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The 2nd Conrad Tinney photo........

Hey Don, Thankfully you won't be seeing anymore of those steel Scott tanks. Remember how heavy those suckers were? ~Stay safe bro

Barry, the bumper compartment is set up for rapid foam? Does 25 Engine respond to the Interstate and/or parkways?

Another nice photo shoot Seth, and a sharp looking Pierce for the NRFD. Roll safe brothers. (I particularly like the wi-fi, mp3 hook-up, Bose sound system, and Blackberry interfacer in the officer's dash space......:-)

This series of photos definately deserves a soundtrack: http://www.last.fm/music/Richard+Wagner/_/...f+the+Valkyries ~Stay safe up there

Just when you think you've seen it all....

Now that is one sharp looking rig. Nice work with the camera Seth.

(Thanks again to Batt. 2 FDNY for sharing images of an interesting fire.) July 4th night at 0200 hours B2 had run for gas leak. Thought it would be a routine run. Turned out to be fire in restaurant exhaust duct which ran up the outside of a tall building. Fast truck discovered the origin of fire in restaurant at end of the building, about 50 feet away from main entrance to the apartment building. Duct work ran through an exterior deck at 2nd floor rear. You can see the burnt grease in the duct. Looking up vertically at duct. Damage was at kitchen in rear of this restaurant. Problem was sprinklers never went off. Inspection opening to check the pipe chases for fire extension.

Very cool. When I read your post, I instantly thought.....AFG grant application. Perfect item to go for en-mass to fully outfit an entire department.

In Eastchester as well, all company officers carry CO monitors as well as TICs. Westchester Fire Control EMD trained dispatchers generally determine the level of response to a CO alarm, and many times without apparent CO exposure symptoms being relayed from the caller, FD gets the run exclusively, with the IC/company officers having the option to upgrade the response for EMS units if needed. Equipping the buses and Medic units with CO detectors might be cost prohibitive in some EMS agencies in Westchester, but if they could swing it, it would be another big improvement in customer service, providing an additional layer of protection. Let's hope a personal-sized cyanide monitor becomes commerically viable and available for the fire service asap.

Great question for all firefighters and officers to think about IMHO.

Lt., That is great information. Thank you for sharing.

Hey Chris, Chief Kearon stated the FAST Truck located the fire. They were probably on an exterior recon for means of egress access points to force for the brothers operating inside to have escape options if needed. Checking all sides of the structure as we know is FAST Company SOG. I imagine the fire became apparent when they observed that exposure, as the duct apparently burned through. Regards, ~George

Second that. Rest in Peace.

I heard the JETS fans were organizing with GREENpeace to try and push them back to Miami.

oo DAH chaa! The aerial oo SLOOZH lee vee. (There are many Russian girls here in Myrtle Beach).....Da....

(FDNY Batt. 2 shares what did and could have happened at a recent fire.) Thursday had a 2 and 2 fire in basement of this art/ antique store. This is the former quarters of Ladder 9 on Elizabeth Street. Stretched a precautionary line for fire in some plywood caused by a torch operator working on installing an elevator in an old hose tower. Anyway, charged the line to wash down. Found out later as we were taking up that the Engine 55 Lieutenant fell 5 feet down the elevator shaft into the pit. The Ladder 20 Lt' saw it happen and was about to transmit a May Day when the E55 Lt. stood up and climbed out of the pit. There was heavy smoke at the time. The first two units didn't transmit a 10-75 on arrival because the owner of the store tried to downplay the fire so we wouldn't use water. E55 Lt. was taken to Bellevue for a check up. He is on Med Leave. Ladder 20 aerial malfunction on arrival. Fortunately didn't need it at this fire. Some of the art in the store.

Thanks for the reminder. I'll never forget one of the most beautiful firefighter paintings I've ever seen. It's on the wall of BlazesL59, a decorated Captain from NY. It's a simple watercolor of a huge gathering in Heaven of 343 NY firefighters wearing black helmets, welcoming and surrounding 9 Charleston firefighters wearing their classic bright helmets; The Brotherhood in Heaven. God Bless all of them.

Questions: How many personel are recommended for proper placement, setting up and deployment of a TL? I'm sure Brother Barry will be able to give us the complete rundown of manufacturer recommends, plus NFPA if he desires. Certainly at a minimum (below Standards of course, but that's the reality for many members out there) a Chauffer and a step-man. Better yet, an officer, chauffer and a step-man. Best of all, PROPER STAFFING. Why is the apparatus operator the only person being put under a microscope for this incident? Did an officer or ff help guide the rig into proper placement, under the durress of a working fire? Or was everybody too busy making a bee line for their 4.5's and the first in hose line? (saw that too many times in my career, and admittedly did it myself on occassion) I have a sneaking suspicion that this rig was undermanned when it responded to, and operated at this incident. Furthermore, (oxymoron) 'the more the rig is understaffed', the more the calculated chance of an incident like this rising dramatically. A Chauffer should not be expected to be solely responsible for safe POSITIONING of TL's, LT's or straight sticks. Tillers obviously have an advantage of four automatic eyeballs. However, final determination of whether the rig is set up properly is up to the guy who places the pads, deploys the outriggers, and ultimatley sets the ladder/bucket into play; ie the Chauffer in most cases. If it is NOT ready to go, that needs to be relayed OVER the pressure of dept. personel demanding to hurry up and get the tower set-up. If you gotta reposition, you have to make it known and get some fireground support for same. The hardest time to get through to a brother and make him/her understand your needs as the equipment operator, is during the begining drama of a working fire, when he is tunnel-thinking usually about one assignment. Plus overhead wires play such a drastic impediment to Westchester, and CT. truck deployment. An I.C. should be careful to keep this on his COAL WAS WEALTH OVERLOAD of pre-attack information, imho. I'm happy for these guys that the bucket looks like it landed on the corner of the fire building preventing further damage or injury. Learn and move on. It's harder to do when a guy rides an aerial all the way down to the ground; and we've all seen that nightmare. Stay safe.

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(Many thanks to FDNY Battalion 2 Chief who had this fire, and shared these images to show the many challenges this job presented) Had an all hands on Grove St and Bleecker. 11:00 pm Reports of people trapped. Fire was 3rd floor rear of 5 story building. Lad 5 and Eng 24 got in first. All other companies couldn't get into block because of narrow streets and other obstacles. Fire was in collyer's mansion type apt. caused by overturned candle. Person trapped was in apt above with party wall type fire escape. She had heavy smoke coming up from below. Lad 9 took her into adjoining apt. A few anxious moments. The roof man said he couldn't see the roof from the aerial due to heavy smoke. Look at all the obstacles. There is a steep slope to the roof. The rear of the roof had no parapet. The trees were over 60 feet tall Looking down from the roof at the rear party wall type fire escape. Small type landing. Fire was in and make a quick right but lots of debris blocked the way.

(In response to my inquiry to Batt. 2 to answer your questions, I received the following; once again thank you Chief Kearon FDNY Battalion 2) Alarm came in around 2300 hours. Engine 24 arrived first along with Ladder 5. Smoke only was showing as fire was in apartment facing the rear of building.Engine 24 took a hydrant past the fire building freeing up the fire building to Ladder 5. Squad 18 took a hydrant at the corner of Grove St and Bedford St. Battalion 2 parked on Bedford St and I walked up Grove street to the fire building. The second due Ladder Company, Ladder 9, is a tower ladder and could not make the turn onto Grove Street from Bedford St so they parked on the corner and the members walked up the block to the fire building. I received information from the dispatcher that someone was trapped in Apartment 4C. I relayed that info to Ladder 9, even though they most likely heard the same info while responding. From the front of the building I only saw smoke rising at the roof level. Ladder 5 had their aerial to the roof. There was a person at a front window on the second floor but they weren't in distress. Ladder 9 put a portable ladder to that person but really there was no need. Ladder 9 was responsible for the floor above and removed a young woman from her floor above apartment out onto the party wall type fire escape. A party wall means there are no steps that lead up to the next floor or down to the lower floors. They only join up to the same floor apartment next door. The escape is only horizontally. The lady told me she knew she shouldn't go down the interior stairs due to the heat and smoke but there was a lot of smoke coming up from below on the outside of the apartment at the rear.Only when a firefighter appeared did she go out onto the fire escape. The fire was in a collyer's mansion type apartment. These people never throw anything out so papers, mail, books, clothing etc. pile up. When the candle fell over she threw something on top of the fire but got distracted by her cat as the fire grew larger. Engine 24, with the assistance of Squad 18, extinguished the fire. I was glad to hear that the fire was knocked down in short time and that the trapped person was removed from the apartment above. The fast truck was Ladder 20. I called for an additional engine and truck when I heard about the trapped person and saw the heavy smoke. Ladder 12 and Engine 3 were then special called. They later relieved Engine 24 and Ladder 5. Rescue 1 was used to search the floors above. Squad 1 from Brooklyn came as the replacement Squad for Squad 18 but wasn't used. All in all, the fire lasted about 45 minutes. Ladder 8 was special called to do salvage, staple plastic to windows etc.. but the building owners hired a fire salvage company that showed up while we were finishing operations. This salvage company subscribes to Breaking News Network and responds to fire scenes in hopes of getting the board up job. In this case they were hired on the spot by the building super and the fire department didn't have to put up plastic over windows etc. There were a few minor injuries to firefighters. Later that night we had a call for a person in the Hudson River but it turned out to be a false alarm. ~Ed Kearon, Batt 2

Very tragic. Condolences to his family. My God 18 yrs old. Rest in Peace lad.

I will contact Batt. 2 to see if I can get you information regarding assignments. Stay safe.

Got to doing a little catch-up reading and came across this excellent article through google. Sorry if this has been posted already. It's written by a very well known Chief here on emtbravo: http://www.fireengineering.com/display_art...on-Fire-Escapes