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A whole lot of fire power on Water Tower 6.  Besides the water tower itself those two mounted monitors look like they should be on a Fireboat.

In the very near future (Promotions are this Thursday, 12/20) The PFD will be reactivating Division 3, Battalion 5 and Battalion 6.  Division 3 and Battalion 6 have been out of service since 1983.  Battalion 5 has been out of service since 1993. Division 1 will remain at Squad 47 in Grays Ferry...

FROM HORSES TO HORSEPOWER, A HISTORY OF PHILADELPHIA FIRE APPARATUS 1871 TO 2017 has just been released.  The author is PFD Historian Jack Wright who also writes the Philadelphia column in Fire Apparatus Journal.  272 pages. $45. Available from Fireman's Hall Museum or online.  Great read so far.

There is just something about an Ahrens Fox with the front mount high pressure pump. They were impressive.

The last time I ran into Matt Letourneau was at last year's Saint Patrick's Day Parade.  He had recently been promoted and was as into the job as ever.  He was raised in Springfield, Delaware County, a Philadelphia suburb, and started his fire service journey as a volunteer there.  Philadelphia...

Philadelphia had a LODD this morning at 2220 North Colorado Street in North Philadelphia near the Temple University Campus.  Companies from the Third and Eighth Battalions would normally respond here.  More details at an appropriate time.

A FIREFIGHTERS JOURNAL - Thirty Seven Years on the Firegrounds and in the Firehouses of Philadelphia - by Robert John Marchisello was released last week.  It is available through Amazon.  From the back cover " A Firefighter's Journal is a gritty glimpse into the true nature of firefighting - an...

I came across a three part series INSIDE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE on you tube.  Each episode is about 45 minutes.  I found it to be an interesting look at the operation of the LFB.  Had to be done quite recently because there is a lot of Grenfell Tower coverage. 

FERRARA Fire Apparatus has been acquired by the REV GROUP who also own E-ONE and KME.  The deal closed yesterday.

For those of you who follow Philadelphia I was told that effective today all structural fires will get dispatched as a FULL BOX ASSIGNMENT (4 Engines, 2 Ladders, 2 Battalion Chiefs) plus a Medic Unit.  Rescue Company 1 also responds automatically on Center City Boxes.  Previously dwelling fires...

Ladder 8 has been relocated to Ladder 20's quarters for some time now.

#358 was removed?

Relocated to Ladder 20 on Lafayette Street.

There is a major Amtrak accident on the Northeast Corridor in Philadelphia.  Mass casualty incident and presently at 3 Alarms.  Vicinity of Frankford Avenue & Wheatsheaf Lane in Lower Northeast section of the city. Engine 7, Ladder 10, Battalion 10 first due.

Almost positive the trailer on that one is an American LaFrance.

Philadelphia did the same thing for many years using terminology like TAC LADDER, SERIES LADDER and eventually TASK FORCE. At the end the staffing was an officer and 7 firefighters.  The officer and 3 firefighters rode the engine and the other 4 firefighters rode the ladder.  The unit was...

Philadelphia lost a female firefighter early this morning in a cellar fire.  The job was in the West Oak Lane section ( Battalion 2 ) on the 1600 Block of Middleton Street.

Philadelphia hired a very large number of firefighters in 1947 including former Fire Commissioner Joe Rizzo, brother of Mayor Frank Rizzo.  Back then in Philadelphia you went directly to your firehouse with no training.  Sometime in your first year you were sent to The Fire School for proby...

Philadelphia still specs a booster line on every pumper.  From 1954 thru 1963 PFD was buying John Bean High Pressure Fog pumpers on commercial chassis.  There was a separate belt driven high pressure pump that supplied 850 PSI to the 2 booster reels which were equipped with BEAN GUNS as the...

PA Turnpike closed Eastbound between Willow Grove and Philadelphia due to accidents.  Several accidents involving a reported 100 vehicles.  Live coverage on most Philly TV stations.  Major fire and EMS response.  EMS units from as far as Burlington County, NJ.  You can listen to Bucks County PA...