This afternoon at approximately 2:45PM Box 1579 was transmitted for a fire in the basement at 298 Beacon Street in the Back Bay section of our city. Engine 33, First Due, reported smoke showing from Floor 1 of a 4 story ordinary construction, occupied multiple dwelling (OMD). The officer & pipe man advanced a 2.5" line through the front door & down the interior stairs into the basement. Within a short period of time things went catastrophically wrong & the Officer of Engine 33 issued a Mayday stating that they were trapped in the basement without any water. Numerous valiant attempts were made to rescue the members. Firefighter Michael Kennedy of Ladder Company 15 was pulled from the basement in cardiac arrest & suffering from severe burns. Despite the best attempts of the staff at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Firefighter Kennedy succumbed to his injuries. It wasn't until several hours later that crews were finally able to locate the officer, Fire Lieutenant Edward J. Walsh of Engine Company 33, in the basement & recover his body. Firefighter Kennedy (33) was single, a USMC combat veteran & had just over six years on the job. He lived just down the road from me in Hyde Park. Lieutenant Walsh (43) was married, with 2 sons & a daughter all under the age of 10, with just over nine years of experience & lived in West Roxbury. Lieutenant Walsh also has several members of his family that work for the Watertown (MA) Fire Department. Today is a sad tragic day. I've been numb for hours. I was down at our Academy for training today & we listened to the entire incident unfold, hoping for the best, which sadly was not the case today. Please keep the families of FR Kennedy & FLT Walsh, as well as their other family on the Boston Fire Department, in your thoughts & prayers. Thank you.

Prayers being said for the members.

 

 

http://www.wcvb.com/news/firefighter-tra...5%2Bboston

New Kensington Engine - Truck Co. No. 1 has for sale:

1989 Ford/4-Guys air cascade/light truck

11,500 miles

12,000 watt Onan diesel generator (with less than 500 hours)

25' Wil Burt light tower with 6,000 watts of lights

(6) 6,000 psi D.O.T. air cascade system with a Breathing Air system 2 cylinder fill station

 

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    For sale, by the City of New Kensington, PA 

1986 Kenworth/FMC Omega 1,250 gpm/750 gwt.

Currently in service and with recent pump & ladder certifications and valid PA inspection.

Available immediately.

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A good friend of mine passed away last year and the family gave me his vast photo collection.  There are 1000's of images between photos he took and others he had collected through the years.  I am scanning negatives and will post on this thread from time to time. 

 

Some of you may have known him from SPAAMFAA meets.  Robert Ruggiero passed away from his battle with pancreatic cancer.  He was only in his 50s.  He was an active member and then an associate meber of the Elmont Fire Department Heavy Rescue co.#1. 

 

In the 90's he tracked down that companies 1957 Mack B model rescue, or should I say "Emergency" truck by putting a "WANTED" ad in an issue of Fire Apparatus Journal.  Amazingly someone knew where it was and the rig was returned to Elmont.  Unfortunately he never got around to restoring the rig, but from what I understand it is in good hands now by someone who will restore it. 

 

So the first pic here is a Charles Beckworth photo I believe, but it shows the progression of the Elmont Rescue truck.  The box was put originally on a 1947 E model Mack if I am correct.  Van Buren did the body work.  The weight was to much for the truck and in 1957 the exsiting box was mated to a B model.  The second pic is the rig Rob found years later after it was sold in 1975...of course not in that condition.  The second photo is from 1972.

 



 

 

Fire was at 82 east burnside ave, Fire was in the cockloft and in several of the store was under control in about 3 hours 

Fire in an apartment above a laundry.  Crews were removed from the building prior to my arrival, due to collapsing roof.  Also reports of a leaking propane tank on scene.  Firefighters from Lake Carmel, Carmel, and Brewster, NY operated on scene, while Patterson and Mahopac stood by in quarters

   

 

   

fire was in several stores and in the cockloft.  Addressee was 82 east Burnside ave

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhKqTw2ir...e=youtu.be

A few shots I was able to get during our recent visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico.....

 

Bomberos de Puerto Rico Tanquero 1

2012 Rosenbauer / Freightliner 1000GPM/3000GWT
(Old San Juan station)

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A 7 year old died in a fast moving fire at 1400 Fillmore Avenue on the city's east side on Sunday, March 23, 2014. Firefighters were dispatched just before 7:00 A.M. to a report of a house on fire at Fillmore and Woeppel Street with a report of people trapped. Crews arrived at the two and one half story wood frame and reported heavy fire conditions in the structure. Firefighters pushed into the building in an aggressive search for victims. Due to rapidly deteriorating conditions command was forced to order all crews out of the building and fight the fire defensively. Firefighters used two 2 1/2" hand lines, one deck gun, and three tower ladders. Damage was listed at $120,000 to 1400 Fillmore and $20,000 to the exposure building at 1392 Fillmore. The cause is under investigation.