You just can't beat the looks of those old school Mack fire trucks. Some of the best looking vehicles ever.

My Dad's in a short clip. I lost him on 9/11 Gary Geidel Rescue 1

workout! Cigarette and a slice!

WE MISS YOU PADDY BROWN RIP!

RIP FDNY firefighter from 9/11 to this year and the same to all other firefighters you all have served your country well and you all inspire new young recruits to become brave men and women who also risk their life to save ours so to all firefighters thank you for your devotion to help save and rescue us people you all have my respect and I look up to you all same for the police department I respect you and cherish both the firefighters and police officers who died and also to who are still living working or retired you all help make America great I thank you for your service god bless you

Hard to believe kevin shea was still alive after he was injury/ fall at the first tower bombing glad he healed up n was able to finish was career hoping hes enjoying retirement

Warren didn't get to finish his cigarette and his pizza. Mission failed.

Patrick O'Keefe is listed among the 9/11 fatalities from Rescue 1. So far that is the only name I have found in the list of fireman fatalities.

Great to see Paddy Brown 👍.

some of the toughest men. I wish i had a set of balls like that.

It pains me to think some of these guys have passed on. I worked in a traditional Fire Dept but slow call volume. Even at that I have trouble walking. Best job in the world.. Retired

Good stuff! Thanks for posting this!

This quarters where Rescue 1 is now originally quartered Engine Co 2 of the NYFD before it was fully the FDNY, Engine 2 was organized in 1893 just 7 years after the very first Mercedes Benz automobile was created, now KEVIN Shea had dugout my grand uncle Sam Leon from his car involved in a serious accident in Upper Manhattan on the Deegan, this was south Yankee Stadium, and south of 149th Street and the Grand Concourse, Rescues 1&3 were dispatched to this accident, also my grand uncle Tom McTigue is a retired firefighter from the FDNY, his final years in the FDNY was in Rescue 3 and he was in the FDNY for 20 years, my friend Sean Doddy’s father is now in Rescue 3 with another friend that was on my track team her dad was in Rescue 3, also Al Ronaldson was in Rescue 3 for more than 5 years, I’m a former volunteer with Engine 10, Engine 96, and Rescue 3 I helped out these companies for a long time and then when I finished volunteering with the FDNY I decided to move on to the automotive industry and here I am now as a certified ASE Automobile Technician mechanic.

My home's bravest! I love them so much.

America was sooooo wholesome

@R1SmokeEater very interesting, Thank you!

Fdny, best of the best.

nice Great job

I'm 16 and I'm still still saying I want to be a firefighter

Retired fdny firefighter Paul Hashagan is seen between 5:36 - 5:43

PPE? What PPE! They use their Scott packs as props 🇺🇸

nice Job R1 SmokeEater

@1stresponder1 back in 1991, this is what FDNY wore, no bunker pants (till 95ish) Hip boots w/ FR pants.

Wonder if that was Kevin Shea early on.

6:25 is that Foam on the ground where the firefighter carrying the ladder steps? Did they use foam back then?

God damn, no scbas and if you had one it was just used when you needed to catch your breath then back at it again. God their lungs had to hurt.

2:20 is that Engine 58 from Harlem with the bumper intake?

@knightsaber67 Not in "those" days!

@vagosmistral translation............. GREAT VIDEOS! I HAD THE PLEASURE TO BE IN THE LONG ISLAND FDNY IN QUEENS REALLY SHOULD HAVE ALL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. JUST LIKE THAT IN COUNTRIES ARGENTINA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS DREAMS ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THANKS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT.

God bless paddy brown

“Nice slice and a cigarette” Some guys are just built different

@ 3:35 who’s truck is parked in front of the hydrant!

How is there a basement of the firehouse if it’s a garage

How can the firehouse have a basement? You can’t put a basement above a garage right?

Sad

@fireguye4 haha nobody would dare mess with them.

to bad the old man wanted to make a difference between paid and volunteer FF. i respect the FDNY, however i do not care for his comments. i serve 22 years as a volunteer FF. fire does not know the difference. he can go to hell for i care, if that's the way he feels.

Seems like they weren't in such a good shape when they were eating pizza and smoking...naa just joking, everybody needs a time out:D

was the firefighter at 5:33 wearing jeans. and if so, was it because of a lack of equiptment or something else?

@firemanmike218 - it has to be a different Kevin Shea. The Kevin Shea of Ladder 35 who was severely injured on 9/11 was 34 years old at the time. That would make him 24 years old when this series was filmed. That would make him 14 years old when the 10 year old son in the video was born. The math isn't right.