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    New Fire Commissioner Appointed

    Down here the F.C. takes command upon his arrival. The F.C. is appointed by the mayor,,usually someone from within the dept. The last civilian F.C. was way before my time (1952) but he was an administrator with no fire fighting experience. At that time we had a Chief of the Dept who would take...
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    New Fire Commissioner Appointed

    Quick question,,,can the Commissioner make any tactical decisions on the fire ground ?
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    12/26/25 Philadelphia PA Box 5124 All Hands

    Thanks Chief,,,they started the I.S.O. after I retired,,,,figured it was a B.C. slot.
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    12/26/25 Philadelphia PA Box 5124 All Hands

    US 1 was a typo I beleive,,,I reviewed the job on openhmz and it was IS 1,,,the incident safely B.C.,,,,,ES 1, 3 are EMS supervisors .
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    Bristol TWP, PA Nursing Home Explosion 12/23/25

    I think almost the entire 3rd alarm came from N.J.
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    Bristol TWP, PA Nursing Home Explosion 12/23/25

    I live about 15 minutes from the incident,,,I wasn't aware Burlington N.J. had a mutual aid arrangement with Bucks County
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    Bristol TWP, PA Nursing Home Explosion 12/23/25

    Anyone care to listen to the job it starts about 2:16:44 https://openmhz.com/system/bucks?filter-type=group&filter-code=6908e901ac409bb8e9858f3f&time=1766518200000 Pretty hectic,,,I know they asked for Philly Rescue with the collapse unit
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    1960 planes crashed

    Not from New York but I remember this story. I also saw it profiled on a cable show called ,,,Air Disasters
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    Acting Fire Commissioner ?

    Glad to see he came up through the ranks
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    12/18/25 Bronx 5th Alarm Box 2326

    So have they used the new "super pumper" on anything ?.Hey Capt what size mobile hand lines does FDNY use other than 1 3/4. I can't tell if there mobile 2" or 2 1/2"
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    12/18/25 Bronx 5th Alarm Box 2326

    I have to sat thats some ugly lookng smoke pushing out of there.
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    12/17/25 Brooklyn 5th Alarm/10-66 Box 3779

    Sorry guys but I'm a little confused with the time line,,,,,,was the fire under control aleady when they transmitted the 4th alarm.
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    Phila Job

    L 21 was the RIT truck but he was put into firefighting service,,,replaced by L.18. Special called E.35. E50, L.10 L.25.
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    Jakarta,Indonesia At Least 22 Dead After Office Building Fire 12/9/2025

    Looks like it might have been lithium batteries that started the fire.
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    Phila Job

    I don't have a run down but I know they special called 2 engines and 2 ladders. The fire was running the porches. https://6abc.com/post/fire-erupts-logan-rowhome-several-homes-apparently-impacted/18267784/
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    11/28/25 Bronx 4th Alarm Box 2771

    Have a question about fallback,,,once the fire is placed U.C. and the covers are in place do they then cancel the fallback.
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    Live Coverage of Ho g Kong Fire

    B.B.C. feed back up,,,daylight in Hong Kong.
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    Live Coverage of Ho g Kong Fire

    More live coverage
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    Live Coverage of Ho g Kong Fire

    Not the 1sr time bamboo spread a fire
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    Live Coverage of Ho g Kong Fire

    Also coverage here
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