Within Harsh Report on Fatal Fire, a Nod to (FDNY) Firefighters’ ‘Can-Do Attitude’

[x635 4,066]

Within Harsh Report on Fatal Fire, a Nod to Firefighters’ ‘Can-Do Attitude’

By AL BAKER

Published: August 22, 2008

Here is the Halligan tool: a lightweight crowbar-like device used by firefighters to pry open locked doors, smash windows and punch holes in walls.

It hangs on a truck’s side at the headquarters of Ladder Company 1 and Engine Company 7, on Duane Street in Lower Manhattan. And as Firefighter John McConnachie pulls it from the rig on Friday and lifts its 8 ½ pounds up to the height of his chest — like an extension of his arm — he explains its place in the city’s long history of firefighting ingenuity.

FULL STORY: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/nyregion...amp;oref=slogin

[SRS131EMTFF 471]

Thats a great article.....thanks for posting it here. I do not know if I would have found it other-wise.

[M' Ave 1,466]

It's an excellent article....for a change.

I'm all for SOP's and precautions, but being able to think outside that box is what makes a great fireman stand out. These are the guys that everyone wants to learn from. It's procedures that we learn in the firehouse from senior men that are priceless.

[Guest]

Shockingly they got the Company's right! Im surprised it was not Cherry Picker 21 and Bucket Co. 1.