I love that this is online. I know people will doubt me, but Dick Hannon was my grandfather. Died at home 8-30-87. We still have his melted helmet at home. RIP Pop.

RIP Larry Fitzpatrick while operating at Manhattan Box 1651 at 512 West 151st Street off Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue in Harlem 5-5-5-5

Bless These Men 🙏🏻

James Hannon... Our Dad's worked together! My father was Richard Shaw and he was a chauffer in Ladder 45. From 1959 to 1986. I met you Dad several times. Richard has passed now too. Gd bless em both!

Glad u can see him in this classic James!

My grandfather, John Schneible, was on rescue 3 during the war years

I worked Crash Fire Rescue at a local airport while I was in college, in the late 1970's and early 1980's and things were changing:   no running in the fire station, the fire poles were taken out, had to maintain three points of contact at all times while using the stairs, no riding on the side boards or rear boards of the vehicles, everyone had to be fully suited, in the cab, and seat belts fastened prior to the vehicle being started, the vehicle had to be moved out of the bay, and the bay door fully closed and secured prior to moving further.   The list goes on and on and I recognize the need for firefighter safety, but everything they changed with new regulations slowed our response times.

Literally 40 years later this is the best FDNY or any FD take on what we do. I don’t think this can be made any better.

If you really think about what the FDNY does,especially the Rescue Squads 1 thru 5 and you really say wow these guys are not being paid properly.While we run out of fire they run into.God Bless all Fire Fighthers around the world.Thank You

The helmets are the most important thing to them Once they retire because they had it for many decades in 9/11 over 343 firefighters in NYC died the men were so sad that they lost 343 firefighters But they never replace them just because there not there dose not mean they there replaced they stay in the Brotherhood  you never leave a Firefighter behind you go get them no matter what because there brothers to you and friends whatever you wanna call it even someone that you hate never ever leave em behind there still there keeping you safe. Thank God you have them there family away from family.

Be safe to all firefighters go home to family saving life's job well done

a great video

Larry Fitzpatrick and the man he tried to rescue are the absolute worst lodds. They're all bad but God slept in that day because what happened was just horrific

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

This is the fire years NOTHING like this anymore

this video was in 1985. my grandfather was dick hannon, the white haired one that fell through the roof. these guys all have years on the job before they can make rescue. some of the guys in this documentary were still on the job 9/11, but in higher command positions or they were retired. the rescue companies did lose guys on 9/11 though. rescue 3, "big blue", lost 8 guys.

Is it a requirement that all NY firefighters and cops have a moustache?

6:31, thats my building

las compañias de rescate de nueva york tienen agallas

I can't understand for the life of me why they just don't go on air.  It's about being smart, not macho.