 transmitted a 2nd...

I wonder with that much fire in such a large building why additional Tower Ladders and Squirts were not "special called" = FDNY Term". The Tower Ladder shown in the top photo would have had a better shot at covering two sides of the building, if it was possible to position on the corner/apex of...

I wonder what happened to Engine 26 normally they would have responded on the 10-77. Does anyone know where they were, perhaps at another box. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

The Alex Donchin "First Due!" is one of the greatest photo books about the FDNY in Brooklyn during the FDNY "war years" I was at a few of the fires shown so I bought the book and got Alex to autograph it for me. Buy it if you can. Alex is gone now but his great photographs lives on. Captain Bob...

The length of service for apparatus may be perhaps in the IAFF Contract agreements, but the need for replacement of fire apparatus is also stipulated in the "I.S.O. = Insurance Service Organization ratings that determines the Fire insurance rates. A few major fire departments have I.S.O...

The Squirt is and has been a great idea. Boston, L.A., San Francisco and NOFD all used them. Does anyone know if those Fire Depts still have any Squirts in regular use. Philadelphia F.D. still uses them. I buffed in Brooklyn when E-310 had a Squirt, and I saw it used a number of times. I once...

Love the color picture of the FDNY Water Tower. I was born in 1946 and one of my first, memories was a Lumber Yard fire across the street from our home. At that time my family lived on Brooklyn Ave. Brooklyn, right next to the Long Island RR "Bay Ridge Cut" I remember two things about the fire...

I made a slight error in describing the NY Harbor Ferrys. I should have said "N.Y. Waterways Passenger Ferries" that are manned by off duty FDNY Marine Company and NYPD Harbor Unit members working side jobs. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.

Maybe I missed it was signal 10-60 transmitted? I noticed that NY Harbor passenger Ferrys were on the scene. Often these NY Harbor Ferrys are maned by off duty FDNY Marine Company and NYPD Harbor Unit member working side jobs off duty and, in these cases, can augment the on duty FDNY & NYPD...

I am not sure, but I believe the collapse pods were assigned on a Signal 10-60 Code 2 or as was said when requested by the Incident Commander. A 10-60 Code 2 upgrades the major Emergency response for a Major Incident. A 10-60 can and has been used for air crashes, train collisions and...

I like the White & Orange something different and special. The great firefighters of Baltimore deserve something special. Both myself and my grandson, have many friends and the sons of friends in the Baltimore F.D. and they deserve all they can get in terms of being outstanding. Captain Bob...

FDNY at one time had "Kelsey Mounts" on Aerial and early Tower Ladders. The Kelsey Mount allowed semi-portable large Caliber stream devices to be temporally affixed to an aerial or tower ladder in front of the fire building. This made great sense, as the street in front of the fire building/s...