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I knew Pete when I was Captain of Engine 26 and he was serving in Engine 3. Both units E-3 & E-26 are part of FDNY Battalion 7. Ironically, we had a Memorial Mass at Most Perishes Blood R.C. Church in Walden N.Y. yesterday 12/9/25, for all the departed members of all the units of Battalion 7...

I remember the old Squad "Bread Wagons", the problem was when they arrived alone at fires they could do little until an Engine Co. arrived. Squad members made some great rescues without the protection of hoselines and also some great rescue with hoselines in place. In the late 1960s the Squads...

The answer for blocked or encroached upon hydrants, is NYPD enforcement using the tow away program? Should the 10-75 include the response of NYPD tow away tow trucks? In true emergency situations, ie. people trapped or rapidly extending fire, push the car away from the hydrant with a rig. The...

The Original idea of returning to quarters using light and siren & yes, the Bell on the rig, goes back to the days, long ago. up to the 1960s, when FDNY rigs did not have radios. The exception early on was the Fireboats/Marine Units., they had radios very early. The unit had no way to know to...

Fire trucks are Red, Like the good Lord Intended. I have never been a fan of White over Red. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

If you study the famous "Kings Crossing" Subway = Under Ground Fine in London U.K. in the 1980s, the follow up study speaks of the dangers of fires spreading up inclined stairs, escalators, and hill sides. There is also something called the "Trench Effect" when fires burn up an open space that...

When I was a Fire Science Student, I did a paper on "Conflagration's." In doing research for that paper, I came across and article about the spread of fires in narrow canyons, where the close proximity of narrow canyons was leading to fires jumping from one side of canyons to the other side, and...

I saw FDNY the Fire Commissioner on T.V. scene with the Mount Vernon Westchester County 5th Alarm burning building in the background. I know that the Commissioner is a huge fire buff so perhaps he was just doing his "Buffing Thing" He's a good man from all I have heard sorry to see him soon to...

A couple of units appear to have been missed. Squad 3 in Williamsburg Brooklyn. I think Sq. 3 was disbanded in July 1975, also that was the day of the Layoffs of 711 Firefighters. Also, perhaps missed Division 12 in Brooklyn quartered with E-240 or I think later E-250. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY...

I taught project S.A.V.E. = Swift Advanced Vehicle Extrication at the FDNY Fire Academy in the 1980's. It is an excellent program that involves classroom and hands on training, then placing extrication Dummy in a wreck vehicle then using a Backhoe to really pin the dummy/s in the vehicle. A...

Engine 259 seems to be having M.U.D. = Multy Unit Drill with a "Multiversal". Brothers remember such devices need to be tied down for safety. I have seen especially portable Multiversals lift off the ground once water is started, especially and low stream angles. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine...

LAFD, Metro Dade-Florida and Washington FD all have Heavy Rescues that are really very Heavy-Duty Tow Trucks. Sounds like this type of Heavy-Duty Tow Rescue would have been helpful in this situation. Just an idea. Perhaps it time for FDNY to think about one or better yet more than one of these...

Just heard today at FDNY Orange County Retired Firefighters meeting that Deputy Chief James "Jimmy" Murtagh, who at one time was the Chief of Training for the FDNY. died about a week ago, in the state of Florida. Jimmy was a firefighter in L-17-2 and rose rapidly in the ranks of FDNY in just a...

Great for our brother in Blue. I was FDNY and I saw this time and time again good cops doing extraordinary things including rescues from fire. I was at a fire on East Broadway and cops removed 7 people before we got there. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

Yes, I was both a TL Chauffeur and an ECC. I was assigned to TL-18, a Lieutenant in TL-21 and was U.F.O as the Captain of TL-7. I worked in Tower Ladders over 20 years of my 30-year FDNY Career. As I stated there are times due to the life hazard endangered or a rapidly extending fire you have to...