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That few minutes for truck response has probably increased due to, speed bumps, 25 mph car traffic and more stop signs and traffic lights added to that area due to a population increase.

MacDonough St. had some of the best Brownstone buildings that we responded to.

The Chief's car is a 57 Plymouth, 58's had dual headlights. Also 57 taillight was entire length of fin where as 58 just had round tailllight in the fin.

The War year ranks are thinning at an alarming rate. No one left to talk about the 30-40 run night tours, eating on the run and maybe a relocation thrown in for good measure and of course a good vacant building fire to keep firefighting skills up to par. In Brooklyn, early in the AM being on the...

I would see Chief Sal at the various breakfasts and would usually BS for a period of time reminiscing about the good old times . He never mentioned his son being a victim of 911. Another case in point as a retiree and going to as many funerals possible, I would hear a name and never associate...

This morning got word that Chief Sal Sansone has just passed away and Freddie Weber L175. No further info at this time.

Looks like it was a snow day back then also.

We had a matron in 233 on Hull St. and she lived in Glendale. She would take public transportation to get to the firehouse. One day she was mugged and no longer came to Quarters. Luckily I was in the military, so I knew how to make a bed with Hospital corners.

All the submarine race watching that went on for us listening to WMCA, WABC, WINS and WMGM. It was the greatest time growing up as a teenager. I'm glad I never had bucket seats in my cars back then.

I've always said the Fire Dept. is like an insurance policy that you have to have but don't like to take advantage of. So they cut back and are paying the price to some degree now. It seems like when cutbacks hit usually the FD goes first, and in FDNY it's the Fire Marshals that go first, then...

Looks like the auto dealer may be able to expand.

Well looks like 169 knows how to get to 175's Quarter's now. The Tiller is needed North of Atlantic in Cypress Hills and Highland park area, but there not the busy boxes like East N.Y.. 2X in 2 days, but at least not 3AM this time.

169 was our busy night interchange co., more than 20 runs and a couple of jobs, we would go there next night. 168 was our every third night interchange. We would usually leave the Tin House around 6:30 and get there around 7:15 -7:30. Traffic was pretty heavy at that hour. Today with the 25 mph...

Nothing like a 3rd Alarm at 3 AM and in freezing cold weather. I sure miss that.

My Dad was off duty and went to the area where the crash was and assisted in any way he could. Being a young buck at that time was told to wait in the car. I went to Bklyn. Tech so I knew the area where it happened.

At one time was a working fire, not necessarily needing 3 & 2 at the fire.

Most of us here really don't know what the world situation was back then. Just like in 50 years from now will the people know how we lived thru the worst Administration ever. Inflation thru the roof, the supply chain drought, and along with the President & VP the worst Cabinet ever with the...

As someone who was exposed to mostly RM's in my career there was a time when the older RM's had trouble taking out windows in the many vacant buildings we encountered. The newer Rigs around the mid 70's started to have more power going to the aerial to vent windows. A lot of times we were...

It seems like we're always caught sleeping. Dec. 7th and Sept. 11th. The worst part of 9/11 was we taught those mutts how to fly. Talk about stupidity!

The big advantage with the older RM was 1 tormentor on the building side and aerial was able to be extended to the roof or wherever needed unless Life was a priority. TL had to have all tormentors extended to raise bucket. We all know speed is necessary for life saving operations. When I left...