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I am not sure, but I believe the collapse pods were assigned on a Signal 10-60 Code 2 or as was said when requested by the Incident Commander. A 10-60 Code 2 upgrades the major Emergency response for a Major Incident. A 10-60 can and has been used for air crashes, train collisions and...

I like the White & Orange something different and special. The great firefighters of Baltimore deserve something special. Both myself and my grandson, have many friends and the sons of friends in the Baltimore F.D. and they deserve all they can get in terms of being outstanding. Captain Bob...

FDNY at one time had "Kelsey Mounts" on Aerial and early Tower Ladders. The Kelsey Mount allowed semi-portable large Caliber stream devices to be temporally affixed to an aerial or tower ladder in front of the fire building. This made great sense, as the street in front of the fire building/s...

A believe that at one point the Chief of Dept. BCFD asked for a "Reserve Tower Ladder" to be sent to the 7th Alarm. Does anyone know if a lot of streets in Baltimore are very narrow. I have been there to "The Inner Harbor" "Fell's Point" and to Camden yards ballpark. Do the side streets in other...

FDNY Squad 5 was on East Broadway on Manhattan Lower East Side. When the new firehouse for Eng. 17. TL-18 and Batt. 4 was built on Pitt St "Fort Pitt" Squad 5 was to have been quartered in that Pitt. St. Firehouse, but Squad 5 never moved in. Squad 5 was closed before the firehouse was ready for...

My point in looking back the Loft fires in FDNY was to reinforce the idea of how dangerous and difficult fires in Heavy Timber buildings like the one involved in the 7th Alarm in Baltimore can be. The brothers and sisters in the very fine Baltimore FD are up among the most experienced around...

Yes, we had tenements in Hell's Hundred Acres, but they were not converted into lofts. The Heavy Timber Loft Building are buildings = Class 4. The tenement are & were Brick and Joist =Class 3 Buildings. Many of the lofts when I worked there in the 1970s & 1980s were repurposed to include large...

Good firefighters in Baltimore, these warehouse fires in Heavy Timber = Class 4 Construction are dangerous. At one time I worked in the Lower Manhattan's Loft building area. Over the years I had few fires in these Loft Class 4 heavy timber buildings and just about all them collapsed during the...

You are right it is L-174 I miss typed. Sorry Guys. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

I belief is that once a 10-60 is transmitted the members at the Special Operations headquarters are notified and the members are ready to transport the pods if required within just few minutes. I believe e the Collapse Pods are already on the Pod Capable Roll-on Trucks and ready to go as soon as...

Remember FDNY also has Collapse Pods that basically supply shoring etc. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.

The use of rubber plugs. for hydrants with damaged or missing 2 1/2" outlet threads, has been ongoing in the FDNY for many years. That said, sometimes it far better to find another hydrant that is in proper working order. ALWAYS TEST THE HYDRANT BEFORE HOOKING UP. In the FDNY this may be a cause...

I do care about both people trapped in fires AND ALSO those requiring EMS. I am a former Paramedic and was an EMT for 27 years in both professional and volunteer organizations. But the proper response for EMS is an Ambulance capable of transporting a patient or patients, not a fire apparatus...

Once again what is really needed is better pay and working condition for FDNY EMS Members. Then hire more EMTs and Paramedics. To tie up more FDNY Fire resources on EMS runs is foolish and dangerous. Once again ask people trapped in a fire if EMS Runs are MORE important people being rescued or...