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FDNYstatenisland..yes. Rear tenements come with a unique set of hurdles. Access is generally straight through the ground floor hallway of the OLT on the street and out the back. The buildings are generally small, usually three or four stories. Very compact inside, small apartments just off the...

Nice pics. Portable ladder to the rear. Rear tenement....tip first. Brownstone...butt first. Little things matter. 132-105...no surprise there. Stay safe.

Totally agree. And the bigger those TLs got the tougher the turns were. Loved Fort Pitt. Great house!

Twoteamtease...Right on the money, as usual. 17/18....er....15/18 first due all up and down Baruch Drive. 110/120 is the second set in from Houston....130/140 being first....interconnected I believe above the first floor lobby. Easy first to arrive box for 28/11. Baruch Drive is a narrow...

On the lighter side..working a night tour..28 has the meal and is preparing an Italian feast. Box comes in…signal 5…engine only. Before getting on the rig, 28’s chef yells “stir the sauce”. It’s misheard and guys start yelling “second source!”. Asses and elbows, guys sliding the pole, donning...

Gotta be honest, I would have had to check the map before leaving quarters for that one.

Responded to those buildings a thousand times. Projects along Avenue D and Columbia Street. Unlike, for example, Schomborg Plaza, these were originally incinerators later converted to compactors. Can't tell you how many times we either lit up the blockage from above and waited for it to...

Prayers for the injured member.

Me…third from left with that light…lol. Probably 40 years ago.

Memorymaster....I believe you're correct. All the old assignment cards sitting in the housewatch desk drawer only went to a 5th alarm. They included responses to the fire as well as relocations. There were numerous special calls on top of the 5th but I don't recall ever actually hearing a fire...

28/11 both 2nd due at 466. Got a pic of our running board on my phone but have no idea how to post it..lol. 466 ET both in black (second due). Red woulda been first and R for 28 meant third (in reserve). Was no FAST truck when they put up the board. Stay safe.

Tiny little attached PDs. First of many jobs in there....pulled up....one occupancy is roaring...thought we'd lose the whole block. Got in 2nd to 155 and actually put my stick up three addresses down....figuring I'd "define the perimeter" as if it was a taxpayer. Give guys a way off as this...

Lt Q...He's a better man than I am...lol. Atta boy to 308's ECC.

Sorry Bud....When I used the term "critique", I wasn't implying you were being critical of the operation. Can't think of a job I ever went to where either in the kitchen afterwards, or in my head later....I didn't go over what had happened and asked myself what I could have done better. We...

Start by saying I'm not a fan of apparatus placement critique using either video or pics that don't start upon arrival. The conditions at the time of the pictures may very well be quite different from when the ECC/LCC pulled up. (and had literally 10 seconds to decide on placement). That said...

Yes....47 Engine and 275 Engine. Rest in Peace, Paulie....Go Anthony!!

Yes...11 Truck is definitely 3rd due to 418. Strange assignment....I can remember standing on the apron and seeing a job that we did not respond to on the initial box. Before the FAST truck was in existence we went on the second. Even stranger is that 28/11's home box is 419.

Sad news. Got to know Cookie through the retirees association down here in Brevard County. Always fun to be around, always enjoyed marching in our little St Patrick's Day parade down here. As you said, TEM....he was very proud of his time in 114. Really good guy...I'll miss him. Rest in...

No tem...He was a distinguished graduate of Fort Pitt...18 truck. Really great guy, quiet, humble...strong as a bull. Very sad. Rest in Peace, Pat.

Always had a lot of respect for 165...excellent truck company. Terrific chauffeurs. Never quite got the rationale for laying the aerial on the front porch. They did it a lot back then as well. Felt it would tie me up too long. 133 preferred a couple of small portables to the porch, and if you...