mrFDNY
<font color=red>I'll be back mrFDNY. I have my ey
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hi all,
Well where do i begin.A little background first.When you call 911 to report a fire it goes over and we get the run,so does the police.Now the police don't rush to fires but they show up usally around 5 minutes after us.The cops first job is to prevent crimes,rapes,robberys,shootings and so on.The police know we are going to the fire and so on.So here's where things could have gone bad real quick.Last week in brooklyn there was several calls of a report of a building fire.Maybe luck would have it my way that a police car was sitting on the block,heard the address and saw the flames and went to this call first.My fire house was first due to this job and we would of pulled up before anyone else.The cops ran in the building to see if anyone was trapped inside.Once inside the hall and unable to see cause of all the smoke,both cops exitied the building with several gun shot wounds to themselves.The physco hidding inside the non lighted,smoke filled hallway that started the fire had a gun and shot at the first uniform he saw.Both cops were shot several times.
This is where we pull up and find both cops lying outside the building shot and bleeding.Now this is where my mind starts thinking,if those 2 cops where not there first me and my crew would have been the first ones in.A veteran jimmy and me would have been the first 2 in the hallway.Who knows what would have happened?Both cops will live and thier bullet proof vest were said to save thier lives,since both where in the chest several times and in the arms.not one bullet went thru the vest.I DON"T HAVE A BULLET PROOF VEST.So if shot at the bullets might have hit us in the chest.Who knows if this guy was gunning for the police,or just would have shot the first uniform he saw.I am fine but if now we did'nt have enough stuff to be worried about getting us killed here's something new to be concered about.YAY!!in my time with the FDNY out of 100% i would say we beat the police to 90% of every call.It's very rare to pull up and find police cars on the scene first.I guess luck or fate would have it this way on this one run.What happened to the good old days when people came to the fire house with cookies or cakes for us instead of trying to shoot us dead.Only 11 more years till i retire,hopefully i can make it without getting killed by a gun shot wound.Like i said i am fine i am just amazed how fate sometimes works.In brooklyn it is very rare for the police to beat us to calls and this one time and looked at what went down.Hopefully this is not a cool new trend to burn your house down and shoot the people trying to save your tush.Have a great day all!!!
Well where do i begin.A little background first.When you call 911 to report a fire it goes over and we get the run,so does the police.Now the police don't rush to fires but they show up usally around 5 minutes after us.The cops first job is to prevent crimes,rapes,robberys,shootings and so on.The police know we are going to the fire and so on.So here's where things could have gone bad real quick.Last week in brooklyn there was several calls of a report of a building fire.Maybe luck would have it my way that a police car was sitting on the block,heard the address and saw the flames and went to this call first.My fire house was first due to this job and we would of pulled up before anyone else.The cops ran in the building to see if anyone was trapped inside.Once inside the hall and unable to see cause of all the smoke,both cops exitied the building with several gun shot wounds to themselves.The physco hidding inside the non lighted,smoke filled hallway that started the fire had a gun and shot at the first uniform he saw.Both cops were shot several times.
This is where we pull up and find both cops lying outside the building shot and bleeding.Now this is where my mind starts thinking,if those 2 cops where not there first me and my crew would have been the first ones in.A veteran jimmy and me would have been the first 2 in the hallway.Who knows what would have happened?Both cops will live and thier bullet proof vest were said to save thier lives,since both where in the chest several times and in the arms.not one bullet went thru the vest.I DON"T HAVE A BULLET PROOF VEST.So if shot at the bullets might have hit us in the chest.Who knows if this guy was gunning for the police,or just would have shot the first uniform he saw.I am fine but if now we did'nt have enough stuff to be worried about getting us killed here's something new to be concered about.YAY!!in my time with the FDNY out of 100% i would say we beat the police to 90% of every call.It's very rare to pull up and find police cars on the scene first.I guess luck or fate would have it this way on this one run.What happened to the good old days when people came to the fire house with cookies or cakes for us instead of trying to shoot us dead.Only 11 more years till i retire,hopefully i can make it without getting killed by a gun shot wound.Like i said i am fine i am just amazed how fate sometimes works.In brooklyn it is very rare for the police to beat us to calls and this one time and looked at what went down.Hopefully this is not a cool new trend to burn your house down and shoot the people trying to save your tush.Have a great day all!!!
in Brooklyn the only advice I can give you from here on out is, the next job you go to and make the push in, DUCK!!!!!!! 
. Glad you and your brothers from the company are okay.
I'm glad that things happened like they did & the officers will be ok. You shouldn't have to second guess if you should be safe doing your job when you are already under enough stress.
