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    JULY 13, 1977 NYC BLACKOUT

    Apparently the fire spread over eastern parkway from what I heard (flying brands) the video is really good. Advanced video must have gotten there right after the factory collapsed
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    JULY 13, 1977 NYC BLACKOUT

    There is a 10 minute or so video of this fire on a DVD. You can clearly see 18 operating at the 1-2 corner wetting down the row frames. Another tower ladder is on the 1-4 corner behind a building try to prevent the spread up the block.
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    JULY 13, 1977 NYC BLACKOUT

    Mike Barone talked about this on his GSE episode, I believe it was his second of three episodes. What a crazy 10 days in July!
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    JULY 13, 1977 NYC BLACKOUT

    Pretty interesting watching this as someone who was not born yet when this happened. My mother was a teacher in the Bronx, and my father worked in a store in the Bronx when this happened. He said that “crooked nosed gentlemen” would patrol the streets around the neighborhood to ensure that what...
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    JULY 13, 1977 NYC BLACKOUT

    That top picture Dan, Mike Barone on his second of three episodes on GSE talks about being at that job with Ladder 18. There are some good news videos floating around on YouTube about the blackout.
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    FACE MASKS & HOODS.

    Boston and its representatives are an absolute clown show.
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    7/11/25 Queens Water Rescue Box 62

    Says the fountain is between 4 and 13 feet deep. Terrifying
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    1985 FDNY BELT BUCKLE

    Would go nice with my 1970’s Browning belt buckle 😉
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    The Fire Wire APP Version 3

    The update fixed my inability to post or “shit post”. So far so good with the new App
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    CHICAGO GOES DEFENSIVE

    HIHFTY
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    6/7/25 Philadelphia PA 4th Alarm Box 522

    We can’t hate the media enough
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    NYS Legislators pass law to open NYPD radio encryption to public

    I get why they would want the cops radio encrypted, FD, no clue why. Although the public should be able to listen either way. It’s a very Gray subject
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    Chicago, IL 06/05/25

    I hate how vague they always are with the perps. Are they both in custody?
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    5/30/25 Brooklyn Fire Radio ?

    Mine was down for a day, now it’s back up
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    5/12/25 Baltimore MD 7th Alarm Box 36-1

    There was a large fire in a loft building on broadway on Valentine’s Day 1979 where the building ran from broadway to Mercer street. It had a disco occupancy on the first floor and commercial and residential on the floors above. The owner of the property was doing a “freeze out” and had the hot...
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    5/8/25 Queens All Hands Box 7216

    Building is interconnected with a few others
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    Fire Departments That Don't Use Standard (NST) Hose Threads

    Bobby Halton told a story about some of the new rigs that the FDNY ordered had the wrong threads on the pipes
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    5/3/25 Brooklyn All-Hands Box 8050

    I listed to the Audio, Sat1 was put on the box then cancelled once 207 said they were taking the satellite
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    5/2/25 Brooklyn 2nd Alarm Box 1246

    2nd alarm
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