All+Hands+Fire

All hands fire was the biggest fire in New York city History it all started by three kids playing in an old abandoned knitting factory.According to L.t.don conham The fire was no "all hands" fire. It was a Boro Call. A boro call is when you run out of enough companies to handle the fire and resort to using companies from other boros, hence a "boro call". I worked out of E-277 on Knickerbocker Avenue between Gates and Palmetto Streetfor a year in a unit called the TCU, Tactical control Unit. As a fireman I went by that corner anywhere from one to fifteen times a tour. After making lieutenant I went to stand by at the aftermath. We also went by Schwaben Hall as many times. We wondered if they would burn down the hall. They did and the surrounding neighborhood was one of the busiest in Brooklyn. Hopefully Bushwick can regain its former glory.