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AI finally found this...It was 2007 in Porter, Texas and 42's had to get a Coast Guard helicopter to complete the job. I forgot that.

These folks must have relatives in Texas. I'm guessing it was five to ten years ago about fifty miles northeast of Houston. This guy's exotic pet bird gets loose and flies into nearby woods where it lands way up in some tall tree. The dope, frantic about his stupid bird, climbs up the tree to...

3511's observations are correct. Everyone knows price controls are terrible yet rent control persists. The problem in New York is there are more renters than landlords voting. It has been said that the only thing more effective than rent control to destroy housing stock in a city is aerial...

Congratulations to her. She'll do just fine. She has taken a lot of unfair criticism for not having any firefighting command experience. People forget that previous Fire Commissioners have included the Brooklyn Postmaster and a brother-in-law of the New York Governor. So we know the bar for...

Has the new Mayor had a chance to see his Fire Department in action protecting his citizens yet? Has the new Mayor checked on or visited his injured Firefighters?

I think this right down the road from the old Quaker Meeting House.

Crowded occupancy, no sprinklers, alcohol, young people, sparklers (1000 degrees F). Who thought that was gonna end well? When I posted John Davidson's biography here several weeks ago, I didn't think the next episode would be so soon.

This used to be part of Allegheny City (now the North Side) until annexed into Pittsburgh in 1907. Then on Sandusky Street, Engine 6 and Truck A became PBF Engine and Truck Co 46 in the Fifth Battalion. In 1952 they moved into new quarters at 507 Union Avenue at East Ohio Street. My good friend...

https://abc13.com/post/2-firefighters-driver-hurt-critically-high-speed-crash-gulf-freeway-clear-lake-hpd-says/18346549/ https://abc13.com/post/1-person-injured-metro-bus-flips-crash-vehicle-sh-288-mcgowen-officials-say/18347843/...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/01/01/fireworks-blamed-for-new-years-day-apartment-fire-that-displaced-dozens-in-west-houston/ And the first multiple shooting of the New Year-...

Last Job- E34/L21 First Job- Sq 1/L105 First Multiple-Brooklyn/Crown Heights

In 1900: Ladder 17 (with Fuel Depot 21) - 589 East 143rd Street Ladder 18- 84 Attorney Street Ladder 19- 886 Forest Avenue Ladder 17 Boundaries- Harlem River, 144th Street, Willis Avenue, 138th Street, Alexander Avenue to Harlem River. Ladder 19 Boundaries- East River and Cabot Street, to...

Let me talk you in off the ledge Hoss. - This spill was at least 8 to 10 miles from Galveston Bay. - The environmental crazies and their friends in the news media were disappointed with the facts. - It wasn't in the DuPont rat poison plant in LaPorte, - Never trust water that doesn't have an...

https://abc13.com/post/galveston-man-helped-rescue-survivors-deadly-plane-crash-visits-hospital/18331349/ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w-tT5mF-Sfs

Your story of the Jennings Street Collapse (33-2739 6/6/1974) shows the collapse of the telegraph system It is said that the capacity of the system was three signals per minute. Consider an alarm where two companies on the box are unavailable. The dispatcher has to look at the assignment card...