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ENG44, TW44 and RE44 are from Springfield Township not Ridley Township. Holmes is a Ridley Township company. Station numbers are assigned by seniority in Delaware County Fireman's Association. Everything else looks good.

The Philadelphia Squrt shown posted above by Chief JK was a retrofit onto a 1965 International / Central. It was assigned to Engine 43 in Center City. Philadelphia still has 4 Squrts and 2 Snozzles in front line engine company service. Squrts at Engines 8, 9, 35 and 70. Snozzles, called water...

The other volunteer fire company in that area of Darby Township, the Briarcliffe Fire Company, was forced to shut down a couple of years ago.

John Narkin was a GOOD MAN. A South Philly guy with extensive experience in the haz mat end of our business. RIP.

West Philadelphia, north of Market Street.

What is MCRTF training?

Working west of the Schuylkill the last week or so.

Units from three different boroughs on the first alarm.

Probably Engine 16 not 17.

NICE STOP!

L.20 should be first due there coming from E.36. Erdrick Street.

Standard Pressed Steel. Large complex of manufacturing buildings in Abington Township, Montgomery County. Just outside of Philadelphia.

Surprised to see L.2 relocate on a weekday 9x6 tour.

Listening to the audio it sounded like L,20 was not initially available.

Audio of incident available on YOU TUBE. Philly Fire Feed.

Mack is missed.

Vicinity of Roosevelt Boulevard and Cottman Avenue (major intersection) in northeast Philadelphia. Incident appears to be on the south side of Cottman Avenue. Roosevelt Mall on the north side. E.71, TL.28, BC.12 first due.

Fire Administration Building (HQ) is still at 240 Spring Garden Street. Fire Communications Center and Police Radio are now in the new Police Headquarters at Broad & Callowhill Streets, the former Inquirer Building.

New Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD) went in service last week in Philadelphia. Every box number in the city was changed for the new system. First two digits of the box number are now the engine company number in whose local district the box is in. Local district is then divided up into...

When my class went through the PFD Academy in late 1972 we spent a week at the Navy Damage Control School at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. We used chemox (Navy called them OBA) on several evolutions. Complicated devices but they were longer duration than the Air Paks of the era.