America was sooooo wholesome

Is that Pete a Bondy in the R2 jacket?

This video cries out for restoration, and upscale. TY for the upload!

That is so funny that they were fixing linguine with clams, my mother used to fix that and yes she was from New York and I was born in New York. Not my favorite dish.

Out of all the FDNY series coverage. I still think this one was the best coverage of what real FF life is like. Right down to the radio transmissions.

Outstanding

My father Neil Donnelly was in ladder 124 for many years

This literally takes BALLS OF STEEL ! NY firefighters are just different. They’re a different breed of firefighters . FDNY is hands down the best Department in the country and arguably on the planet . Please stay safe out there FDNY . And all other First responders that put their lives on the line each and every day . Dear Jesus please protect the men and women of the FDNY and all other firefighters throughout our great country . Please keep them safe and allow them to return home to their families after each shift . 🙏🏻

As an officer you always set the example for your men good on ya brother

It destroys me when I think about how many rescue companies lost

My father worked in ladder 38.eng.88 Raymond Camacho

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Those guys like Patty Brown and Patty O Keefe and Rescue 1 members killed on 9/11. Due to Isreal Mossad involvement funded by Saudis...sick to my stomach.

At least they saved the iguana

60’s and 70’s Mack Baker Aerialscopes. The pinnacle of fire truck design. Gorgeous.

I have the entire series on DVD box set. This is a true treasure months before 9/11.

New York City bravest doing what they do best

When will the department buy the new R1?

I'd love to see another manufacturer obtain the American LaFrance rights and start to produce again. Even though I'm retired after spending 30 years as a Firefighter/ EMS Medical First Responder, I believe theres still room enough for ALF in todays Fire Service.

Let's get more "The Bravest" on here. Miss these clips

I remembered all those paintings... HW.. Fm ...howard stern describes as the ugliest fireman.in NY.. EJ KORVETS Flushing.. 8 jewish korean vets.. South Street seaport FH..Parked there many times under FDR.. Those paintings were for sale back then..i remembered?? Time Flies....!

So many impressive FDNY TOWER LADDERS since then.

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Best. Thumbnail. Ever.

used to be probably my favorite part of that whole documentary. Only recently found the full footage of the Fretz fire. If you have the whole thing, please post it! I havent seen it since the late 90s

This is NOT the famous July 18th, 1977 10-Alarm Bushwick fire at Knickerbocker and Bleecker Street. It is instead footage of a fire on July 13th, 1977 during the blackout at Somers Street and Mother Gaston Boulevard in East New York.

Who was that providing the commentary?

My dad was stationed in the south bronx when it was on fire. I miss the smell of his clothes in the hamper - that smell of smoke that will always remind me of him ❤

Do you think you can find Engine 75 and the chase driver responding to a maternity call as well as the Animal House responding to a child caught in a toddler swing, Animal House responding to a car accident on the Deegan at Fordham Road, Animal House responding to an accident on the Deegan at I-95, Engine 75 and the chase driver responding to a dead body, rookie Billy getting the bucket of water dumped top of him as a joke, Rescue 1 responding to a building fire with Engine 54 Ladder 4 and Battalion 9, Rescue 1 responding to a manhole explosion in Queens, Rescue 1 responding to a man under a train at West 58th Street and 11th Avenue, Rescue 2 responding to a transit building fire, Rescue 2 responding to a cockloft fire, Rescue 2 responding to an accident with a person pinned, Rescue 2 responding to a 600lb man who can’t move or even breathe and lastly, Rescue 4 on Firehouse showcasing all things that happened before on and after 9/11.

Wasn’t there another clip of PFD at E-50/L-12 going on a fire?

So many false alarms in ghetto city back then.

25:55 is my favorite part. That’s what it comes down to, no matter what.

Are these ropes rated to withstand the weight of their gigantic brass balls?

The day Larry Fitzpatrick died he was doing a rope rescue because a fireman from Ladder 27 was trapped in the building and the other fireman gets on the rope with Fitzpatrick and the rope snapped and they fell 8 floors to their deaths

I really enjoyed this Jamie great video

one fireman giving a piggyback ride to another in the same rescue company 😂

This and Ghostbusters made my son a firefighter!!!!

The firefighter that mentored Paddy Brown and was Paddy’s best friend was Lawrence Fitzpatrick whom was from Rescue 3 on June 27th 1980 Larry Fitzpatrick went over a roof of a high rise building in Harlem and another firefighter from Ladder 27 was trapped in the building and so he went down there to grab him but there wasn’t much time left before the rope would give out and snap clean in half, as soon as the rope snapped clean in half they fell 8 stories (200 feet) to their death, every firefighter and every cop were there to carry Larry’s lifeless body including his saved firefighter whom both fell 8 floors and died they both didn’t know that that’s it their lives were over forever, Tom McTigue gotten so depressed about the death of his fellow college (Larry Fitzpatrick) whom both worked in the same firehouse until June 27th 1980, Tommy just then wanted to be dead because he missed Larry a hell of a lot and he still does to this day but doesn’t discuss about it as much anymore like he used to, after Paddy Brown died in the collapse of the north tower of the World Trade Center Paddy reunited with his best friend Larry Fitzpatrick in the kingdom of heaven and were both with god the father almighty and jesus christ his only son our lord may Larry Fitzpatrick and Paddy Brown rest in peace as best friends still and may Patty O’Keefe, Gary Geidel, David Weiss, Joe Angelini Sr, Kenny Marino, Dennis Mojica, Terry Hatton, Michael Montessi, Gerry Nevins, Brian Sweeney, Bill Henry, Dan Duddy, Joe Angelini Jr, Ray Meisenheimer, Jerry Schrang, Donnie Reagan, Tommy Foley, Danny Foley, Brian Hickey, Chris Blackwell, Joe Spore, Tommy Gambino, John O’Neill, Tommy O’Hagen, Paul Beyer, Billy Johnston, Tommy Holohan, Larry Burnes, Stephen Siller, Orio Palmer, Steve Belson, Sean Patrick Tallon, and many other firefighters from the FDNY lost including John Napolitano, Kevin O’Rourke, Peter Lund, Danny Libretti, Bill Lake, Pete Martin, Pat Lyons, Mike Lyons, Mike Lynch, Mike Lynch II, Kevin Pfieffer, Pete Brennan, Larry Stack, Manny Mojica, John Moran, Pete Nelson, Bill Mahoney, Bill O’Keefe, Steve Olson, Jeff Olson, and further more of the 343 members of the FDNY were lost that day

Incredible men

343 😢

Tim Brown was a council member of the FDNY but before he became an FDNY politician he was in Rescue 3 in The Bronx he left Rescue 3 and went to be a huge leader for the fire department and he did respond to the WTC.

Do you happen to have any footage of the FDNY call out for a fire at the old NYPD evidence depot on Meeker Ave in Brooklyn in 1992?

0:49 “Very job is essence of danger”. I remember reading that in NYC and probably some other large cities that when the firefighters still rode the tail boards of the fire trucks, that some idiots would throw rocks and bricks at them. They ended up putting a cover to give them some protection.

20:08

Lt. Dennis Cross was killed on 9/11/01 he was a fireman for almost 40 years. God Bless him

Rest easy Lt.

Black smoke coming out of the building

I lived on the 12th floor of a dorm at Pratt. We could not leave. We went on the roof and watched the carnage below for 23 hours.

Is there more video for this box?

I remember Joe Felus our fire chief in lancaster county pa columbia boro telling us about this fire he was on station that nite and he was a firefighter paramedic for philly was on this call and a member of ours Tod Stahl was on the ladder tiller standing up on the driver's side of it open cab pre airpack days he was a ride along.im the station got to go yeah I always remember him.telling us about it cause on Friday the 13th he say as long as we don't get a working fire both joe and tod wrte members of old station 8-1 in columbia pa