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MY grandfather and his brother came ashore and most likely followed the same path as PCFD ENG58's dad...
Another Great Uncle had been part of the liberation of Rome the day before....had been with the OSS and was fighting in Italy before the Allies even landed there.

70 years ago tonight thousands of brave men loaded up on planes, gliders, and ships for the greatest invasion ever. Many never made it home. The courage it must of taken is mind boggling to me.

My dad did it 75th In 281-h Omaha beach ,Bastone,Ardan Forest, Battle of the Bulge, Silver Star, 2 purple harts . 18 years old and kicked some ass !

Date: 06/02/14
Time: 0845hrs
Location: 125 S. William St.
District: City of Newburgh
Units: NFD C1, C4, E1, E3, T1, West Point (Engine), Air Guard (FAST), New Windsor (Engine), Vails Gate (Truck484), 36-14, MLSS, NPD
Stand-by @ Newburgh PSB: Cronomer Valley Truck & Orange Lake Engine
Description: Working Fire in a 3-story OMD
0845hrs(approx)-NFD dispatch sounding the alarm of fire for 125 S. William St.
Companies arrived to find fire on all 3 floors of a 3-story, middle of the row OMD with reports of people trapped. T1 made entry and began their primary searches while E1 & E3 secured a water source, laid-in and led off with their handlines.
Command then transmitted the 2nd Alarm.
Exposures
1-street
2-similar attached
3-rear yard
4-similar attached
OC911 alerted West Point and Stewart Air Guard; West Point Engine and Air Guard FAST to the scene.
0853hrs-OC911 alerting Vails Gate and New Windsor; Vails Gate Truck and New Windsor Engine to the scene.
- New Windsor Engine to grab a hydrant on S. Lander and lay in and their crew to assist members working on scene.
- Vails Gate Truck-484 to back up S. William from Liberty St. and it's crew to go to the roof to open up.
OC911 alerting Cronomer Valley and Orange Lake; Cronomer Valley Truck and Orange Lake Engine to re-locate to the City of Newburgh Public Safety Building.
Newburgh companies made a quick and aggressive attack of the fire, bringing it under control in under an hour.
No injuries to firefighters or civilians were reported.
Link to the Times Herald Record:
http://m.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140602/NEWS/140609963/-1/WAP&template=wapart
Link to 1st Responder News:
http://www.1strespondernews.com/webpages/news/displaynews.aspx?ID=433ffe51-dde3-4352-96af-869d1b67f5e4

YFD 50th Anniversary Parade….Rescue 1 and Truck 4 on South Broadway

YFD Ladder 69 operating at 3 alarm fire 35-41 Hawthorne Ave on Oct 5, 1983. The red American LaFrance truck was purchased used from the Great Neck Fire Dept in 1979 and later converted to a Compac and painted lime green.

Yonkers purchased a used 85ft American LaFrance tiller from the Great Neck L.I.'s Alert Hook and Ladder and Hose Co 1 on Feb. 28, 1979.
Richard Smith and Joe Kelly drove the truck back to Yonkers from Long Island with Sam Locatelli on the tiller. The truck went to Station 12.

Truck 1 had a 1934 or 35 American LaFrance 75ft wood aerial, Truck 3 had a straight frame American LaFrance wood aerial, not sure of the year, Truck 4 had a 1938 American LaFrance 85ft wood aerial and Truck 5 had a 1929 American LaFrance wood aerial, not sure if it 75 or 85ft. Truck 2 did not have an aerial, just a 1936 or 37 American LaFrance city service rig. The photo of Truck 5 is from the YFD Web page. The photo of Truck 2 is mine from 1960.

Friday afternoon 2 flew directly over my house at about 500 feet. I was in the backyard and you could feel the vibration and the down wash. Amazing. They made the cobras look like flies.
They weigh as much as the new engine 23 and can lift up the old one.

Fleet Week NYC 2014, USMC Air demo at Rye Playland today. 2 Cobra Gunships and 2 CH-53's.

Caught the 24th WMD-CST over the weekend, missing one pickup and trailer though.

This is Eatchester's R-5. It went into service in the mid to late 50's

From some photos I inherited ...similar Rescue 1 and 4 from 1972ish.

This is YFD Station 8, late 50's and early 60's. Eng 8's rig was later used as Rescue 1 between the old 1937 American LaFrance and early 60's Mack.

Prior Station-8.

Could have been from the volunteer days. There were 14 volunteer companies in Yonkers by the 1890s.
The only paid house ever on Warburton Ave., to my knowledge, was and is the current quarters of Engine 308, when they moved to 539 Warburton Ave. in 1933 from Woodworth Ave. were there were organized in 1907.

Could have been from the volunteer days. There were 14 volunteer companies in Yonkers by the 1890s.
The only paid house ever on Warburton Ave., to my knowledge, was and is the current quarters of Engine 308, when they moved to 539 Warburton Ave. in 1933 from Woodworth Ave. were there were organized in 1907.

Westport currently has a population of 26,400 residents living in 33.3 square miles. The population density is 790 per square mile and there are 9,600 households in town.
The Westport FD currently runs approximately 4,000 emergency calls annually and operates 4 Fire Stations, 4 Engines, 1 Truck, and 1 Rescue(cross-staffed). There are 15 members on per shift and each member works a 24-hour shift (1/2/1/4).
Engine 2, Truck 1, Rescue 3, Car 3(Asst. Chief, Shift Commander) - 515 Post Rd. E., Post Rd./Downtown (Headquarters for WFD and house Fairfield County Haz-Mat. Command Vehicles)
Engine 4 - 555 Riverside Ave., Saugatuck
Engine 5 - 66 Center St., Greens Farms
Engine 6 - 61 Easton Rd., Coleytown
Engine's 2 and 4 are each staffed by 1 Lt. and 2 Firefighters per shift.
Engine's 5 and 6 are each staffed by 2 Firefighters per shift.
Truck 1 is staffed by 1 Lt. and 2 Firefighters per shift, who also cross-man Rescue 3.
Car 3(Shift Commander) is staffed by an Assistant Chief and a Firefighter(Driver/Aide) per shift.

Westport currently has a population of 26,400 residents living in 33.3 square miles. The population density is 790 per square mile and there are 9,600 households in town.
The Westport FD currently runs approximately 4,000 emergency calls annually and operates 4 Fire Stations, 4 Engines, 1 Truck, and 1 Rescue(cross-staffed). There are 15 members on per shift and each member works a 24-hour shift (1/2/1/4).
Engine 2, Truck 1, Rescue 3, Car 3(Asst. Chief, Shift Commander) - 515 Post Rd. E., Post Rd./Downtown (Headquarters for WFD and house Fairfield County Haz-Mat. Command Vehicles)
Engine 4 - 555 Riverside Ave., Saugatuck
Engine 5 - 66 Center St., Greens Farms
Engine 6 - 61 Easton Rd., Coleytown
Engine's 2 and 4 are each staffed by 1 Lt. and 2 Firefighters per shift.
Engine's 5 and 6 are each staffed by 2 Firefighters per shift.
Truck 1 is staffed by 1 Lt. and 2 Firefighters per shift, who also cross-man Rescue 3.
Car 3(Shift Commander) is staffed by an Assistant Chief and a Firefighter(Driver/Aide) per shift.

Albany, NY Signal 30. Quick knockdown on this vacant building with exposures.

Well done video!

Mechanicstown's new engine (unlettered), photos courtesy of Hudson Valley Fire Equipment, LLC

I don't want to hijack Andrew's thread by reposting anything else that he may have shot but I don't belive he shot these while we were out and about.




999th post!

Various vehicles from ESU and Aviation as seen this past weekend.