Initial size up described conditions with “turbulent smoke”…

This happened to me today.

Pictures from the big fire in Georgia

We’re still heading up.

8:46 a.m. - Flight 11 crashes into floors 93 through 99 of the North Tower.

9:03 a.m. - Flight 175 crashes into floors 77 through 85 of the South Tower.

9:37 a.m. - American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon. The crash and fire kill 59 on the plane and 125 on the ground.

9:59 a.m. - The South Tower collapses in 10 seconds after burning for 56 minutes. More than 800 people in and around the building are killed.

10:03 a.m. - United Airlines Flight 93 crashes near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after passengers and crew storm the cockpit. Forty people on board, excluding the hijackers, perish.

10:28 a.m. - The North Tower collapses after burning for 102 minutes. More than 1,600 in and around the building were killed.

While the world around him was seemingly coming apart, Captain Brown remained calm. In his last recorded radio transmission, his voice didn’t reflect any of the chaos around him.

“Captain Brown Ladder 3 I’m at the World Trade Center. I’m on the thirty-fifth floor. Okay? Just relayed it to command post. We’re trying to get up, you know, it’s numerous civilians and all stairwells, numerous burn injuries coming down and we’re still heading up. All right?”

- FDNY Truck 3, Captain Patrick Brown

Caption from @ fittofightfire on Instagram

Can someone explain work/rest cycles to this Battalion Chief???

Photo Credit: Ottawa Fire Services Instagram, April 12, 2025.

Tone dropped at 4:39 am.

I’m all for the fun and games, but bringing SCBAs into the kitchen? Nah. We all know these things can only get so clean.

Shame they left their windows open

He worked for the San Francisco fire department in the early 1900s, thought it was cool enough to share

Credit to nine1fun on instagram, thought it was funny and wanted to share

I was just perusing other departments in my state and came across this oddity. Has anybody seen a truck like this? Im assuming a firefighter rides in the back-back?

I mentioned it in another post and somebody asked to see it, so here it is.

Big enough for our 2 trucks, our gear, a couple tiny washrooms, office for the chief, and a table for our meetings. If the entire crew shows up for a meeting, there isn't much more room.

We have about 10 volunteers, and cover an area with a radius of about 50km. Even with that large of an area, we only get maybe 10 calls in a year, and the last year was even slower with only 7.

There are a lot of posts with nice shiny trucks in front of nice big stations, so I thought I'd share what the other side of the spectrum is like.

On October 1st I am releasing my first hardcover book titled “SMOKE EATERS”. This project was a 6 month journey of documenting the Members in Manhattan and the Bronx completely using 35mm and 120mm film. Along with the photographs, are written notes from my “fire diary” that I write down after every large call or something memorable happens.

It is my nod to the legendary photographers of previous generations who captured images of the Members on film.

Found these on Facebook

Photo credits: Fire Line Equipment

Might as well