I remember back in the early 1970’s I picked up a job application to become a firefighter at this fire house , it was much easier back then to get the job it was so simple back then , no computers no cellphones no internet no cable tv , I was a fresh healthy young guy now a old man
@@bostonceltics727 Yes... I saw the struggle of the First Responders in Congress to get adequate funding for cover the health care due to illness in digging for victims ... It break my heart really....
Rick Comisky my Lieut. Ladder 19 1985-86 bring me back 35 yrs ago.Went on to be come a Batallion Chief. Charlie Roberto his Lieutenant and my hockey linemate on the Bronx ice team bring back wonderful nostolgia. Unfourtunately the job has Been pussified but is Still at the top of the food chain. The tradition continue in spite of all the political correctness
@snakes3425 That area of Da Bronx is still the same, with exception that E75/TL33/B19 got a new Firehouse close by (and old one was redone into a FDNY*EMS station)
You can Buy the code 3 models of the 1991 Engine 75 and Tower Ladder 33. You can also get the 2002 models of them. Great trucks. Great pieces to represent FDNY history.
It’s still high crime and lots of drugs but fires a down a bit , it’s still a very very busy house to this day the crime has increased exponentially in last 2 years since Covid 19
Oh Please My department still runs a open back rig. I love it in the summer because the rig has no AC in the enclosed part of the cab, but hate it in the spring/winter
I remember back in the early 1970’s I picked up a job application to become a firefighter at this fire house , it was much easier back then to get the job it was so simple back then , no computers no cellphones no internet no cable tv , I was a fresh healthy young guy now a old man
awesome collection of fdny history
That was an extremely rough neighborhood in those days. Even today it is still pretty rough.
R.I.P. FF Dan Heglund, R4, L33.
Did he die on September 11 2001?
@@Sereno44 No he passed away in 2014 from occupational cancer from digging at the Trade Center.
@@bostonceltics727 Thanks for the clarification
@@bostonceltics727 Yes... I saw the struggle of the First Responders in Congress to get adequate funding for cover the health care due to illness in digging for victims ... It break my heart really....
Rick Comisky my Lieut. Ladder 19 1985-86 bring me back 35 yrs ago.Went on to be come a Batallion Chief. Charlie Roberto his Lieutenant and my hockey linemate on the Bronx ice team bring back wonderful nostolgia. Unfourtunately the job has Been pussified but is Still at the top of the food chain. The tradition continue in spite of all the political correctness
@snakes3425 That area of Da Bronx is still the same, with exception that E75/TL33/B19 got a new Firehouse close by (and old one was redone into a FDNY*EMS station)
You can Buy the code 3 models of the 1991 Engine 75 and Tower Ladder 33. You can also get the 2002 models of them. Great trucks. Great pieces to represent FDNY history.
35 runs a night...did i hear tht right?...wow
At least 35 runs a night back then , lots were pull box fales but a very many were working jobs
In 78 they did 39000 calls
If anyone lives in this area of the Bronx, what's it like today?
Its the Bronx....
Still pretty gnarly.
It’s still high crime and lots of drugs but fires a down a bit , it’s still a very very busy house to this day the crime has increased exponentially in last 2 years since Covid 19
What was it like back in the days riding outside when it rained? Wet I guess.
Oh Please My department still runs a open back rig. I love it in the summer because the rig has no AC in the enclosed part of the cab, but hate it in the spring/winter
I rode tail board for a few years it sucked in the winter but was great i loved it
Is That Former WLTW 106.7 DJ Valerie Smaldone Narrating? I Await Your Answer.
Is it a requirement that all New York firefighters and cops have a moustache?
Most of those guys must be retired by now.
And guess who’s the first 😉