[quote name='IFD39' post='198483' date='Mar 21 2008, 14:40 ']Another great pic from the past! I see the white "hard hat" on the rear of the rig--I have a great picture of the Seaboard Plastics and Roofing fire from the Irvington Herald which shows a group of IFD firemen and a Rescue Squad guy wearing that type of helmet while manning a deluge gun. The Rescue guy has a big thick dark mustache. If I can, I'll scan it an post it.[/quote]
[color="#FF0000"]Photo by Hank Przybylowicz Sr.[/color]
[color="#0000FF"]Hey, Mike,
Actually, the hard hats the men wore were blue and the officers wore white.
I have that news clipping, and the actual photo, from the Herald showing the guys on the deluge set. There are both Irvington and Newark firefighters in the pic, along with two guys from Rescue. The guy with the moustache was Lieutenant Marty Cohen, and the guy bending over trying to grasp the line is yours truly! My Dad took the pic, and I have others.
When we arrived at that fire, we were met by a wall of flaming tar pouring from the overhead doors of the warehouse. We were advised ny radio there was an explosion and an employee was reported trapped in the building. I put a Scott-Pak on when we arrived, but we couldn't get near the building due to the tremendous amount of fire in the street. Even after the running fire was knocked down there was no way we were gonna get in that building.
A have attached a photo of the fire here that my Dad took, which appeared in the Newark Star-Ledger. That's me with the Scott-Pak on. After I found there was no way to enter the building I was advising the Irvington guys that some of the wires downed by the explosion were still live.
Sorry guys, I know the picture is off-topic on this board, but it's just kinda keeping in line with the convo that started here.
Mike? I have other shots, including the victim, that I will scan and send to you via e-mail.[/color]
[color="#FF0000"]Photo by Hank Przybylowicz Sr.[/color]
[color="#0000FF"]Hey, Mike,
Actually, the hard hats the men wore were blue and the officers wore white.
I have that news clipping, and the actual photo, from the Herald showing the guys on the deluge set. There are both Irvington and Newark firefighters in the pic, along with two guys from Rescue. The guy with the moustache was Lieutenant Marty Cohen, and the guy bending over trying to grasp the line is yours truly! My Dad took the pic, and I have others.
When we arrived at that fire, we were met by a wall of flaming tar pouring from the overhead doors of the warehouse. We were advised ny radio there was an explosion and an employee was reported trapped in the building. I put a Scott-Pak on when we arrived, but we couldn't get near the building due to the tremendous amount of fire in the street. Even after the running fire was knocked down there was no way we were gonna get in that building.
A have attached a photo of the fire here that my Dad took, which appeared in the Newark Star-Ledger. That's me with the Scott-Pak on. After I found there was no way to enter the building I was advising the Irvington guys that some of the wires downed by the explosion were still live.
Sorry guys, I know the picture is off-topic on this board, but it's just kinda keeping in line with the convo that started here.
Mike? I have other shots, including the victim, that I will scan and send to you via e-mail.[/color]
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