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I had the great honor of knowing Timmy Stackpole, I helped run the FDNY Counseling Service Unit Crisis Intervention after the Collapse that Tim was trapped in on Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn. The fact that he returned to fire duty after his severe injuries is a tribute to Tim. Chiefs something to...

Philly still often only uses 2 & 2 when in reality more units are operating. The IAFF Local needs to do something about this they are shooting themselves in the foot. Philly has great firefighters and is a great fire department, but they need to take control of this under reporting of what units...

In the 1960s Early 1970's, and before there were 2 ways to have a fire go to greater than a 5th Alarm. A "Brough Call" where in an alarm or multiple alarm was transmitted over the old firehouse Alarm Bell system was transmitted in a Brough other than the Brough the 5th Alarm was in to have...

Note the Stars information came from a mentor to many of us FDNY Retired Deputy Chief Vincent Dunn former Division 3 Commander and a world known expert on Building Construction for the Fire Service. What happens is as brick or other Masion nary type walls age, they tend to bow outward so heavy...

I this was not a 6th Alarm or 7th Alarm what is. This nonsense of Special Calling numerous Engine and Ladder companies, above the 5th alarm and not calling it anything above the 5th is just not right. It is misrepresentation of what is really happening, and the unions need to get after this for...

San Fransico and other large cities have high-capacity pumpers of greater than 5,000 G.P.M. FDNY is the largest and busiest fire department in North America with more major fires than a large number of other cities combined. I know the "new" Super Pumper" is designed for foam operations, but...

I noticed the Pete Ganci Jr. was on this Dept. Order and assigned to Engine 92. Captain Pete Ganci was captain of Tower Ladder 18 when I was promoted to Lieutenant in 1984 and then assigned to Batt. 26 in the South Bronx. I had the honor of working with Capt. Pete for only a short time in TL-18...

I have had the honor of working with Active FDNY EMS personnel, including Rescue Medics while they are on Light Duty at the FDNY W.T.C. Health Treatment Program at the Middletown N.Y. Center. Great women and men who are top shelf. Truly we need more of the good ones on the streets of NYC. The...

Brothers & Sisters, the FAST Truck should never be put to use as anything other the FAST operations until a new FAST truck is on the scene and in position to operate as the FAST tucks/unit. Putting the FAST Truck to work for NON-FAST operations means placing the members on the scene into...

This emphasis the idea of insuring what is under, were ever you place a Tower Ladder, Aerial Ladder or Snorkel Tormentor or Jack. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

What happen here a collision or what? Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

While I get your point, many other major Fire Departments, including Chicago and L.A., have an A.L.S. unit designated for firefighters. I also know that in only about 11 % or 12 % of Maydays! the FAST/RIT Team or Unit is not the unit that rescues or removes the firefighter/s in distress. Most...

Having Rescue Medics Respond with the Rescue Companies is a great idea. I am also a great believer that a Rescue Medic Unit should respond with the F.A.S.T. Truck to every 10-75 and that that Rescue Medic Unit should generally ONLY be used for Firefighters. Dedication to Firefighter use only in...

At one time my former unit Manhattans TL-21 was a CPC Unit. Does anyone know if that is still true? Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 2 retired

I had the honor of working as a Lieutenant in FDNY Tower Ladder 21, when Rescue 1 was quarters with TL-21 & E-34. There firehouse on W. 43 St. was destroyed in a 10th alarm fire and so they were temporarily quartered with us. Lt. Jim Curran R-1 and many of the other Rescue 1 members became...

In recent videos I have noticed that Tower Ladder Tormentor have not been fully extended on both sides of the Tower Ladder. Tower Ladders ARE designed to have all the Tormentor and Jacks extended in such a way that the all the rigs' tires are off the ground if at all possible. If they are not...

I have responded to fire on Harts Island working in Engine 17 and we were sent to man Marine 6, that was then located at Grand Street and the East River. We responded on Marine 6 but by the time we got there the building on Hart Island had burned to the ground. I also responded to...

There is great book about Americas fighter pilots called "Lords of the Sky" it covers everything from WW 2 until Iraj and Afghanistan. I served for a short while on the Old U.S.S. Essex while it was stationed out of Chelesea Mass. in the mid 1960s at that time it was an Anti-Submarine Warfare...