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68jk09 said:
NYC 1911..(My Father was 1 yr old then)..i was always curious about the "dress code" back in those days..where were they all going dressed up ?....how many of us have walked these same streets in later times ?.... https://petapixel.com/2018/04/17/take-a-trip-through-new-york-city-in-the-year-1911/

Great video, Chief; thanks for posting.  What struck me was the HUGE women's hats . . . and they all were wearing one.  BTW:  my father was 6 in 1911.
 
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A 1969 photo depicting a Member preparing to don the old (not often used back then ) Scott Mask as per the then evolution...Helmet on one corner & the Wilson Face Piece on the other corner of the storage suitcase ... then actual mask cylinder was turned on & the regulator gauge checked then the mask pulled from the suitcase & swung on your back then tested along with the Face Piece test & then putting the Helmet on.....(after opening link..click on picture to enlarge) ..... www.flickr.com/photos/fdnyhome/27986083148/in/album-72157695701934964/
 
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Does anyone else remember some FDNY training videos that you could pick up on your home TV by changing to a random channel on your home TV? I thought the training series was called "On The Job." This would have been in the late 70's or early 80's.
 
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Does anyone else remember some FDNY training videos that you could pick up on your home TV by changing to a random channel on your home TV? I thought the training series was called "On The Job." This would have been in the late 70's or early 80's.
Yes i remember them....i think it was WNYC...it was made by the Div Of Training & was broadcast at 1400 & 1900 hrs to coincide with the Company Drill hours.
 
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Yes Chief it was WNYC which broadcast on channel 31 at the time in the mid 60's. There were some informative airings of drill materials.
 
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I remember them too. Long before the days of color TV.

My father was on the job in Bridgeport (CT) and he would watch them too.
 

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"On The Job" the FDNY television training program was broadcast on Channel 31, then known as WUHF. An article in WNYF (1st/1962) covers the program's inception, early program topics, and brief instructions on how to adapt your television set to receive it.

A follow up  piece in WNYF (2nd/1965), page 15, gives a larger list of early programs and says that they were to be broadcast from the Municipal Building over WNYC on Channel 31 UHF on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday evenings at 7.30pm. The early logo pictured here
 

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It was still broadcast into the early 80's correct? I was a kid in the late 70's and early 80's and I remember flipping through the channels and coming across it.
 
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7-3-99...CPT VINCENT J. FOWLER LAD*173 COVERING.....CONTINUED REST IN PEACE... https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=MLcVW8PXFs2D5wLG6bbQDg&q=LINE+OF+DUTY+DEATH+OF+FDNY+CPT+VINCENT+FOWLER&oq=LINE+OF+DUTY+DEATH+OF+FDNY+CPT+VINCENT+FOWLER&gs_l=psy-ab.3...2513.21903.0.25986.45.38.0.7.7.0.145.3667.22j16.38.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.42.3445...0j0i131k1j33i22i29i30k1j0i22i30k1j33i21k1j33i160k1.0.Ggqgcj6Ppm4
 
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^^^^^ CPT Fowlers Father Vinny Sr. ( USMC...FF LAD*123...LT LAD*108 ...CPT LAD*105...BC BN*8....BC SAFETY*BN ) was my first LT in 108 ....I sold one of my cars a "71 Plymouth Fury to the family which later became Vinny Jr's first car i used to see it parked outside St John's East where Vinny Jr. was a FF as i responded by Qtrs in R*2....Vinny Jr. (FF LAD*123....LT LAD*7....COV CPT LAD*173) was a thinking & Professional FF/Officer....he knew how to treat the FFs & also train them & bring up new ideas to make things safer (& also how to keep things on a light note during down times).....he also had two Brothers OTJ in busy Units.
 
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68jk09 said:
^^^^^ CPT Fowlers Father Vinny Sr. ( USMC...FF LAD*123...LT LAD*108 ...CPT LAD*105...BC BN*8....BC SAFETY*BN ) was my first LT in 108 ....I sold one of my cars a "71 Plymouth Fury to the family which later became Vinny Jr's first car i used to see it parked outside St John's East where Vinny Jr. was a FF as i responded by Qtrs in R*2....Vinny Jr. (FF LAD*123....LT LAD*7....COV CPT LAD*173) was a thinking & Professional FF/Officer....he knew how to treat the FFs & also train them & bring up new ideas to make things safer (& also how to keep things on a light note during down times).....he also had two Brothers OTJ in busy Units.

"THEY REALLY WERE THE GREATEST".

Putting all of todays "high tech" society aside, "we could ALL still learn from individuals like Capt Fowler Sr and his son Vinny Jr. Although I never knew them, "these were my kind of Role Models".
 
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If I had to list the top 10 guys, firefighters and officers, that I worked with, learned from; Vinny Fowler would be in this list. When I first made deputy in 1980 when you were surplus on a weekday 6x9 or on a weekend many times you were assigned to ride with the Safety Chief. This was when I first met Vinny. Every tour something would come up, response or from history I would learn something from Vinny. I would look forward to riding with him. One perk with Vinny was for the late meal he had a favorite Chinese restaurant in a cellar restaurant in Chinatown, which most of the time was where we ate, great food. It is always said that when you leave the job it is the guys you miss, so true.
 
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6-5-98...ATLANTIC AVE & HINSDALE ST .... CONTINUED REST IN PEACE TO ALL.... www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=Yg4XW4bfIYz-zgL-lp0Q&q=atlantic+ave+fire+1998&oq=atlantic+ave+fire+&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.0i22i30k1l3j38l4.1944.7884.0.11233.18.16.0.2.2.0.121.1413.14j2.16.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.18.1431...0j0i131k1.0.wlVA2_FsVFA


 
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"YE OLD PANCAKE HOUSE" Fire on 86 St in BKLYN ....i responded to this while in Fire Patrol 3 just before getting OTJ .....i remember a good friend of mine FF Dave Floyd R*2 pulling ceilings with a cigar in his mouth at this job...wish i had a picture of that.... https://www.facebook.com/FDNY/photos/pb.304603755728.-2207520000.1529789700./10156290887655729/?type=3&theater
 
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If I had to list the top 10 guys, firefighters and officers, that I worked with, learned from; Vinny Fowler would be in this list. When I first made deputy in 1980 when you were surplus on a weekday 6x9 or on a weekend many times you were assigned to ride with the Safety Chief. This was when I first met Vinny. Every tour something would come up, response or from history I would learn something from Vinny. I would look forward to riding with him. One perk with Vinny was for the late meal he had a favorite Chinese restaurant in a cellar restaurant in Chinatown, which most of the time was where we ate, great food. It is always said that when you leave the job it is the guys you miss, so true.

The Chinese Restaurant was probably Wo Hops    17 Mott St Downstairs.
 
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SOME MORE OLDER RIG PHOTOS....  scroll arrow....  https://www.ebay.com/itm/FDNY-Photos/142983522510?hash=item214a7b68ce:g:mVkAAOSwOU9bzNK5
 
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EARLY FDNY PARADE....Manilla Roof Rope's & Atlas Life Saving Belts then Life Net's then Scaling Ladder's being carried starting at the 1:44 mark...... also a shot further on of a Water Tower .... www.loc.gov/item/00563584/


 
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ENG*294....    http://www.qchron.com/editions/central/in-community-s-fight-to-keep-fdny-engine-fails/article_25e7bbec-e6b5-11e8-a709-d737d3c3ba21.html
 
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