FDNY Rescue 3 vintage footage July 4th, 1991, an Alan Simmons/Firestorm HD Production

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  • Опубликовано: 28 июн 2010
  • Vintage footage of Rescue 3 shot nearly 20 years ago during the week of July 4th, 1991. Featured are station scenes, receiving alarms, responding, and working at numerous fires in the Bronx and Manhattan. Some of the firefighters appearing in this video did not survive the 9/11
    terrorist attacks. Also featured is a 4th alarm in Brooklyn. This presentation contains selected scenes from the one hour feature available at www.firestormvideos.com.

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  • @berserkerrex4411
    @berserkerrex4411 4 года назад +17

    This is some of the only footage I can find of my Uncle Christopher Blackwell (He was helmet 342 and unfortunately died in 9/11). I never got to know him, but I glad I could at least see a glimpse of him from this video. Thank you, for giving me this opportunity.

    • @bubbabrumfield5773
      @bubbabrumfield5773 3 года назад +2

      R1 SmokeEater has an excellent video of R3 on his page. It's from a National Geographic piece from the '90s and has footage of your Uncle in it especially at the very end. Hope this helps and sorry for your loss.

    • @extraglutenplz3758
      @extraglutenplz3758 Год назад

      Blackwell is also in this video ruclips.net/video/CQDB_jOFoEE/видео.html

  • @Cashcrop54
    @Cashcrop54 7 лет назад +6

    I love these vintage videos! I grew up across from a fire station in the late 50's. The trucks had so much character. I have a board on Pinterest for vintage fire trucks. They are works of art! I love these older videos too. Thanks for posting it.

  • @learning41230
    @learning41230 13 лет назад +3

    Sobering. Thanks to all you guys that do this every day!! God bless you.

  • @catman5169
    @catman5169 12 лет назад +14

    I could not be a fireman anywhere, much less NYC...some people there have no respect for you guys...they don't get out of your way on your way to the scene...or anything else. My hat...if I wore one...would be off to you guys. Whatever your salary is...it's not enough...you've got to love what you do...and, for all the firemen in the world...I salute you.

    • @seanduffy5893
      @seanduffy5893 Месяц назад

      MY LATE FATHER WAS A FIREFIGHTER IN NJ FOR 35 YEARS. HE RETIRED IN 1994. HE WAS STILL ACTIVE UNTIL 2003. UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY IN 2006. I WAS A FIREFIGHTER FOR 20 YEARS. THANK YOU FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF WHAT FIREFIGHTERS DO EVERYDAY.

  • @freeamericausa1
    @freeamericausa1 12 лет назад +1

    As a long time retired veteran, and firefigher. I salute all of you who serve. Proud to always call you my brothers. What ALL of you do for our nation, across this country every day. Makes me remember that old, but appropriate statement about how 'We are going in, while everybody else is trying to get out.'
    If only the Civilians knew...much more than the movies can ever show.

  • @jgrandison2004
    @jgrandison2004 12 лет назад +5

    This is amazing video. God bless all those who did not survive 9/11 and God bless all those who did. May all my brothers, past, present, and future be safe always.

  • @firepower782
    @firepower782 10 лет назад +7

    Great video, love the older stuff. Amazing to see how much turnout gear, SCBA & apparatus have improved in twenty years.

    • @jackangermeier9458
      @jackangermeier9458 5 лет назад +1

      firepower782 i wouldn’t say improved... those old Mack’s are still the best apparatus that existed.

    • @chiefrich1804
      @chiefrich1804 4 года назад +2

      My rookie year on FDNY was 1990, I remember those long coats and 3/4 pull-up boots very well.

    • @samuelwarshaw9480
      @samuelwarshaw9480 2 года назад

      @@jackangermeier9458 in what way?

  • @BJohn182
    @BJohn182 14 лет назад +2

    this is some of the best footage ive ever seen!!
    thanks for sharing this

  • @FmasterJG
    @FmasterJG 12 лет назад +8

    5:25 "The Tonka Truck". Probably never a more fitting name for an apparatus and the FDNY

    • @chiefrich1804
      @chiefrich1804 4 года назад +1

      Yes, Tower Ladder 124 in Bushwick, Brooklyn was known as "The Tonka Truck"

  • @megaweld7018
    @megaweld7018 4 года назад

    Excellent Fire Ground Footage of the " Brothers " operating in " The Heat Of The Battle ! "
    Thanks for posting !

  • @farmtruck551
    @farmtruck551 14 лет назад

    Thank You for posting this, if you have more like it i encourage you to post them!

  • @firebrigade101
    @firebrigade101 12 лет назад +3

    Worlds greatest FDNY...awesome footage!

  • @chrisbarr1359
    @chrisbarr1359 5 лет назад

    Excellent video!

  • @barnesfam
    @barnesfam 12 лет назад

    At the beginning of the video....Fordham Road in 1991....amazing. I was born 2 years after this video was shot.

  • @HBMPaladin
    @HBMPaladin 11 лет назад +9

    ..... now 91' videos are "vintage", I am really getting old....

    • @okthen1166
      @okthen1166 6 лет назад

      HBMPaladin 36 years ago

    • @mr.j6304
      @mr.j6304 4 года назад

      Considering i was 10 almost 11 😆 shit really old 😆 still in my 30s lol okay late but still 😆 just think after 25 or 30 years a car depending on what it is can be considered a classic 😆

    • @chiefrich1804
      @chiefrich1804 4 года назад +1

      Yeah me too.... I hired out on FDNY in 1990

    • @MrGamecatCanaveral
      @MrGamecatCanaveral 3 года назад

      They look old as shit too! That can't be '91. They look like the 80's.

  • @RENRAG153
    @RENRAG153 8 лет назад +4

    MY GRANDPA USED TO TAKE ME THERE (181ST STREET ) BECAUSE I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER AND A GHOSTBUSTER .......HE TOLD ME RESCUE 3 WAS MY FUTURE ECTO1....great vid

  • @Nononosupermannohere
    @Nononosupermannohere 9 лет назад +5

    alan, i have the original video. there was also a clip of a general alarm fire in west new york nj that my father was in. any chance of uploading that clip as well?

  • @fireguye4
    @fireguye4 12 лет назад

    amazing video. nice job

  • @anthonyd.5140
    @anthonyd.5140 4 года назад

    Amazing!

  • @mixtaperadio
    @mixtaperadio 12 лет назад +2

    gotta love the rubber bunker gear back in the day!

    • @chiefrich1804
      @chiefrich1804 4 года назад

      My rookie year on FDNY was 1990, I remember those days of long coats and 3/4 pull up boots.

  • @captainbfd16
    @captainbfd16  14 лет назад

    @BJohn182 Thank you for your generous comment.

  • @mr.j6304
    @mr.j6304 4 года назад

    Tatics sure have changed and come a long way since then.

  • @captainbfd16
    @captainbfd16  13 лет назад

    @kaseybaby1 That's correct. Engine 93, Tower Ladder 45, Rescue 3 and I think it was Battalion 17 all responded out of the station at 181 St. and Audubon in Washington Heights.

  • @captainbfd16
    @captainbfd16  13 лет назад

    @gdtrfb81 I think you are correct. I haven't been there for several years now but I recall that BC17 was with 92/44.

  • @robertmcgowan4312
    @robertmcgowan4312 5 лет назад +3

    My Uncle was one of the Chiefs in that house Kenny McGowan

  • @TN_fire_photographer
    @TN_fire_photographer 12 лет назад

    I used to have all of your VHS tapes. All of the LAFD and FDNY Rescue 3. Do you still sell them?

  • @3Louies
    @3Louies 13 лет назад

    Nice re-edit. Very good. At 4:18 what does it say on the Mack/Baker tower ladders door ? That was TL 31, wasn't it ? I just don't remember door decals . Tks. Keep up the good work. Louie

    • @emt5330
      @emt5330 4 года назад

      Ladder 31 is in the Bronx.

  • @Jllucky8
    @Jllucky8 14 лет назад

    @R3rules I'm not really sure but I think it may have to do with the area of response for a particular firehouse. For example if one firehouse (engine) has a smaller area of response and is closly backed by two companies containing trucks that may be the reason. Just a guess though...

  • @thisissparta789789
    @thisissparta789789 11 лет назад

    Does the FDNY still use those tones at 0:38? And what type are they? Could you hear them over the Radio?

    • @emt5330
      @emt5330 6 лет назад

      thisissparta789789 I don't know what type they are, but yes they still use them. They are not audible on the borough frequencies though.

  • @waycon2056
    @waycon2056 6 лет назад

    The fire at 5:52-6:26 where the firefighter is on a balcony, trapped until the ladder gets there, is part of a longer one that I saw on you tube. Does anyone know where the longer video of that scene is? I know the firefighter at the bottom of the ladder. In the longer scene, you can see him more, and asks the firefighter on the ladder if he's ok. I cant seem to find that video anywhere on you tube.

    • @emilricci6969
      @emilricci6969 4 года назад

      That FIRE WAS IN CONEY ISLAND I WAS THERE THE CHIEF WAS FRANK CARINO

  • @dcentral
    @dcentral 13 лет назад +1

    When did FDNY switch to full bunker gear? I can't believe that in 1991 they didn't wear full gear and fought fires in jeans. Were there a lot of injuries that forced to buy full gear?

  • @tyronesandoval2348
    @tyronesandoval2348 4 года назад

    That’s sad . God bless them

  • @Dist15ff
    @Dist15ff 12 лет назад

    What is that button that the guys tapped repeatedly after announcing who goes on the run?

    • @emt5330
      @emt5330 6 лет назад

      Dist15ff the bell in the house. They probably have a code set up, one bell for engine, two for truck or something like that.

  • @R3rules
    @R3rules 14 лет назад

    It's so cool how this fire house had both generations of the heavy rescue truck. This fire house also had an engine and ladder company. You don't see firehouses in the city that has a wide range of rigs anymore. Almost every company has its own house. Can somebody tell me why some firehouses only have one rig, like either a pumper or a truck while most houses have both rigs? Who decides this?

    • @rick-dy7mt
      @rick-dy7mt Год назад

      The space there is mostly

  • @gdtrfb81
    @gdtrfb81 13 лет назад

    @captainbfd16 I thought Battalion 17 was quartered with 92/44, and the 13th Battalion was with 93/45 in Washington Hts.

  • @mrengine9
    @mrengine9 13 лет назад +1

    Did you hear that tone? That is some quality stuff haha.

  • @happyjack880
    @happyjack880 13 лет назад

    What is "second source"?

    • @emt5330
      @emt5330 6 лет назад +2

      happyjack880 a second ( or more) call reporting a fire in the same location as the initial one.

  • @TheUban123
    @TheUban123 13 лет назад

    does rescue 3 have an engine and a tower ladder at the present ?

    • @emt5330
      @emt5330 4 года назад

      No. They are in a house by themselves

  • @johasanfe
    @johasanfe 12 лет назад

    muito bom
    VCR!

  • @DrKO2453
    @DrKO2453 12 лет назад

    It was the 13th Battalion...remember it well...grew up in the Heights

  • @papd3077
    @papd3077 12 лет назад +1

    "Chief goes Get out Chief"

  • @R3rules
    @R3rules 14 лет назад

    @Jllucky8 Oh ok. Well if you're right, what you're saying would make sense. Thanks

  • @alfonsedalessio8244
    @alfonsedalessio8244 4 года назад

    God bless u all

  • @bluesky777ish
    @bluesky777ish 2 дня назад

    Was detailed there

  • @spo307
    @spo307 2 месяца назад

    tc-5's and boots "good ole days"

  • @xaclockard9472
    @xaclockard9472 3 года назад

    FF Ray Meisenheimer RES3CUE- RIP.

  • @OZombieJesus
    @OZombieJesus 4 года назад

    1:30 I never get tired of watching firefighters just smash crap

  • @Yanaman
    @Yanaman 13 лет назад +1

    at 2:52 the fireman is standing in jeans wtf?

  • @richardardisson6894
    @richardardisson6894 5 лет назад

    Vintage?...1991?

  • @MCL212
    @MCL212 13 лет назад +5

    @Yanaman
    Back in the day before the modern fire service was ruined by the PC culture and the overabundance of safety, there were no standard uniforms.

    • @ekop1778
      @ekop1778 5 лет назад

      ALL BOILS DOWN TO POLITICAL ASSHOLES WHO RUINED AMERICAN SOCIETY

    • @claudioderisola5913
      @claudioderisola5913 5 лет назад

      same thing happened here in Italy...
      from the 2000 everything it's been pussyfied...

    • @chiefrich1804
      @chiefrich1804 4 года назад

      I hired out in 1990, so I remember those days well of no standard uniforms, long turn out coats and 3/4 pull up boots. But the as for the changes, they were for the better. About 1995 after new full bunkers were being issued, everyone complained. It was early 1996 when a firefighter in da Bronx became trapped on the upper floors of a ugly tenement apartment building. By the time he was rescued there was fire snorting out windows from both rooms next to him and the fire started to roll over his head behind him. Now other than suffering some nasty burns on his neck and ears he walked away. The only reason for that was his full turn out gear. Once the news got out that this new gear saved a firefighters life, I never heard anyone bitch about wearing full bunkers again.

  • @freeamericausa1
    @freeamericausa1 12 лет назад

    I believe second source..not sauce, is the second report to dispatch.
    Otherwise. We need one of NYFD's finest to tell us how dumb we are.

    • @emt5330
      @emt5330 6 лет назад

      freeamericausa1 it's FDNY by the way

  • @chasing_dragons
    @chasing_dragons 4 года назад +3

    This this time in history, rock band Guns N' Roses just had their first riot two days before in Maryland Heights, Missouri.

  • @jungletiger0030
    @jungletiger0030 8 лет назад +1

    Sounds like Q sirens were used back then.

    • @chiefrich1804
      @chiefrich1804 4 года назад

      Yes they were, FDNY had a few rigs with the federal Q2B siren on them.

  • @DUSTY1373
    @DUSTY1373 7 лет назад

    I was in paramedic school