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Seth,

       Good to see you there and talk with you

Unfortunately lightly attended by sellers this year,  hopefully this was only due to the holiday.

The career sector already has this coverage

Port Chester 1958 Ward LaFrance  Reliance Engine & Hose Co., No. 1

AKA Big Red and the Big Hydrant

Photo I believe by Gene Sannuto

My own stories to tell.......................................

Port Chester 1935 Seagrave , Reg. # 8089   Reliance Engine & Hose Co., No. 1

Seagrave Factory Photo

Purchased in 1936 by the village as a used 1935 demo engine from Seagrave with the deal made at the NYS Chiefs Convention

I heard more stories than I can count about this rig, it was apparently the last engine sold by Seagrave with single rear wheels which led to some wild rides

Port Chester  1917 American LaFrance, Reg. #1877   Reliance Engine & Hose Co., No., 1         

 Photograph taken at a parade in Peekskill by an unknown photographer  

I was lucky enough as a young member to hear the stories from the then old timers who had served their early years with this engine

Seth,

   Don't know what you did but it's much better now.  Thank you

Seth

   It seems to be in general, I wish I knew how to post a screenshot  but I have no idea

Seth, 

   Is there any way to increase the size of the font? I can barely see it.......... I'm not as young as I used to be.

Congrats Seth, it's been a long hard road. Thanks for sticking with it.

It all depends on how far back you want to go Seth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6bhv4i8qso

An interesting bit of local history, neat to know that cadence calling started right here in Westchester on a route march from Ardsley back to Ft. Slocum. Another local connection in the description is Camp Kilmer named for Joyce Kilmer of Larchmont,69th NY Infantry/ 165th US Infantry, KIA in WWI and a great poet.

Re: Lightweight Stair Construction

BFD, thanks for a great link. I've heard that these were in the works but this is my first time seeing them. I think Barry hit the nail on the head, it's time we all started to speak with a loud voice on this issue from all facets of the fire service. With the Edgewater fire so fresh on everyone's mind, and I hate to say it but "never let a tragedy go to waste", including todays Journal News Article; we need to strike while the iron is hot. This is an issue that has been on our radar for a long time, I remember sitting through a talk by a Yonkers Deputy Chief twenty nine years ago, given in Port Chester, about the dangers of lightweight construction and how we now had right there in Port Chester. The issue has only gotten worse since then and has been stated here will eventually produce fatalities both civilian and responder.

Reach out to your local representatives and explain the issue, bring supporting documentation and clearly and concisely explain it, that's what needs to be done and done now not later.

Also, there was a reason I said responders, not firefighters. Most fires see the police arrive first and make an initial effort to perform either rescue or evacuation. They are just as likely to be harmed by this as we, firefighters, are to be harmed. They should receive at least some type of awareness training in lightweight/truss construction.

LODD Funeral For P.O. Rafael Ramos

Date: Saturday December 27, 2014

Time: 1000hrs.

Location: Christ Tabernacle Church

64-34 Myrtle Ave.

Glendale, NY 11385

Internment:

Cypress Hills Cemetery

I don't often post here, but please let's all make an extra effort to attend and show support for the entire family of Officer Ramos; both the one at home and the one in blue and when the time comes, for the family of Officer Liu.

14 was quartered there from 1889 to 1975

You don't remember this?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078697/?ref_=nv_sr_1

The Black Tom explosion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Tom_explosion

As a younger member in the firehouse there were still a few old timers who could recall being woken by the sound and shaking in Port Chester

Once again proving that the gene pool needs a really heavy dose of chlorine

Had to be in the BOWERY Firehouse Bell tower.

No the angle is wrong, the firehouse was further down the street.

Ronfrehm, thanks for posting these, keep them coming.

Long gone, about the middle of Stop and Shops' dairy aisle/ back room now. Pretty much every building you can see in these photos was torn down for the Waterfront complex. Went to school with Vinny and Kathy Yettito whose father owned Roto-Grip.

Pipe, great spot on Sid (RIP) Think I spot Zinger Gordiski and John Nielsen ....... Trying to pick out a few others, but the pictures pixelate on me, where the hell were you?

Ron, amazing photos keep them coming.

http://www.firefightercancersupport.org/

Please, if you know any firefighter or a firefighter with a family member struggling with this horrible disease please contact this group. They are supported across the full spectrum of the fire service and are completely non-partisan in their efforts.

Old Engine 6?

Isn't the water at Croton Point salt as well? As far as I know the "river" is salt or brackish well past Poughkeepsie. I don't see the salinity making a huge difference. As to the parking lot at Playland, very simple do it prior to, or after the park season, I'm sure the county would love to have something down there that they can make a few dollars at a minimal cost to them.

It might be a little late to get this off the ground for this year, but if you start planning and getting the word out now for next year you'd have the possibility of a bang up event. The only caution I would have is not to be disappointed by your first event, you'd be new, you'll have to build and build and it might take a few years to reach anything near what it used to be. You'd be wise to affiliate with SPAAMFFA in some way as that would give you access to a huge target audience that you'd absolutely need, the antique rig owners and antique vendors.

Seth, great idea, I just wish my own plate weren't so full. But that being said, I'll try and help as best I am able.

Camden, NJ: 70,000 people living in 10 square miles. The poorest and the most dangerous city in the country.

Mount Vernon 15.4k per square mile

Port Chester 12k+ per square mile

Yonkers 10.8k+ per square mile

Camden 8.6k per square mile

Your point?

God forbid the region have a functioning mass transit system.

Tell you what, when a tax is levied on everyone, regardless of their use of a car or purchase of gasoline, for road maintenance; then I will gladly pay a tax for "mass transit."

In a more comedic moment it reminds me of "Mother, Juggs and Speed".

I was thinking the same thing. " I never noticed this before but you're a good looking woman" Oh my god, funny.