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Years ago, before L'56 and 58 were in service, L37 was second due at the box (3323) right around the block at Southern Boulevard and 187th Street. L27 was second due here at 3303. Just for the sake of discussion, 79/37 measure 1.5 mi from box 3303 and they have no traffic or traffic lights for...

Ok. 79 must have been out if even 42 in before them. Is that the actual ticket you're looking at or a BARB assignment?

Is that the actual rundown? E79 should be before E75.

A bunch of people out elsewhere...

6 storey elevator building. My good friend, the late Jerry Collins, lived in this building. His father was retired Engine 41.

Why is that interesting? Just happens they were the three closest trucks available.

What does Make Pumps mean? And thank you for the rundown.

5 storey walkup.

Somebody must have been out... Response should have been 79 48 62 88 37 56 32F 75/38 on the all hands 81 46 38 33

Capttomo, I could not open the video but this is saying that the Aaron's Fox name still lives? 70 years after their last rig went in service? Who knew?...not me!

Excellent observations Bulldog. Always made sense to me when the FDNY went to just all Mack pumpers and Seagrave ladders in the 1970s. But as a kid and a buff in the 1950s it was always a pleasant surprise when visiting a new yet unknown firehouse as to what type of apparatus would be in...

Just like New York, the citizens (well maybe they are) in these cities (Chicago, DC, Detroit, LA, San Fran,...) elect these people. They get what they deserve...or vice versa.

So the relocator gets credit for two runs and a worker...anything else? During the war years there was a lot of controversy over who got credit for what as units were constantly moving around.

A different slant to an age-old question...L111 crosses the bridge to relocate at L1. (A lotta' "1s" there.) L111 then assigned to the local incident. Does does L111 get credit for a Run, Worker, All Hands and OSW or does L1 get credit for two of each category? Just asking...

Entropy, While you are technically correct that there were only two ladder "companies" in the Bronx in 1900, Engines 45, 48, 50, 52, 61, 62, 68, 69, and 70 all operated with ladder sections at the turn of the 20th century, just as Engine 96 would later do. From June 1st 1935 until December...

I had a long time girlfriend in Dallas and used to buff at Engine 17. They had a enlarged photo hanging on their kitchen wall of a horse-drawn steam pumper responding out of their quarters. The members had no idea who was in the photo and were delighted when I informed them it was Bronx Engine...

The old neighborhood... 75 traditionally third due... 88 before 42 and 95, must have been out somewhere... Look at the truck response. Hope all were well in this heat.

Why so?

This harkens back to a policy in the 18th battalion in the 1950s. There were four single engine companies in the battalion, 42,45,48,96, but only two ladder companies, 27 and 38. As often assigned higher on the run card, the trucks would respond ahead of their partner engines, 46 or 88, to get...

So it appears in the last 6 months or so major changes in the alarm assignments have totally eliminated the traditional methods of response. At this incident, 12 engines and 11 trucks (or did I lose count?) on a second alarm. Relocators, who used to be untouchable, are now routed into an...