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    Delta Airlines Plane Crash Toronto

    In air crashes the most important thing regular structural firefighters and all firefighters, is to place large handlines or us large caliber stream to protect the exit pathways and give the aircraft occupant more time to escape. Look anywhere the occupants are escaping from and keep fire out...
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    FDNY Delta Crash LaGuarda.png

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    TACTICAL USE OF FIRE HYDRANTS.

    Using the front suction while often necessary does reduces the amount of water available to the pumps due to all the piping from the front of the rig to the pump itself. The piping has to go through the wheel wells or under the cab and this reduces the flow available due to some friction loss...
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    2/19/25 Brooklyn 3rd Alarm Box 0819

    Philadelphia F.D. had a Church fire the last few days, in a church similar in size to the one in Brooklyn. This fire was designated an Exterior operation due to structural stability. Stability is ALWAYS a problem in almost ALL ADVANCED CHURCH FIRES. The fire in St. Teresa's Church is an...
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    2/19/25 Brooklyn 3rd Alarm Box 0819

    There is an old saying "no one saves a church with an advanced fire upon arrival" Sadly this is true in this case once again. Tower Ladders and Outside High Caliber Streams all too often are our only hope of control. Aiming a Tower Ladder stream into the round "Rose Window" often saves the...
  6. WNYF 1st 1984 Church Fire & TLs.jpg

    WNYF 1st 1984 Church Fire & TLs.jpg

  7. Christian Symbols in Church Design.jpg

    Christian Symbols in Church Design.jpg

  8. Boston FD LCS aimed at Rose Window @ 9th Alarm Saint Ambrose Church.jpg

    Boston FD LCS aimed at Rose Window @ 9th Alarm Saint Ambrose Church.jpg

  9. FDNY Church Fire Ladder Pipe in Rose Window.jpg

    FDNY Church Fire Ladder Pipe in Rose Window.jpg

  10. FDNY Saint John the Devine Fire TLs & L-30s Ladder Pipe Attack.jpg

    FDNY Saint John the Devine Fire TLs & L-30s Ladder Pipe Attack.jpg

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    Binghamton, NY 2/13/25 LODD

    May our brother Rest in Peace, we owe it to him to ensure that his family and friends know we all deeply share in this tragic loss. We must learn from this tragic loss. Does anyone know if the Vacant Building was marked with an "X" to indicate Outside Fire Operation Indicated? Also, who...
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    2/16/25 Queens 2nd Alarm Box 6173

    You are right an exposure in the FDNY less than 20 feet from the fire building IS an Exposure. An exposure more than 20 feet away IS an exposure when the potential for fire spread is such and an exposure 20 feet or more is endangered by the amount of fire or heat. Just a note a Conflagration is...
  13. FDNY Hurricane sandy Conflkagration in Breezy Point Qns..jpg

    FDNY Hurricane sandy Conflkagration in Breezy Point Qns..jpg

  14. FDNY Midtown 6-6 5-5 798 W. 43 St bet. 10 & 11 Aves.jpg

    FDNY Midtown 6-6 5-5 798 W. 43 St bet. 10 & 11 Aves.jpg

  15. FDNY 7-7 10-10 290 Stagg & Varik Sts 10th Alarm.png

    FDNY 7-7 10-10 290 Stagg & Varik Sts 10th Alarm.png

  16. WNYF 4th Issue 1970 Chester St. Fire & Collapse Cover.jpg

    WNYF 4th Issue 1970 Chester St. Fire & Collapse Cover.jpg

  17. FDNY Black Out 1977 Boro Call & Em. Command Prpocedures.jpg

    FDNY Black Out 1977 Boro Call & Em. Command Prpocedures.jpg

  18. FDNY Black Out 1977 in Bushwick.jpg

    FDNY Black Out 1977 in Bushwick.jpg

  19. FDNY TL at W.43 St. 10th Alarm Distroyed R-1 Qtrs..jpg

    FDNY TL at W.43 St. 10th Alarm Distroyed R-1 Qtrs..jpg

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    2/5/25 Manhattan 4th Alarm Box 1588

    There is little reason for a member to be at the tip of an aerial ladder to aim a "Ladder Pipe" when FDNY just uses rope attached to the ladder TIP AND ITS handle. NO one should be on the aerial ladder for any normal reason when it is being extended or retracted because the rungs move in...
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