Boston Fire Department

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[quote name='yelrowekim' post='95382' date='Apr 7 2007, 16:07 ']You can see Steve on the turn table and Charley in the lower right..... I got them both in the shot...what are the chances of that....[/quote]



I hope I post this correctly, I just signed up. Mike, as far as the picture of Ladder 26 on Hillside is concerned, unfortunatley this is NOT a picture of the "old man" (Charley) and myself (Steve). I never had a mask on (as the guy in the photo does) and by the time he (H-1) arrived on scene, I was well into roof ventilation ops. I believe that is either the chauffer of Ladder 15 or TL-10 on the turntable. I saw those guys later on in the fire (they helped bring my saw back down).

You can't tell from this photo, but the jacks on the left side of the picture are actually resting on the basement foundation wall (had to be over-ridden) to get the aerial in place. I have never prayed at a fire before. I don't know what types of apparatus manufacturers are the best, but E\-One definatley was a great truck as far as setting up and getting into tight places. If I had another manufacturer, I probably would have had to leave the truck in the street and scrambled to throw ground ladders.