In the first twenty seconds, or so, in the foreground, there's a chrome stand that looks like a gas pump. I can only presume I'm mistaken. Can anyone tell me what it actually is?
Back in the old days cities had fire boxes to report fires. People would open them up and pull a chain, which sent a single either to the nearest fire house or central dispatch. Each building/area was broken into individual boxes, and fire houses are trained to know their 1st due boxes by heart if needed. In the modern day, fire alarm pull handles are a type of fire box, and cities like Boston and San Francisco still use older fire boxes as backups to modern 911 calls. A Box Alarm is also a type of call in some departments, and dictates what apparatuses are sent on the call.
If those walls could talk all the stories. I loved the book Report from Engine 82
That book helped me when I was a young lad in joining the volunteer fire department in Fremont, Nebraska.
excellent!
Nice catch
That was cool.
Got to love the FDNY
In the first twenty seconds, or so, in the foreground, there's a chrome stand that looks like a gas pump. I can only presume I'm mistaken. Can anyone tell me what it actually is?
Diesel pump
So the engines and trucks dont have to go off site to refuel
If you pause it you can see it says "Diesel" on it
Hey quick question, I know a lot about firefighting but what is a box?
Back in the old days cities had fire boxes to report fires. People would open them up and pull a chain, which sent a single either to the nearest fire house or central dispatch. Each building/area was broken into individual boxes, and fire houses are trained to know their 1st due boxes by heart if needed. In the modern day, fire alarm pull handles are a type of fire box, and cities like Boston and San Francisco still use older fire boxes as backups to modern 911 calls. A Box Alarm is also a type of call in some departments, and dictates what apparatuses are sent on the call.
During shift change???
Yes
Would Ladder 31 have been sent to the 10-75 if they weren't out chasing gas smells?
Possibly. It depends on how many other trucks were assigned to the ticket.
Wasn't their quarters a three bay house back in the 70's
Robert McGowan no
@@NguageTrains If you haven't already, read the book, "Report from Engine Co. 82" by Dennis Smith. The house has always been a two bay.
No. They just put the chief's car in the middle