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West Philly AGAIN! Old guys in Ladder 6 used to classify 7500 Greenhill as a 2 cigarette run.

Engine 57, THE BATTLESHIP OF THE WEST, is quartered right around the corner at 5559 Chestnut Street.

What does the term " on the 7s " refer to?

Battalion 21 to Battalion 33? Unusual relocation taking a BC off Staten Island.

Philadelphia is currently doing an SCBA evaluation also. Draeger, MSA and Scott. Scuttlebutt is that Scott is not getting the best of reviews.

E.68 third due to 51st & Market.

Watching the Skyler Fire video it seemed that the more complicated the communications set up became the harder it became to understand. I know the challenges underground operations present but early on communications seemed much easier to understand.

Philadelphia still runs 4 engine companies ( 8, 9, 35, 70 ) with the articulated squrts as their front line rigs. 2 engine companies (38 & 69) run with Snozzles as their front line rigs and PFD refers to them as Water Towers. 5 ladder companies are assigned 75' Seagrave Aerialscopes (2, 8, 13...

I miss the old FAJ.

The FDNY warranty scares a lot of vendors away.

L.24 first due ladder company coming from E.41.

The previous DC in charge of apparatus in DC retired about a year ago. He was well known in the fire service. At one time DC bought apparatus off of the GSA list but I don't know if that is still the case. There was a photo of the DCFD apparatus committee in a meeting at the Spartan facility in...

Thank you for compiling. Battalion 1 ?

CWTC QUESTION: Must the on call CWTC ( AC or DAC ) respond from the FDOC or can he run from his own office on the 9x6?

Two PFD members still in the hospital as of noon on Tuesday, 3/3/26.

This was a fatal fire.

Ladder 11 second due, not Ladder 10.

This building was the scene of a previous fire where a 60 year old female perished less than 24 hours before this fire. Video on Philly Fire News FB. THIS PLACE WAS RIPPING.

IS-1 is a Deputy Chief, is the Incident Safety Officer (one citywide per platoon) and rides out of Engine 50. ES-1 is an EMS Deputy Chief (one citywide per platoon) and rides out of Engine 43. ES-3 is an EMS Battalion Chief (one citywide per platoon) and rides out of Engine 38.

Promotions are always great around the holidays. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!