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Rest in Peace Frank. He died doing what was right, his memory lives on.

That indeed is my friend Ray Phillips "Gonzo" and the members of TL-29, in the photo. I worked in TL-29 as Covering Lieutenant in the mid 1980s. and worked with him at some really tough fires. He left L-29 to go to Rescue 3 where he was a leader and often the Chauffeur of "Big Blue" R-3. I left...

I never realized how well Steve Allen could sing. What a great clip, of some really great entertainers. Together = Dynamite. Rest in Peace Steve Lawrence, I know you are all singing and entertaining in Heaven. perhaps with Elvis. "This could be the start of something big." Captain Bob Rainey...

Mike Barone, then in TL-18 was working a mutual exchange of tour for me that day. I had a wedding to go to, so Mike Barone was working for me that day. It has always bothered me that Mike Barone had to deal with that tragic fire. Among the real heroes, was Firefighter Davey Esher TL-18, in spite...

I was a member of Tower Ladder 18 at this time. My friend Ff. Marty TL-18 was assigned to TL-18 about the same time I was. I was off that day, but Marty Celic was working overtime in Engine 15 that tour. E-15 responded to a 10-92 False Alarm and found this fire as they were returning to their...

Brothers and sister this is a good example of when you should use a Large Caliber Stream to knockdown the major amount of fire. as the 1st option. Any exterior line often should NOT be a 1 3/4" but a 2 1/2" or as I said a Large Caliber stream. Once the fire is "Reset the Fire" = A Chicago Fire...

I worked in this area as a FDNY firemen/firefighter in both L-11 & TL-18. These "Project Fires" are among the hottest I ever fought. Heavy Cinderblock walls, concrete floors and ceilings, make the fire area like an oven, with us firefighters in it. These are "Content Fires", and the fire...

We firefighter in the USA must ask could this happen here. Sadly, the answer is yes. When we allow 5 and 6 story, stick built wood multiple dwellings, with wood fire escapes, and no Sprinkler systems, to be built we are condemning the people in them to an unsavable situation. Sadly, we will...

When I was a Lieutenant in Tower Ladder 21, in the 1980s, Rescue 1 was quartered with us and Eng. 34. We all responded to a fire in a on 7th Ave. at W. 47 St. At that fire Rescue 1 made two (2) Lifesaving Roof Rope Rescues at one fire, with the assistance of the Roofman from L-24. At the same...

The old Mack FDNY rescues were great. They took a licking but kept on, in spite of the large number of responses. Why do we have to always have to do something entirely new. Take the old ideas that worked, update them and reuse what worked. FDNY should also look at the Heavy Rescue Very Heavy...

Brothers and sisters remember that L.P.G. gas is Heaver, then air. So, beware of LPG leaking can pocket in low area a find a source of ignition. Natural Gas is Lighter than air and therefore can also find a source, normally Higher rather than lower. I responded to an explosion on 18th Ave, in...