FDNY 1971

[Unionfirecompany2fan]

Good Old Vintage FDNY Trucks

[ropitvb]

wow, I forgot what white firemen looked like! thanks for the memories...

[CuseRecorder]

Man i wish i lived back then!

[Bruticus713]

Nice video love to see all them Tiller rigs!

[drgLACity]

WOW! Amazing piece of history and the time!!! I was born in '77 and came on the job in 2000 (LAFD). When I decided I was going to be a FF, I read my first real book ever; Report From Engine Co. 82 by Dennis Smith, based around the same time as this clip!!!! I couldn't stop reading it! The stories, the guys... I wish we could just be "normal" in the fire station like those guys were. FDNY and that era will always have a very special place in my heart. Great stuff!!!

[usmarines911]

y tailbored ride if u have a nice cab 2 sit in

[zaffdoc]

@usmarines911 There was not anything in this world that was more fun than riding the tailboard of a fire engine. Putting your fire coat on and buckling up while holding the hand rail as the engineer drove like crazy to the fire. Then the captain holding up his hand showing two fingers which meant to lay two 2 1/2 inch lines. The engineer slows down and you and the other back-end guy each pull a loop of hose off and wrap it around the hydrant and the pumper never stops till it gets to the fire

[ffjsb]

@zaffdoc Fun in the summer maybe, but in cold rain and snow not so much. Not to mention dangerous as hell.

[fireguye4]

awesome video. what a difference it was back in the day. I still miss riding the back step

[elasatlaculos]

That was a hot one that year. See, back then we didn't have an unpopular war, out of control oil prices, racial tensions. The enviroment was clean, you could drink out of the Hudson! ;-)

[josephkennith]

Wat about vietnam?

[Philflash]

I don't know about drinking out of the Hudson!

[MartinMazur]

I most certainly agree. A lot of today's rigs do not even come close to these old school beauties.

Where I grew in Northern Missouri, the pumper that covered the area I grew up in was an ALF 700 Series.

That piece of art was in front line service from teh late 1940s to around 1980 or 81 when replaced with a comercial cab pumper.

I hear that this rig, Engine 10 of St. Joseph, MO eventually ended up in their fire museum, after serving as a parade piece for the Shriners.

[Battalion5131]

I love these classic Firefighter Videos Just look at the Old Macks,ALF's,& Seagraves Those were awsome trucks The truck they have today don't even come close.

[molotovino]

excuse me.

many accidents happen to new york?

thank you for responding

[dannybell420]

please keep this on it is great history and suprisenly these trucks have go to volunteer departments. I live in nw montana and we have a1960 american lafrance that we got from lake tahoe california and it is in great shape 62k on odometer runs good sexy truck

[fdjcengine2]

Great footage of the riot roof on the ALF. A+++ Footage of history. The fire industry has changed in so many ways thru the years. Must have been a strange thing for the men @ the time to have their units retro-fitted with ply-wood roofs after riding open cab.

[jacobf1414]

Those were the good ol' days.

[Yanaman]

does anyone know whereabouts in new york this was?

[zaffdoc]

NYC on West 57 St. Across from the Holiday Inn.

[CrossBronx4627]

Nice video doc. I used to work in 54 Engine. I can see 4 Truck and 23 Engine in the video. There are pictures of that ALF tiller that 4 Truck had hanging up in the firehouse. Thanks for sharing!

Marc D.

46 Engine

F.D.N.Y.

[nema1218]

Cool video,from nearly 38 years ago!

[bluegrey123]

great vid, love the molotav cocktail protecters over the hosebeds of the engines..

[BenHur76008]

Wow, great video, thanks for sharing!

[confranman]

Fantastic video, many thanks for shring it with us

[trixie1975]

I'm a child of the 70s and 80s...I remember seeing those station wagons. Where on 57th street...East or West?

[zaffdoc]

West

[perifirasta]

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[FireBuff51]

Great video. I mean, just awesome! And to Wrestlersr90, read Report From Engine Co. 82. Great explanation of why it is so dangerous to ride the backstep, even though it does look cool.

[FIREMARK1965]

Great video, awesome to see all the old trucks and engines. Please keep it on, am sure there isn't many like it about.

[wrestlersr09]

the 70's looked awsome i wish u were still aloud to ride the back step that was badass

[zion3179]

hell yeah man. shit would be awesome, but bear in mind back step/side step riding killed an abundance of firefighters... too dangerous. youre better off now.

[wrestlersr09]

how did they get killed other than letting go i dont really see a danger

[zion3179]

its pretty dangerous. not just that they let go. assuming youre on the job, how many times do you go from 30-0 when somebody doesnt yield, and then the chauffeur floors it, youd be laid out on the street. its fun but it sucks especially if youre running 30 alarms a day.

[loescheimer]

Very good video. I enjoyed watching it.

[sicksonethree]

oh man 1971 that was 1 year after i joined the FD. man i loved the 70's it was a great time in my life. just retired this year with so many more great memories of the greatedt fire department on the planet!!

[zaffdoc]

CONGRATULATIONS -- How lucky you were to have a job like that.. You must have some great memories.. Too bad you can't upload them to YouTube and share them with us..

[wofo4]

very good video!! it would be good a video of the super pumper system

[fmartinjr]

classic!!!!

[anesti]

at 1:22 the engine with the XXX on the windsheild did that symbolize that they are running a spare?

[zaffdoc]

I am not sure, but I always thought it had to do with the glass being damaged. The rig looks too good to be a spare, but you do bring up an interesting concept.

[anesti]

yeah most of the time when i see rigs at a junkyard they have these allover the glass that why i figured that. btw lovely video

[nyfirebuff]

Nice footage, thanks for posting.

[1f5sda]

Please don't remove this!

[1f5sda]

COOL footage!!! I LOVE it!!! Be well!

[montrealfirefighters]

that was an old vid but its cool

[911caddy]

Fantastic footage!! If only there was sound...

[MotoRooter]

This is great! Thanks for the post!

[1nm1]

Awesome historical footage.

[jackmap]

That was a sweet video! Do you know if some of the older trucks in this video are currently in museums?

[zaffdoc]

I do not know.  It would be cool if any were.

[fdny442]

THERE ALL JUNKED MAYBE MAYBE 1 OR 2

[b719]

Some of them are inservice with other departments.

[Photofires]

Awesome ! Thanks for posting them, greatly appreciated !