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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...

In the FDNY it is generally not recommended to have a member on a Peaked roof unless the member is tethered to a Tower Ladder bucket or basket railing. The member in the photo is standing on a steeply pitched roof and does not appear to be tethered to anything. The fire appears to be under...

Good stuff even today the basics work well. Remember that at one time if an FDNY required Engine Companies other than 1st or 2nd due on the box must use a 4 1/2" hard suction for hydrant hook ups at serious fire so the hookup supply will not collapse if the hydrant or hookup draws a vacuum or...

Even the scientists examining Lithium batteries do not know why YET. But Lithium batteries that are used and then over and over again only Partially recharged again and again seem to develop a tendency toward run away thermal reactions. This is I believe still under investigation as far as I...

I talked to medical people in Central Florida, and they told me due to Disney World and the number of people from all over the world that come to the Theme parks in Central Florida causes unusual pathogens to show up all the time in and around Central Florida. I myself came down with what a Dr...

Anytime a Lithium battery is crushed. burned, over or rapid charged, bitten by a dog, or even dropped from any height the danger of a "Run A Way" reaction exists. A Dr. Wu of the University of the Western Pacific determined that "Dendrites" can form with in Lithium batteries, causing them to...