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The question must be asked. Should these homes be rebuilt in the same location and of the same construction as the ones lost. Changes must be made, the fire history and the topography of this area, has over the years repeatedly resulted in the unacceptable losses of lives and homes. Better...

Church fires are very dangerous, among other dangers the "Bell Tower" even now often contains a Church bell weighing hundreds to over 1,000 pounds, if the towers strength is reduced by the effects of the fire that very heavy bell and the bell tower itself can fall from a significant height...

Notice above the photo of E-17 above the door it says Squad. The firehouse on Pitt. St. was built for E-17, TL-18, Batt. 4 and Squad 5. Squad 5 was closed before they moved into the Pitt. St, Firehouse, I worked in this firehouse from the 1970's until my promotion to Lieutenant in Oct. 1984. My...

Does anyone know the nature of the injury to members? That makes one 10-66 in Brooklyn at Box 775 and 2 members down at this Bronx box. Brothers and sisters, the heat is on, keep hydrated and consider the effects of these high temperatures on firefighters. Even it this was not the reason that...

6-6-1944 "D Day" = "It was not the beginning of the end, but I was the end of the beginning" Quote from series "Victory at Sea" = the best way understand WW II." Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

I had the honor of knowing Bill as well as his brother Charlie and also his father, when their dad, Charlie was Captain of Ladder 20, in the 1970's Bill and I were both Vietnam veterans so as with most veterans we had a common pride in having served. Both Blaich brothers were veterans, and...

I got it Ladder 5, not ladder 6.

Other narrow streets in NYC can be found in Chinatown, Areas in Greenwich Villege and some areas of Downtown Brooklyn and Flatbush Brooklyn. Perhaps many of us truly have some real lessons to learn from Philly FD operations on their many narrow streets. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

God bless all who were there and who followed them in the liberation of Europe. The best of America and truly as said above the "Greatest Generation" "Rest in Peace, good and faithful servants" You saved the world for us.

I fully understand how hard it is for those members of Ladder 6 who have been through so much to now loose one of their brothers. I really did not know Dan well, but I still know alot of his brothers who served in Ladder 6 and are proud to call many of them friends. I worked for 9 years in the...

Having visited my grandson when he was in Philly Eng. 12 than later when he was in Engine 54, I was fascinated by how the narrow streets in Philly effect the operations at fires in most areas. In NYC most streets are wide enough for normal operations, BUT due to illegal double parking the...

Sorry my mistake the correct code is 10-99 and yes, it means the unit will be operating more then :30 minutes and not 1 Hour as I stated. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.

The 10-29 Signal was and I believe still is used when a FDNY Company is on an EMS run and will be operating for more than 1 Hour because CPR is being performed by the FDNY members of that unit. I used it once when I was the Captain of Engine 26 and we responded to a cardiac in a Health Club Gym...

The Fireboat Monitor Johnny shows in his entry above is, I think a MacEntire Monitor. Originally this one or similar one was mounted on the cab of the Tender of the Mack Super Pumper. Later the Tender of the Super Pumper cab had the Macintyre monitor removed and replaced with a very large Stang...

I covered as a Lieutenant in the South Bronx in Ladder 42 in the mid 1980's. and as you said a Stang was mounted on the roof of the of their Seagrave rear mounted aerial. I have seen both Multiversals and Stang large caliber stream devices semi-attached to the roof of both aerial ladders and...

Great information. I wonder why it seems that more fires are getting out of control and resulting in multiple alarms. I feel part of the problem is that more fire units are unavailable due to EMS and other non-fire related responses, therefore the response of an adequate number of fire units...

All portable large Caliber Stream device should be tied or tethered down, the greater the discharge = GPM, the more important securing the device with rope or straps is to prevent the device from becoming unstable and going out of control. If at all possible, keep the supply hoseline/s straight...

Another factor in the reduction in fires post 1981, were changes in NY Law, that required unpaid Property Taxes, and some other outstanding debts the owner of the building had to be paid BREFORE the owner received any fire insurance payouts. Another factor was the use of computers to clearly...

Classic Boston 3 decker fire. Back in the time, the late great, Leo Stapleton was Fire Commissioner and Chief of Dept. of the Boston F.D. the response to multiple alarms was redefined by reducing the number of units that responded on each alarm. This gave the Incident Commander a better handle...

I believe that when the Smith was an active fireboat in Brooklyn and it was one of the fireboats that responded to the Ship Collision of the Container Ship Sea Witch and the Tanker Alva Cape in the Narrows just north of the Verrazano Bridge. The Fireboat "Firefighter 1" pushed in-between the...