Old school Boston - made rounds on Boston fire site:
Fenway, old Ladder 10 firehouse, Bruins, trolleys...
Fenway, old Ladder 10 firehouse, Bruins, trolleys...
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Boston Fire Department 1989 9 Alarms Box 1432:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm3RugCJxlE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm3RugCJxlE
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Boston Fire Department profile 1992:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQsf5G1Yi9E
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQsf5G1Yi9E
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HP system was OOS, that was the hydrant they were removing the hose from, Lowry chucks saved the day, especially E-10.
BFD 1980s TV 1st of 3 part series - E 37/L 26 - Mike Barnacle reporter.
Boston Firefighters Part 1
Days before bunker gear.
Parts 2 and 3 also on Youtube.
Boston Firefighters Part 1
Days before bunker gear.
Parts 2 and 3 also on Youtube.
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In part 3 @ 1:38 & about 8:50 are interviews w/a good friend of mine Artie O'Leary who also had a lifelong interest in the Fire Service....he was born in SI ...his Dad was a Civilian Employee of the FDNY Shops...Artie was on the NY Fire Patrol in the early '60s (& wrote the FP column in WNYF All Hands section & rode w/LAD*26 in Harlem back then)...he then became a FF in Hartford Conn. in the '70s.....then became a Boston Jake for many years ....if i recall correctly he worked in Boston ENG*24 .. LAD*23 or 26 & R*1......sadly @ 57 years old he suffered a heart atttack & Passed To A Higher Level......Continued RIP Artie "Gone but not forgotten"
FF Arte O'Leary Boston Fire Department Never Forget
"Franklin A. O'Leary of Malden, a Boston firefighter decorated for bravery for saving a fellow firefighter during an apartment fire in 1991, died Thursday, apparently of a heart attack, in Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. He was 56.
Mr. O'Leary was born in Staten Island, N.Y. He was a firefighter in Hartford before joining the Boston department in 1974.
At various times he was stationed in Ladder 1 in Dorchester, Engine 50 in Charlestown, and Rescue Company One, and was an aide to a district chief.
On May 21, 1991, Rescue Company One responded to a fire in an apartment on the fifth floor of a six-floor apartment building on Columbus Avenue. According to a citation released by the fire commissioner, "encountering heavy smoke and heat, with conditions deteriorating rapidly, firefighter O'Leary was driven to floor level."
"As firefighter O'Leary left the apartment to search for an alternate entrance, he heard a thud which forced the apartment door closed. Aware a firefighter was inside and unable to open the door, firefighter O'Leary sat on the floor and, while bracing himself on a door jamb, forced the apartment door open enough to gain access."
Inside, he found firefighter John Jackson of Engine Company 22, who was unconscious. "While encountering great difficulty in attempting to remove firefighter Jackson," the citation said, "firefighter O'Leary observed a light in the hallway belonging to District Fire Chief William W. Hayhurst Jr. Upon reporting the situation, both members removed firefighter Jackson to a safe refuge where he was revived and transported to New England Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation and leg burns."
For his actions, the Boston Fire Commissioner awarded Mr. O'Leary the John E. Fitzgerald Medal "for the most meritorious act," the highest award given to a firefighter who does not die while on duty.
He leaves his wife, Margaret M. (Fitzgerald); a daughter, Sheila, and a son, William, all of Malden.
A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Francis de Sales Church in Charlestown. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden."
Boston Globe Newspaper Jun 19, 1999
"Franklin A. O'Leary of Malden, a Boston firefighter decorated for bravery for saving a fellow firefighter during an apartment fire in 1991, died Thursday, apparently of a heart attack, in Concord Hospital in New Hampshire. He was 56.
Mr. O'Leary was born in Staten Island, N.Y. He was a firefighter in Hartford before joining the Boston department in 1974.
At various times he was stationed in Ladder 1 in Dorchester, Engine 50 in Charlestown, and Rescue Company One, and was an aide to a district chief.
On May 21, 1991, Rescue Company One responded to a fire in an apartment on the fifth floor of a six-floor apartment building on Columbus Avenue. According to a citation released by the fire commissioner, "encountering heavy smoke and heat, with conditions deteriorating rapidly, firefighter O'Leary was driven to floor level."
"As firefighter O'Leary left the apartment to search for an alternate entrance, he heard a thud which forced the apartment door closed. Aware a firefighter was inside and unable to open the door, firefighter O'Leary sat on the floor and, while bracing himself on a door jamb, forced the apartment door open enough to gain access."
Inside, he found firefighter John Jackson of Engine Company 22, who was unconscious. "While encountering great difficulty in attempting to remove firefighter Jackson," the citation said, "firefighter O'Leary observed a light in the hallway belonging to District Fire Chief William W. Hayhurst Jr. Upon reporting the situation, both members removed firefighter Jackson to a safe refuge where he was revived and transported to New England Medical Center for treatment of smoke inhalation and leg burns."
For his actions, the Boston Fire Commissioner awarded Mr. O'Leary the John E. Fitzgerald Medal "for the most meritorious act," the highest award given to a firefighter who does not die while on duty.
He leaves his wife, Margaret M. (Fitzgerald); a daughter, Sheila, and a son, William, all of Malden.
A funeral Mass will be said at 11 a.m. Monday in St. Francis de Sales Church in Charlestown. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden."
Boston Globe Newspaper Jun 19, 1999
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On another sad note concerning the O'Leary family .....Artie's Dad a Ret FDNY Civilian employee lived on St. John's Av in SI....one day years ago the Dad had a heart attack at home & EMS was called but wound up being dispatched to St John's Place in BKLYN....unfortunately Mr. O'Leary never got help in time.