First Due Stache Crew

30/09/2022

Mayor Eric Adams and Acting Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh announced the death of Emergency Medical Service Lieutenant Alison Russo-Elling, a 24-year-veteran of the FDNY who was stabbed and killed Thursday afternoon while working at EMS Station 49 in Queens.

At approximately 2:20pm, Lt. Russo-Elling was on duty in the vicinity of 20th Avenue and Steinway Street in Astoria near her station’s quarters. She was stabbed multiple times in an unprovoked attack. She was transported in critical condition to Mt. Sinai Queens Hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries. Lt. Russo-Elling worked out of Station 49 in Astoria at the time she was killed.

Lt. Russo-Elling was appointed to the FDNY as an EMT in March of 1998. She was promoted to Paramedic in 2002, and to Lieutenant in 2016. She has worked at multiple EMS stations, including Station 20, Station 17, Station 16, Station 45, Queens Tactical Response Group and Station 49.

Lt. Russo-Elling was a World Trade Center first responder, aiding in the rescue and recovery efforts. She is the 1,158th member of the Department to make the Supreme Sacrifice while serving our city. The last member of the Department to die in the line of duty was Firefighter Timothy Klein of Ladder 170 on April 24, 2022.

Lt. Russo-Elling was 61 years old. A Long Island resident, she is survived by her daughter and her parents. Wake and funeral information are pending.

27/04/2022

Barstool Sports doing the right thing as usual.

Barstool Sports stepping up and making a T-shirt in memory of Timmy with all proceeds going to Fight for Firefighters Foundation , which Timmy was a board member of.

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3415533/rip-firefighter-timothy-klein

Thank you Barstool!

13/01/2022

14/10/2021

20/09/2021

doing some incredible work yesterday.

11/09/2021

02/05/2021

Thoughts?

04/04/2021

28/03/2021

Very rarely do I take the time to pen my thoughts to paper. Driving home from yesterday a song was on the radio I haven't heard in years. Metallica's cover of of Tuesday's Gone. It seemed to fit the s**tty mood I was in and I almost changed it but as I listened to it I began to collect some words in my head to try and make sense of this horrible week.
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It's never easy to lose a fellow firefighter. The fact is as firefighters we never really prepare
ourselves for it. At best we hope that when one of us passes it was after a long and generous life & career filled with passion for family, friends and "The Job".
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This week was not like that.
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When any of us takes the oath to become a firefighter (the words vary by different departments but the meanings are all the same) we all know what we got ourselves into. A career promised to help others no matter the cost to ourselves. For many of us the laughs and companionship of the Brotherhood is enough to eclipse the constant reminder of what may be encountered on the next run. We never really think much about the other alternatives nor do we discuss it with our families.
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Lets be honest. Fire does not care if you are paid/career/volly/combination or whatever other names you can think of. Fire burns no hotter in major cities than it does in a rural town.
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On this Job s**t gets real. Real fast.
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This past week we lost a Brother to a fire in Spring Valley, NY. FF Jared Lloyd of the Columbian Engine Company. A friend, a colleague, a co-worker, a father, a son. A firefighter.
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You can do everything right on this job and still get killed. And the Brothers at this fire did just that. Everything right. Jared's passing was not in vain. We may never really know how many civilians he successfully rescued before committing himself one last time to help others, making the ultimate sacrifice.
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Many of us may not have known Jared personally. Some of us knew him professionally at fire scenes. And many knew him as a brother.
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There's a saying in the fire service when one of us passes away we will see them again on "the floor above".
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Giving the Ultimate Sacrifice in the fire service is the highest honor we can give. To lay down one's life for a stranger is nothing short of heroic. But as fireman we tend to shun that word for we do not do this profession to be recognized for heroism. Rather the best compliment any firefighter can be given is much more simple.
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Jared you were a damn good firefighter and we would gladly follow you again down any hallway.
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To the Brothers of the SVFD. Hold your heads high. You did everything right. Though we can not change what happened, down to his final moment Jared was helping his Brothers. Now its our time to take care of him and his family.
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FF Jared Lloyd
SVFD Columbian Engine Co. #1
Last Alarm 3/23/21
We will see you again on the Floor Above...
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Train roll on, on down the line.
Won't you please take me far, far away
Tuesday's gone with the wind

26/03/2021

24/03/2021

Keep your eyes open for this on the shelves soon.

get ready Long Island. Montauk Beer is doing a special edition can for 2021. Be out for sale mid April

LAST YEAR ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COMPANY POSTED SOMETHING THAT AFFENDED SO MANY OF US IN THE FIRST RESPONDER AND LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY. IT WAS A MISTAKE.

MONTAUK BEER HAS A LONG HISTORY OF SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LAST YEAR WAS AN OPINION BUT ALSO A MISTAKE.
THIS YEAR THEY HAVE CREATED THIS SPECIAL EDITION CAN TO HONOR THOSE LOST ON 9/11/01 AND SINCE. ALL OF THE PROCEEDS RAISED FROM THE SALE OF THE SPECIAL EDITION WILL SUPPORT THE TERRY FARRELL FIREFIGHTERS FUND AND THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT HELP FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
LOOK FOR THE TERRY FUND CAN OUT IN STORES AFTER APRIL 20TH ON LONG ISLAND AND IN NYC.