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After you watch "The Bronx Is Burning", check out some of this audio from July 4th, 1990 F.D.N.Y. style. Thank you to R1 SmokeEater for making these great memories available. I'll never stop missing this action, the job and the GREAT guys I worked with. Firefighting truly is "The greatest job on earth"... 
 

Here ya go Brother, this link seems to be working:
 

Here is a documentary made in 1972 about Engine Co 82. It's about 50 minutes long so grab yourself a cool one or perhaps a cup of tea. This is how it was. And it wasn't just this one area of the Bronx either.
 
Of course the Safety Officers will go "nuts" when they see this one. But these guys were the most experienced firefighters in the entire world. After most of 82s area was burned out, Bronx companies in the West Bronx started to increase their load dramatically, almost over night.
 
 So just sit back and watch. I'm sure you will be amazed if you haven't seen this before.
 
 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygF3NJvy3bY (Sorry link is not working - but go to youtube and type in "The Bronx is Burning")

"All hands" or signal 7-5 (not to be confused with 10-75 are most frequently used when referring to structural fires.  But not necessarily.  You can transmit a 10-75 for a fire or emergency.  Gas leaks, manhole fires, brush fires, and other incident can and do result in the transmission of a 10-75.  As for the all hands when 3 and 2 are being used you are using all hands.  A reported structural fire gets an assignment of 3 engines, 2 trucks, and a battalion chief.  If the chief uses 2 and 2 and holds the 3rd engine fast it's not an all hands.  The scenarios with using 2 and 2 on the highway box don't constitute an all hands.  
 
As for the SOC unit response
The transmission of a 10-75 results in the dispatch of the normally assigned rescue and squad if available.  If the fire/incident escalates to an all hands doubtful a rescue and squad will be assigned regardless.  If a chief advises he used all hands and is under control they will not receive the SOC units and other specialized units.  
 
I'm sure this is still confusing and I'm not sure I'm doing it justice but I'll use and example of a working fire to show the units assigned and timing.  
 
Phone call reporting a fire in a building.  
3 Engines, 2 Ladders, and 1 Battalion Chief are dispatched.  
 
First engine arrives and finds a working fire and transmits a 10-75.  
4th Engine is assigned, 3 truck(FAST), additional Battalion Chief, and the Deputy Chief is notified
 
Usually at the first progress report the chief notes what he is using.  This is usually when the all hands is transmitted with the status of the fire Doubtful, probably will hold, under control.  
 
In the outer boroughs the vast majority of "All Hands" are transmitted for fires.  

 
My brother-in-law's father was in 82 Engine in those days with Dennis Smith. I would have loved to hear his stories, but he has passed.
My brother-in-law keeps his helmet on display in their house to this day. If only that helmet could tell stories.

Yes, it will hit us or it will miss us. 

Now I can be a meteorologist.
 

Yes, very impressive. But let's go back to the 1970s. The time is referred to as "The FDNY War Years". No other place in the world has seen more fires on a daily basis than the FDNY.
 
 I believe the busiest month for MULTIPLE ALARM FIRES was August, 1977 (according to a newsletter from the Fire Bell Club). During that time, the FDNY had a TOTAL of 100 Multiple Alarm Fires. The numbers of fires were staggering at the time.
 
 In addition, I recently had the honor of meeting the Captain of Engine 82 during the time when a famous book came out called "Report from Engine Co 82". According to this former captain, now retired chief, Engine Co 82 responded to 210 working building fires just in July, 1975. That's a rate of seven working fires every day of the month. In fact, it's more than the Entire City had for the previous month of August, 2016.
 
  This now retired FDNY Chief is 79 years old. Still loves the job but as he says "It was the Best and the Worst of times". Many civilians and firefighters were hurt and many lost their lives. In the South Bronx where Engine 82 was, along with many other large areas of the city, it looked much like a bomb had been dropped on it. All because so many buildings were burned out from the huge number of fires.
 
  I spent many days down there buffing and watching these guys work. What I saw was Unbelievable and I will never forget it. I once brought a few buddies down there with me. In only a few square miles we saw 11 working fires that day. Of course there were many more throughout the city as well. But after spending about 12-14 hours there it was time to leave. As we left the Bronx, one of the guys told me, "it was like they opened the gates and let us out".
 
  Today I have many friends who are retired members of the FDNY during that time. I still can't believe the amount of work these guys caught. I refer to them as "The Greatest Generation of Firefighters". You can check out www.nycfire.net in the history section for more details. The thread "My Younger Buff Years", is one of them.
 
  And here's a few pictures from another good friend who had permission to ride with a few Harlem companies back in the 1980s.  www.fdnysbravest.com

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I am retired from that job....money is good they gave the test in 2012 and I believe they barely made it to the 80's with the score you have to score high not like years ago

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But that douche bag Kaepernick can sit for our national anthem?!? 
We are really screwed as a society...

It might offend the shooters family

But that douche bag Kaepernick can sit for our national anthem?!? 
We are really screwed as a society...

http://www.bankinginvestment.net/article/607842769/out-spotlight/

On Sunday, September 4th, the annual Father Mychal Judge Walk of Remembrance  will take place.
 
The day will start at St Francis of Assisi Church on 31st St between Sixth and Seventh Aves, just opposite the quarters of Eng 1, Lad 24. With a rosary at 8:45 am followed by a Catholic Mass at 9:30 am.
 
The Walk is scheduled to commence at 10:30 am and will follow the route taken by Fr Judge to the Trade Center. With stops at the firehouses and police precinct station houses along the way. Father Judge was the FDNY Chaplain who is listed as Victim # 0001. The walk is meant to honor Father Judge, the members of the Uniformed Services, and all those whose lives were so brutally taken on September 11, 2001 and by disease since then.
 
 A NYPD Auxiliary formation will be formed at Seventh Ave and 19th St, at the quarters of Eng 3/Lad 12/Batt 7. A bugler at that location will present taps. There will also be a second buglar who will blow Taps at the processions end at St Peters Church, Barclay and Church starting at approximately 1:30 pm. One block north of the Trade Center Site. St Peter's is where Fr Judge's body was placed upon after following his removal from the site.
 
  Anyone who can do so, please join in either at St Francis or the firehouse at Seventh Ave/19th St., or St Peters Church. A large turnout is the hope of those who organize this.
 
  Too many people have forgotten the events and what they mean. Here is a video from the Father Judge walk of Rememberance of September 5, 2010 as we remember FDNYs Chaplain Father Mychal Judge.
 
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce6UD-n3cQg

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/08/12/nfl-denies-cowboys-request-to-wear-decal-honoring-fallen-dallas-officers.html
The NFL denied the Dallas Cowboys’ request to wear a decal on their helmets during the season that would have paid tribute to the five police officers killed last month in an ambush.
The team had been wearing a decal with the words “Arm in Arm” since the first day of training camp this summer. 
Dallas police said it appreciated the Cowboys’ support.

4, 2 in Rye Brook and now 2 in the City of Rye . 4 more to go !
 

Some years ago I would have agreed with this, but today F@#k this, F@#k that and f@#k the other thing, IS the language of the public realm. Nobody cares how many f@#ks one gives anymore. I mean jeez, just about any movie you see has more F bombs than anything else in the dialogue for Christ's sake.
 
On the video, honestly, if telling a crew to get their line in place and "put the f@#king fire out" over the radio gets them moving to do just that...well then that's A-OK in my book. But hey, my ears lost their virginity a long long time ago so...
 

Given the circumstances they get a by. Sounds like he was calling for a line and it wasn't coming fast enough. I think we all have been in situations where the last thing we are worried about is our language. What is important is they got the job done and went home to their families

I forgot to update this.....AJ won!!!

If that's what it takes to get your point across to get the job done, so be it.
Hope everyone went home safe.
 
We've become so PC and pussified in recent years, it's scary.
Does is sound professional? Maybe not. But the men making these statements are likely some of the most professional in the business. 

If that's what it takes to get your point across to get the job done, so be it.
Hope everyone went home safe.
 
We've become so PC and pussified in recent years, it's scary.
Does is sound professional? Maybe not. But the men making these statements are likely some of the most professional in the business. 

If that's what it takes to get your point across to get the job done, so be it.
Hope everyone went home safe.
 
We've become so PC and pussified in recent years, it's scary.
Does is sound professional? Maybe not. But the men making these statements are likely some of the most professional in the business. 

If that's what it takes to get your point across to get the job done, so be it.
Hope everyone went home safe.
 
We've become so PC and pussified in recent years, it's scary.
Does is sound professional? Maybe not. But the men making these statements are likely some of the most professional in the business. 

If that's what it takes to get your point across to get the job done, so be it.
Hope everyone went home safe.
 
We've become so PC and pussified in recent years, it's scary.
Does is sound professional? Maybe not. But the men making these statements are likely some of the most professional in the business.