Building west of Holy Spirit on Columbia Turnpike.
1973 Highland Hills Apartment Complex off Horizon View Dr.
Steve Camburn
Ron Merckx
Memorial Day 1996
Lake George
Lake George
Started in the Main, Moved to the North, Married into the Park
Chris Johnson at a worker in 1996, we didn’t have hoods then…when we burned our ears, we knew it was too hot…
MiniVan fire with Chief Peter Lehmann, Winter 1996
Left to right
Mark Ronan AKA Rabbit, Ast, Chief Elwin Michael, Foreman Jimmy Michael
Notice the gear on top of the trucks.
We geared up on the way to the call, lost lots of helmets, and occasionally a man. Claud Rounds broke an arm falling off the hose-bed leaving the Main Station
How to ride the back step. Didn’t always have straps. Sometimes 5 or six on the back, rest would ride in the hose.
TAL-3 Tanker Ladder 3. Note speaker in upper left. Communications with cab. Also button on left side. 1-stop, 2 go, 3 back up.
Defreestville off Snyders Lake Rd behind Belltop School.
DAC (probably Car 2), Carol Sinnott Pres. Cindy Reineke, Chuck Hellmuth (Probably Car 1)
Probably mid 80s
Unknown year, unknown event
Guessing Johnny Riekert, and ?
Scott Edberg drilling with a high rise pack
East Greenbush Airport – Tornado Damage Lots of planes destroyed, only one of four hangers survived
Not sure of the year.
Water Thief
Any of you FF with less than 5 years in the company wanna guess what EDP1 stood for? (Engine Dry Powder 1)
HazMat training, maybe CHFD, not sure. The barrels were filled with liquid and punctured, we had to stop the leaks.
Right to left
2nd Asst Chief Elwin Michael
George Smith – used to ride out of Sherwood Park, Commissioner for years
Unknown
Unknown
Scott Johnson AKA Stacks (Chain-smoker)
Pat Noonan?
GAN, every EGFD incident made front pages, because DAC/Mmiller worked there.
Miller in the water. Ice training in Hampton Manner Lake.
Guessing early 80s
Karen Leavitt from Ladies Auxiliary whipping up a Code 100 in the old Main Station Kitchen
Late 80s
1974
ForemanJohn Petrocelli aka “Petro”
Tony Nagliari
Engine 68 – 58 Mack with No Power Steering, Big Old Thermodin Engine required double clutching.
Big Steering Wheel and when Petro turned the truck, it would lift him clean out of the seat.
FF Robert Cook Probably mid 1970s
So there was an old house on Rt. 4 in DFD near where Exit 8 is now. DFD Burned it down for a drill, we used to do that as a matter of helping our residents ya know. Anyway, we are MA to the drill suppling water. You could not shut down the highway, and hose-bridges were to slow (anyone know what a hose-bridge is) Ours were made of steel and weighed a hundred pounds each… so we crawled through this culvert dragging the hose under the road to supply water, keep the road open, and protect our hose.
Pres Mike Benson
VP Chris Lavin
Sgt at arms Kyle Keenan (Spo da Be)
Secretary Tom White
Treasurer Linda Cook
Unknown Year – Probably Cordial Greens
