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Night shift working Engine 58 with my partner Tom Z received a call over the house phone from a 80 year old woman it was midnight. She lived in the former Life Saver's factory building now Condo's on north main street. It was late October and was a cold night. She tried the super she tried the police who told her to call the fire dept. there not doing anything so she called us. My partner talked to her and calmed her down and gave me the thumb's up [meaning were going somewhere] as I was the operator of the rig . The problem that night is she was cold , in fact freezing as the 5x 8 foot factory windows were to much for her to close. 3 minutes later we where there, we closed the big windows for her and got a big kiss and a hug from her. One of my best nights on the job a simple helping hand for some one unable to do a simple task. I always new I can count on the Firefighters to come to my call for help she said. As we left the call we did not say a word to each other all the way back to the firehouse as the grin on our faces would not allow it. The next night we got a call again on the house phone and again it was her. She asked if the guys that came out last night were still on duty and if so can they come to my house again, well we did thinking this might be a problem starting to happen [freaquent flier] we rang the door bell and was meet buy the best apple pie you ever saw. We have the greatest job in the world guy's don't mess it up .

Contact Peekskill FD, they know a guy who moves firehouses!

Contact Peekskill FD, they know a guy who moves firehouses!

Contact Peekskill FD, they know a guy who moves firehouses!

39 years ago I pulled up with Patrol 4 [ now Rescue 40] to find Gullevers fully invovled with engines 58 and 62 ingaged in a full atack on a bad fire. 24 died that night but little was told how over 100 were saved. Many firefighters went down that night going above and beyond the call. Most of us old guys think about this every day of our lives and wished we could have done better with our 3/4 boots two airpacks to a rig and red fireball gloves. There were no paper firefighters and keyboard firefighters that night! .

Someone should give the officer the advice I was given by my D.C. when I was a probie. He said in all his years on the job he has never seen the skeleton of a cat in a tree. With that said he continued with, we will never put a person at risk to get a cat down from a tree. When the cat gets hungry it will find it's way down.

Someone should give the officer the advice I was given by my D.C. when I was a probie. He said in all his years on the job he has never seen the skeleton of a cat in a tree. With that said he continued with, we will never put a person at risk to get a cat down from a tree. When the cat gets hungry it will find it's way down.

Someone should give the officer the advice I was given by my D.C. when I was a probie. He said in all his years on the job he has never seen the skeleton of a cat in a tree. With that said he continued with, we will never put a person at risk to get a cat down from a tree. When the cat gets hungry it will find it's way down.

Guys,
Now is not the time for any conversations about guns, disturbed people, school security or lack thereof, or any secondary topic.
It’s a time to grieve, help the survivors, the parents/ relatives of the dead and the first responders. Its time to help the children come to terms with something that could haunt them for the rest of their lives. Nothing else! Knee jerk reactions to a horrific event can wait. Let’s let the investigators do their job, and learn as much as they can. Let’s get the facts, there will be plenty of time to point fingers and express opinions later. All of our attention should be on how can we help the victims, survivors and the responders.

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

Just chatted with George. He has some things he needs to deal with and it has taken up most of his time lately. He sends his best to all on EMTBravo......

I miss Rural Metro. They kept everyones blood circulating.

I miss Rural Metro. They kept everyones blood circulating.

I miss Rural Metro. They kept everyones blood circulating.