Love the American LaFrance and Mack apparatuses....great pics of unsung heroes...Whitney in her prime, is a great touch as well...👍🍻...cheers NYFD and all Firefighters from east to west!
Left Proby school and entered the quarters of E- 60, L-17, L- 17-2 and B-14, April of 1973. We were gladiators knee deep in that South Bronx coliseum and at 22 years of age I loved it.
So my brother Jimmy is a firefighter in Chicago for the past 14 years. Should I tell him and his truck they aren't brave because they aren't "NYFD"?! Just curious?!
Seeing the Satellite in this video bought back memories of when I rode with Satellite the Satellite officer in Car 530. I would switch from Satellite one to the Satellite officer car and respond to EVERY SECOND ALARM FIRE IN THE CITY. I had that option because I was assigned to The Community Relations Bureau as an Auxiliary Captain. Spending the night at Satellite One's quarters was an awesome experience to ride to every Second alarm fire in the City and assist them with the manifold and stretching those four and a half inch lines. I even got to ride with Captain O'Malley who was the Super Pumper System Commanding Officer in Car 920 out of the quarters of Ladder 119 where the Super Pumper was quartered on Hooper Street in Williamsburg Brooklyn. All hands eye opened wide. Transmitting the Second Alarm and it was out the door. No electronic sirens in those days just a Federal 28 manual siren. JOHN KELLY AND JIMMY PRESS of Satellite One. I remember the night when Lieutenant Siglegh died of a heart attack while on the scene of a Third Alarm fire. Ambulance 4 rushed him to Hospital but he was DOA.
Please go to a website called www.nycfire.net . There are many stories, photos, and videos representing this time. Check out the HISTORY section there. Topics such as "My Younger Buff Years", "Remberance", "Glory Days". Stories told by active and retired firefighters and buffs who were there. Hope to see you there, Willy D, aka NFD2004 on that site.
you are very welcome. i have almost 100 video's thanking the police officers and working on the fireman now and these are for the people of the whole state.
Company 732 truck looks to be one of the ladder companies rebranded as a “Tactical Control Unit (TCU) during the war years. I’m guessing that this designation allowed extra units to be put into service while staying within the FDNY operational budget.
yes there is. the one that donated a copy of the pictures is a picture dealer and he gets these pictures cheap because of the fire trucks and sales them to who else fire fighters .
Man they had some ugly ass, beat up equipment didn't they? Well worn and hard used! My dept. bought a cast off pumper from FDNY back in the very early 90's. When it showed up, it had a bullet hole in the windshield!
i remember dodging those bullets. that beat up was from gasoline alley. i helped with gang war task force in 1979 and also helped fight a few fires. that year. but you'r right they did. lmao
The fdny were doing tests in the 80s of the effectiveness of the lime green (also known as safety yellow) they had 10 mack cf pumpers and 1 American LaFrance pumper painted with this color. One of these engines painted was Engine 10 (engine 10 is stationed with ladder 10 near the world trade center) but the lime green paint sadly failed
Love the American LaFrance and Mack apparatuses....great pics of unsung heroes...Whitney in her prime, is a great touch as well...👍🍻...cheers NYFD and all Firefighters from east to west!
Left Proby school and entered the quarters of E- 60, L-17, L- 17-2 and B-14, April of 1973.
We were gladiators knee deep in that South Bronx coliseum and at 22 years of age I loved it.
New York City FireFighter are the braves in the "World"!!!! Thank you!
i agree
So my brother Jimmy is a firefighter in Chicago for the past 14 years. Should I tell him and his truck they aren't brave because they aren't "NYFD"?! Just curious?!
@@billydefrancesco2376 Na, there's no reason for him to know.
Yes they are they the best in the world, the NYC fire fighters.
The Days of thunder. Thanks a million E256, E230, E3, SQ1, E268, L137 1973-1986 retired 3/4
you are very welcome. i was on gasoline alley in 1975. and in the cop shop to.
I grew up in Canarie, Brooklyn in 70s and 80s, nothing will ever replace those trucks and men... Great video
You gotta love those Mack CF’s
I worked those trucks. With a 2 stage pump and the Mack diesel, you could get 200 psi just above a quick idle of the engine.
This is one great video, a real tribute to the New York City fire fighters.
Couldn't have picked a better fitting song.
Seeing the Satellite in this video bought back memories of when I rode with Satellite the Satellite officer in Car 530. I would switch from Satellite one to the Satellite officer car and respond to EVERY SECOND ALARM FIRE IN THE CITY.
I had that option because I was assigned to The Community Relations Bureau as an Auxiliary Captain.
Spending the night at Satellite One's quarters was an awesome experience to ride to every Second alarm fire in the City and assist them with the manifold and stretching those four and a half inch lines. I even got to ride with Captain O'Malley who was the Super Pumper System Commanding Officer in Car 920 out of the quarters of Ladder 119 where the Super Pumper was quartered on Hooper Street in Williamsburg Brooklyn. All hands eye opened wide. Transmitting the Second Alarm and it was out the door. No electronic sirens in those days just a Federal 28 manual siren. JOHN KELLY AND JIMMY PRESS of Satellite One.
I remember the night when Lieutenant Siglegh died of a heart attack while on the scene of a Third Alarm fire. Ambulance 4 rushed him to Hospital but he was DOA.
great maybe you can get in touch with a few old friends from them day. wouldn't it be nice to see them all again after all this time..
Please go to a website called www.nycfire.net . There are many stories, photos, and videos representing this time. Check out the HISTORY section there. Topics such as "My Younger Buff Years", "Remberance", "Glory Days". Stories told by active and retired firefighters and buffs who were there. Hope to see you there, Willy D, aka NFD2004 on that site.
I love those old trucks they had so much character
@3:12, you see Engine 82, of Dennis Smith's famous book "Report from Engine Co. 82".
My dad,was small town, fire chief,del Paso fire dept,ca raised at fire house,push the fire bottom for alarms,72 yrs old Stell a. Fire buff.
thank you for posting
you are very welcome. i have almost 100 video's thanking the police officers and working on the fireman now and these are for the people of the whole state.
Company 732 truck looks to be one of the ladder companies rebranded as a “Tactical Control Unit (TCU) during the war years. I’m guessing that this designation allowed extra units to be put into service while staying within the FDNY operational budget.
omg....I am sobbing. This is so great!
Great
Quite a few trucks in there I had no idea FDNY ran.
yes there is. the one that donated a copy of the pictures is a picture dealer and he gets these pictures cheap because of the fire trucks and sales them to who else fire fighters .
Nicely done!
Man they had some ugly ass, beat up equipment didn't they? Well worn and hard used! My dept. bought a cast off pumper from FDNY back in the very early 90's. When it showed up, it had a bullet hole in the windshield!
i remember dodging those bullets. that beat up was from gasoline alley. i helped with gang war task force in 1979 and also helped fight a few fires. that year. but you'r right they did. lmao
My department had 2 of the old Mack pumps from them, when I started....what pieces of crap....
What’s with the yellow/lime green Mack?
The fdny were doing tests in the 80s of the effectiveness of the lime green (also known as safety yellow) they had 10 mack cf pumpers and 1 American LaFrance pumper painted with this color. One of these engines painted was Engine 10 (engine 10 is stationed with ladder 10 near the world trade center) but the lime green paint sadly failed
@@Bald_Cat2007 ah gotcha thanks for the information
@@Bald_Cat2007 Cool info , thanks
Whitney Houston and the FDNY don’t go together.
Song works well with the pictures
Thank you DC !
The Bronx is burning
"Was burning"
Some great shots of Mack apparatus!!!! Acording to historians Mack and FDNY had a love hate relationship. More like the bloated city government......
instead of whitney singing put the war years audio behind it
Theres a back story why that one truck they had was green...i can't remenber it but i think there. Is a you tube video on it
There were a few engine companies with the green rigs, E. 94 in the Bronx was one.The green was supposed to be easier to see at night.
@@tzisme Engine 10, Engine 85, And Engine 236 were just 3 out of the 11 trucks that took part in the experiment
Nice old photo of fire engines
Remove the music.....PLEASE !
Music sucks real bad
Terrible song..... so bad