Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher
Post Number: 1355 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 7:36 pm: | |
I'm glad to hear of no serious injuries. This could have been much worse! More stations need to be in service! My prayers to the FFs and their families. |
Ggores Member Username: Ggores
Post Number: 308 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 9:21 pm: | |
This toppling happens every few years. My Dad used to come home early due to a crane tipping over and the workers being sent home for the day, and he'd laugh - but be worried to death at the same time. Well, that's how I felt. Pretty funny in a way, but the report I saw dramatized the whole event. So - how DOES his happen? Bad suspension? Heavy gas peddle? Hope all are well.
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Mtm Member Username: Mtm
Post Number: 319 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 2:17 pm: | |
Question regarding the rollover: were any of the crew belted in? Back in my Dad's day no one was belted so they could get in and out quickly. Just wondering if safety regulations now require safety belts. AGES ago, my Dad had DFD band practice the night his rig (E56??) slid on ice and flipped. I believe that a couple of guys were killed and I remember one FF named Andre who had severe head injuries. |
Buyamerican Member Username: Buyamerican
Post Number: 749 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 3:02 pm: | |
Didn't a firefighter tillman stand up as the tiller rig was leaving a house on a run and hit his head on the door? I think he was killed. |
Detroitteacher Member Username: Detroitteacher
Post Number: 1356 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 5:17 pm: | |
Mtm: Dad says the guys rarely buckle up. There are belts in the front and back. My dad was a tillerman way back when he first started and the number one rule is DON'T STAND UP! Now, they have caps on the bucket. |
Tony_box_42 Member Username: Tony_box_42
Post Number: 169 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 8:51 am: | |
D.F.D. : WOW ! Dosen't seem like two years. Have you seen the new photos on detroitfirefighters.net ? Ffdfd : I am glade they broke the mold. I don't think I could live with two Dannies.Did he ever get the submarine? Saw you accosting civilians at 7 mi. a few weeks back. Ggores: I am going with "heavy peddle ". Confirmed working fire. 44 could see it from quarters.Theese guys don't hold back. Mtm: They should have been belted in.After the E.17 accident seat belt use was emphasized. All rigs are four man cabs. Shortly after Joe Torkos was killed a young Windsor firefighter was killed in an accident.Windsor rigs now confirm the run and all personal belted in.E.56's accident was Nov.9,1963.Albert Booth was killed.Ted Andre was seriously injured.In looking up E.56's accident I found a picture of Sq.1 on it's back.Happened on February of 1962. Two years back avoiding a driver, who kept cutting them off,L.30 flipped on it's side. Ray: Thanks for that photo. I didn't see the "FREEP". Buyamerican: Michael Johnson L.11 killed when he raised out of the tiller seat, not realizing he hadn't cleared the ceiling beam. "Teech" You are right. Being Detroit Fighters the consuming thought is get there and go to work. Now more than ever with the manpower situation.Tillers are rare now. most rigs are rear mounts.In your dad's day the tillerman was the hardest working guy on the rig. |
Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 562 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 9:11 am: | |
Tony, Those are good pictures at dff.net. It also looks like there are newer pictures in the classic firehouses section. |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 104 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 2:18 pm: | |
Does anyone know why Chief 5 is calling for a helicopter on the radio. The traffic is when the DFF webpage is loading. Also the radio is back up incase one didn't know. |
Tony_box_42 Member Username: Tony_box_42
Post Number: 170 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 10:29 pm: | |
Welcome Back ! Missed you.I don't know how much radio traffic is on the page. Ch.5 planned a two pronged attack on this fire. A helicopter for an aerial attack, and a submarine for water torpedoes from below. New tactics for reduced manpower. |
Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 568 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 10:37 pm: | |
Nice! |
Tony_box_42 Member Username: Tony_box_42
Post Number: 171 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 11:05 pm: | |
Now you know why I said "One Danny is enough " Pity the poor trainee at C.O. who took the call. |
Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 570 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 - 4:01 pm: | |
Sorry to read about Capt. Gary R. Lincoln passing. |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 106 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 10:11 am: | |
website, probably posted before, but fun to look at. http://www.youngstownfire.com/ forums/index.php/topic,2239.0.html Ok, so it won't take you to the detroit page. Page down to apparatus by fire department, click it, go to page 2, scroll down to Detroit. (Message edited by Lansingfire on August 26, 2008) (Message edited by Lansingfire on August 26, 2008) |
Mtm Member Username: Mtm
Post Number: 320 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 2:18 pm: | |
DetroitTeacher, Thanks for the confirmation! BuyAmerican, Yes, YEARS back, I believe at Headquarters, the tillerman DID stand up and was killed and that IS part of the reason that they have a cap now. |
Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 614 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 1:58 am: | |
Lansingfire, Thanks for the pictures! Here is a link to some pictures from Sept. 3 at Woodward and Garfield. Woodward |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 110 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 10:13 am: | |
29th fireman's memorial will be held sept 18-20 in Roscommon. Sat will be the official memorial to the dead. More info. http://www.firemensmemorial.or g/ DFD great pics. Could you feel the heat from there? It looks like it spread to the other building, or was it U shaped? |
Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 617 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 9:27 pm: | |
Yeah I bet you could feel that one down the street!I was thinking radiant heat from building to building, or maybe it had help. |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 111 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2008 - 11:07 pm: | |
Can someone tell me if Eng 35 was ever housed in the quarters of Eng 28? The Website has them at RUSSELL & EAST GRAND BLVD in 1911. However this is in the backyard of Eng 28 at Milwaukee & RIOPELLE 1905. Thanks |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 112 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Monday, September 08, 2008 - 12:36 am: | |
Looking for some photos (other then on the DFD website): Headquarters BATES AND E. LARNED Eng 2 On hastings before I-375 Eng 5 LARNED & RIOPELLE Eng 6 Russel & High Eng 6 Hastings & High Eng 7 ELMWOOD & FORT Eng 7 CONCORD ST Eng 9 LARNED & RIOPELLE Eng 9 LAFAYETTE & ST. ANTOINE Eng 10 TEMPLE & 16TH Eng 12 GRAND RIVER & 16TH Eng 12 MERRICK & 12TH ST Eng 14 SCOTTEN NEAR MICHIGAN Eng 15 HUBBARD St Eng 16 FOOT OF 5TH ST (Boat House) Eng 16 FOOT OF RANDOLPH ST (Boat House) Eng 17 CASS & AMSTERDAM Eng 19 E. CONGRESS & JOSEPH CAMPAU Eng 19 ELMWOOD & FORT Eng 20 GRATIOT & BALDWIN Eng 21 LINCOLN & MARQUETTE Eng 25 Foot of McDOUGALL Eng 30 RIVARD & LIVINGSTON Eng 39 BYRON & TAYLOR Eng 42 GRAND RIVER & BEVERLY CT Eng 45 ST. JEAN Most of these are from the early days and hard to come by. I would love any photos that you would like to share or sell. Also looking for older B/W photos of rigs. Please send to or contact me at ehuegli@comcast.net Thanks |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 1786 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 - 2:01 am: | |
Patriot Day 9-11-08 We Will Remember Detroit, MI When: 10:30AM Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 Where: Michigan War Veterans Memorial, corner Woodward Ave. and E. State Fair DFD Chaplain Angus Mackenzie will deliver the Invocation and 2nd Deputy Detroit Fire Commissioner James Mack will deliver remarks at the ceremony. Read the full Program here. Free parking is available in the Community Arts Building lot adjacent to the Memorial - use the Woodward entrance to the Michigan State Fairgrounds. |
Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 619 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 12:11 am: | |
Lansingfire, Here are pictures I took at headquarters.
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Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 621 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 12:38 am: | |
Lansingfire, Go to Google maps and type in 82 Garfield St. If you look at the satellite view and street view, you can see a common hall way that connects each building. |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 113 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 8:31 am: | |
I love the old stations. The history that goes along with headquarters is great. I know there's not a lot of need for the guys downtown, but still would love to see E1, L1, & S1 run out of there. Or throw in a Museum that would be great. |
Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 623 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 2:55 pm: | |
Don't you just kringe when you see the interior of a firehouse being made with household studs and drywall. |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 115 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 11:30 pm: | |
Ugh, they built two new stations here in lansing and they look like a bowling alley or oil change. |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 1798 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 1:55 pm: | |
Photos from the Patriot Day ceremony:
Opening remarks by Dick Chatman, American Legion
"Striking the Four Fives" in memory of the fire fighters who lost their lives on 9/11
Remarks by 2nd Deputy Detroit Fire Commissioner James Mack
The crew from DFD Ladder 18 were in attendance |
Maddog Member Username: Maddog
Post Number: 23 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 9:06 pm: | |
DETROIT Stretchin' on a Dwelling 2009 CALENDAR This is a 2009 12 month calendar featuring the Detroit Fire Department. Photography by Dennis Walus www.detroitfirepix.smugmug.com. FOR THOSE INTERESTED IT IS AVAILABLE AT: http://www.lulu.com/content/39 83246 |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 117 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 12:08 am: | |
Some older pics. http://www.smugmug.com/gallery /4352802_m8cJk http://www.seagraveowners.org/Sunnyvale.htm (Page down) (Message edited by lansingfire on September 14, 2008) |
Lansingfire Member Username: Lansingfire
Post Number: 118 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 12:49 am: | |
Old eng 3 http://www.seagraveowners.org/ 28%20Seag.html Eng 40 http://www.seagraveowners.org/ DetroitFDENG40.htm Old History http://www.engine3.org/BytownSilsbyHistory.htm (Message edited by lansingfire on September 14, 2008) |
Dfd Member Username: Dfd
Post Number: 629 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 10:06 am: | |
Lansingfire, thanks for those links. They are excellent pictures! That's neat to see the sedan style on the job. |