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Happy Juneteenth! Before it became a national holiday, this day was always a strange one for Houston first-responders. It would be crazy busy and no one would have a clue why. So it joined the mythology of full moons, payday Friday, and that Third of July that fell mid-week. And today it's...

I guess the Knicks Victory Parade will be a 10-39 also, but only a Code 1.

A Boeing 777 (for example) is designed to be able to safely land with two blown tires on the main gear. https://simpleflying.com/boeing-777s-main-gear-12-tires/

https://www.oaoa.com/local-news/dark-day-for-odessa-one-firefighter-has-died-5-injured-in-sunday-fire/#google_vignette https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/isai-huerta-dies-odessa-new-details-fire/513-dd448403-8b1f-4604-b521-0e236d02ed6c

Most people know about the Pacific Palisades fire in LA on 1/7/25, but forget about the Eaton Fire on the same date 34 miles east in the San Gabriel Mountains at Altadena. The fire burned 14,120 acres and 9,418 buildings. There were 19 deaths The Palisades Fire burned the homes of millionaires...

The criminal trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, accused of starting the Pacific Palisades fire last year, began last week in Federal Court in LA. He is charged with three felony arson counts. He is accused of starting the fire in a Santa Monica Mountain outlook early on 1/1/2025 because he...

The Novelis aluminum plant finally resumed production last week. FoMoCo must be so happy. Novelis is based in Atlanta and is a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries in India. They presently have a new aluminum automotive sheet rolling mill under construction in Alabama. It is scheduled to begin...

Way back in the day when I was a vollie, my company responded one morning to an electrical fire in a floor tile supply store in a shopping center. The minor fire was in a coffee maker plugged into a wall box right next to the back door. A genius on the pumper puts it out with a dry chemical...

Looks like somebody missed the IAFF Zoom call.... https://abc13.com/post/study-recommends-955-million-investment-houston-fire-department/19265225/

The Knicks lost.

Is Ladder 132 relocated into Ladder 24 for the game, Anybody else?

The City is broke, the tax base is fleeing, the pensions are all underfunded, how are they gonna pay for retirees medical insurance? City Council should be asking: FDNY has decades of data regards fire protection; show us exactly how a fifth man will improve the lives of New Yorkers. This...

The historic background- In the early 1880's, Andrew Carnegie (P&LE RR), William Vanderbilt (NYCRR), and Henry Frick began building the Southern Pennsylvania Railroad between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg to compete with the Pennsylvania RR. After about five years, they gave up. In the late...

In Dennis Smith's memoir "A Song For Mary" he describes being raised by his strict mother while his father was institutionalized in an insane asylum. I assume this would have been Poughkeepsie. It was also featured in the movie "The French Connection". I toured the San Antonio State Hospital-...

Bars .taverns, pubs, and joints are interesting places to find people and usually reflect the culture and population, In fact, just like it's fire department. Chicago certainly proves the point. Any place that threatens the life of Bozo is gonna be unique. I noted that Sam (Sotirios) Sianis...