Search results

I get a good feeling considering the interview with the new Fire Commissioner above. He seems to know something about the job and his priories in terms of adding both Fife & EMS Units have to be good. One of the reasons response times are longer are the Bike Lanes and the illegal and Legal...

I think the entry above is wrong the telegraph code for Squads in FDNY during the years of the telegraph alarm system was "8" NOT 9. Telegraph signal 8-2419-3 was a special call for Brooklyn's Squad 3 to Brooklyn Box 2419 E. 38 St. & Avenue H. 9 was the code for other special units such as the...

It turned out with the old Mack Super Pumper System the Satellites all responded from different sections of the city. A Satellite/s could arrive on the 2nd alarm stretch 4 1/2" (NOW 5" Hose) and be in a position to be supplied by the Super Pumper when the Super Pumper arrived, on or above the...

Brother and sisters, the Bronx is still burning. Look at the Satat's for Bronx Battalions 3, 17, 18,19, 26, 27. I worked in Ladder 19, in Batt, 26, UFO in the Mid. 1980s and it was busy then. It is still busy now. Still great firefighters and great people doing something right. What surprises...

The Satellites also carry an "Angus Foam Cannon" that allows large amount of AFFF and other types of foam in large quantities for major foam operations. As the brothers said above the most common use of the Satellite was to use the large 4 1/2" Now 5" in combination with the Satellite Manifolds...

I was John Carver's Captain when he was a member of Engine 26. John was a great guy, great firefighter, and a lot of fun to be around. He was one of those guys that made the company and its members look good. Keep them laughing John. Rest in Peace Brother Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

I had typo in the entry above. which I have corrected. Heavy Timber Buildings are NYC Building Code Class 4. Lighter weight wood construction is NYC Building Code Class 5. Class 5 lightweight construction is NOT as strong, and the small dimensions of the flammable wood components can cause...

Tenements are Class 3 Wood and Joist construction normal with Brick exterior walls under the NYC Building Code. Row frames are all wood including the exterior walls this is class 5 Construction. The danger is that all the structural elements of the building are wood and therefore burn. So, the...

Brothers and sisters, these FDNY Tips form Training & Safety are widely published with the intent of saving firefighter lives and ensuring that current thinking firefighters learn from what has happened and from experts that know what can happen. My friend, now retired Deputy Chief Jay Jonas...

Special Call was what was done for the old Mack Rear Mount 144 ft. High Ladders during the 1970s. The 144 ft ladders were eventually removed, and new 100 ft. ladders were retrofitted on these rigs. Some were used for Tactical Control Unit =T.C.U. Ladder Companies. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine...

I may be a matter of finding the right new apparatus for the FDNY but if London Fire Brigade Can make it work than FDNY can. Even with the problems with Snorkel, elbows in NYCs at time narrow streets, that may be one answer. Most NYC truly High-Rise Buildings are located on wide streets. There...

I may not still be the "War Years" but FDNY is still doing allot of fire duty.

This fire is right near the area where 2 NYPD Sergeants were shot earlier today. News Coverage of the Police shooting had the clear sound of fire apparatus, responding in the background. I worked in this area as a Firefighter in Ladder 11 and Tower Ladder 18 and now as than fires in this area...

Hate to add to the problem but when is FDNY going to consider the idea of getting a Large High Ladder Tower or Ladder for use at High Rise fires? London bought TWO 64 meters = Over 200 ft., ladders with buckets after examining the need to reach the upper floors at major fires in High rise...