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FDNY Pipes and Drums were able to split up into 9 bands to make sure ALL the brothers got their proper honors.

Hard to tell. Are those escape windows for the exceptionally thin? I would watch them build it and write a preplan. Take a lot of pics and put them in your CIDS or whatever you use

The lolly columns along the rear are strangely placed in twos. If I had this bldg in my town, I would 1:Work out a preplan 2:Have companies visit the building at various stages of construction. If there is a fire, most heat should go to the highest part of the roof. That would be the most likely vent location (from Side A), however the facade is in your way, and you probably would like to know what's holding that facade up.

I always loved this tiller truck that goes sideways down the street. Check out the seating for a manning of 9.

Looks like you and GG Sr. got bitten a few times yourself. My memory of your rats is a little hazy, but to you, I'll bet it's crystal clear.

The Rats WERE around 20 years ago. I have gotten a couple of rat bites myself. So did my father 50 years ago. Remember Caeser and Brutus? Rats have been around a long time. If the rats aren't after you, you may be one of them. Keep your vaccinations up-to-date, the rats aren't going to go away.

Add a little common sense can't hurt either. Lower those I-pods and mp3 players. How about the gin mills...if you can feel the vibes of the band in your chest cavity, it's a tad too loud. You probably don't have to lean on that Federal at 2am and your light is green. You've got the right of way. You can also disconnect the rig's siren and in it's place use the guy who whines about everything

As an officer, I usually found myself paying speciial attention to the on-scene whereabouts and actions of the guys that are considered the great furefighters. They are the most agressive and will push the hardest at a job. Not that they overpush the envelope. They know and follow the plan. But if trouble comes it will likely come near your best people. Company Officers and IC's should keep an eye on their best people as a practice. When you train on RIT (FAST) this is a good thing to mention. Just a thought.

Ah, Grasshopper, once again the Secret Code. If you ask a FF "Do you know Joe Blow?" Listen between the lines at the answer. Yeah I know Joe means Joe's a slug and the FF doesn't like him Yeah, Joe's a good guy means fun to hang out with, maybe not a good FF Yeah Joe's a good FF means you trust Joe Joe? Yeah...Good man Means you would follow through hellfire You've got it figured out, Firediver. I just put the secret code up for newcomers who didn't know.

My apologies to the female firefighters for the choice of words. I was by no means being derrogatory towards you. When I used the word "balls," I was not referring to the male anatomy. There is officially no part of the male anatomy named balls and that part of the male anatomy with the nickname has nothing to do with a man's courage. I was referring to a set of traits...very hard to list, impossible to describe, but when an old timer like me is talking about a fellow Firefighter, male or female, and I say he or she has "balls," I have just told you that I truly respect your courage in the face of danger, among other traits. I am not Politically Correct nor do I ever intend to be. Political correctness often softens reality. Capt Benz gave a good description of a "good firefighter." In the old days of only males on the job, if you asked "do you know John Doe?" and the answer came back "yeah, Good Man," it was like a secret code that says John Doe is well respected. We just haven't come up with that secret code for female firefighters. Good woman or Good Girl doesn't do it. Good Firefighter doesn't covey the full meaning as Good Man does. We are too entrenched in political correctness to come up with the right words. I do know that to get that distinction, you've gotta have "Balls."

BALLS and BRAINS Not nececcarily book knowledge. He has a feel for the everyday fire and make on-the-spot decisions

Wait 'til the middle of the night, then move the duct tape. Your car won't be legal, but at least you'll have fun.

It's a new CHIEF's Car. Protects your Chief from Commissioners,Mayors, City Council, Reporters, Union Leaders, Volunteer Committees, DC's who want to be chief, the NFPA, NIOSH, builders associations, OSHA, PERB, and anyone else who is out to get him.

Maybe ropes was a bad example,but I was commenting on the process, not the rope stsndard. Break a 12 year old rope and the court will surely say that the MFG Rec is the expiration date. I am working without a set of NFPA's here in the retired DC's office, so I have to rely on you for lookups. BTW I met the FDNY ropes Lt. in Defenders years ago when they were reseaeching the standard you mentioned. He was building a rope tester-breaker for breaking strength.

REMEMBER I SAID SOME GOOD, SOME NOT SO GOOD.I WAS COMMENTING ON THE STANDARDS PROCESS AND HOW THINGS COME TO BE, NOT THE ROPE STANDARD PER SE. I'm not yelling at you...new computer w/ windows 7 and caps lock was on. Never too old to learn something new

Don't forget to add 10% to engine pressure for "sinuosity of the hose lay" if it zigs and zags more than 3 times down the street, comrade.

The NFPA is really a level of government without a constitution or bill of rights. A few people sit down and make up a "standard" and POOF...a year later, it is cited like the law of the land, and everybody must fall in line. Think about it. How did something like a rope get an expiration date? The committee said "Oh, I dunnow let's make it 20 years" but the rope manufacturer is on the committee so it becomes 10 years. He has to sell rope,you know. After that it becomes a utility rope (still strong as ever). And so on and so on.

I would say grounded. They gave him the new shield to keep him out of the helo. Little do they know he can get almost the same altitude out of an unmarked car..Congrats Chris!

I believe that's the birth of NFPA. They're still costing us all a lot of money. Some for good reasons,some for no good reason. If you don't have NST, buy adapters to give to your mutual aid companies. If you remove the elbows, etc from your rig's intakes/discharges, you should find NST at the pump.

30 years??? National standard hose couplings came out around 1904 and we are still trying to get THAT to work.

The FDMV guys have always done good work. It's their city leader that can't be rescued.

COMING SOON! NEW THREAD<<<NEVER BEFORE SEEN! How to disentangle a back-step coiled headphone cord which has wrapped between the dual wheels. The spotter yelled STOP when his headset pulled off. The driver didn't hear him because of either the driver headset muffling the sound, or the driver was watching spotter #4 who was swatting at a bee and it looked like the c'mon back signal. The IAFC has issued a stand down on rigs backing up until the situation is resolved. Don't complicate the things that are simple.

Ditto That is the rest of my ONE SPOTTER post. As for 4 spotters...bad idea. It sounds safer but it is not. Any industry that uses spotters,i.e cranes, aircraft, specify that there is to be only one spotter

Remember there should only be ONE SPOTTER whatever system you use. "Too many cooks spoil the bodywork"

Call it scannerland, but the transmissions from dispatch are results of what info he has gotten from the caller. The transmissions from units are stiuation status reports. How can they be jaded?