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I remember in the 1970's during the War Years when the locals burned off the "witch's hat" on the water tower seen there on the Manhattan side in the park above Amsterdam Ave.

Companies from West and South Baltimore as well as Anne Arundel County can respond rapidly through the Fort McHenry Tunnel. 73....Anne Arundel County is named after Anne Arundel aka Lady Baltimore, wife of Lord Baltimore- founder of the Province of Maryland.

What's gonna be interesting to see will be the relocations around town before this is all over. Must be "fire weather" on the east coast.

And one false alarm! https://abc13.com/post/ai-generated-photo-fake-fire-bellaire-high-school-prompts-panic-police/18140439/ Those damn kids.....

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/11/10/firefighter-injured-after-roof-collapses-during-building-fire-in-houstons-third-ward/ https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/mollys-pub-fire-el-camino-real-houston-texas/285-88105ad2-f28c-4172-85f5-141a29492ed7 The NASA employees at Johnson...

Big Blue can't complain about never getting any work after yesterday.

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/11/07/houston-firefighters-say-eco-friendly-ambulances-cant-keep-up-with-citys-pace/ Who in their right mind would think this was a good idea? Looks like they skipped the Beta testing phase. Wonder who got the "finder's fee"?

This first alarm assignment is amazing and demonstrates the sad downsizing of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire (ISO Class 1). In 1970 the assignment for Box 1872 Webster Ave. and McNeil Place was E26, 58, 5 T5, Sq 2. 3 and BC2 Only E58 on Aliquippa St (now E 10 remains). It's a good thing they...

Grump...I'm not sure "safely" conveys the "scared the daylights out..." effect of an RTO.

This MD-11 suffered a No. 1 (left) engine fire just after the abort point on takeoff. It got up to about 175 feet at less than 200 knots. After that there was no place to go.

In the 1940's Engine 282 was detailed to Red Hook for Election Night. In the book "They Only Played Cards" Paul DeGaeta tells the story of the covering newly promoted lieutenant who ordered the company to put out a bonfire after they told him that would be a poor idea. Then the officer...

Let's not forget the still on the air NBC Today Show with Dave Garroway, Jack Lescoulie, Edwin Newman, and J Frede Muggs. In the mid-1950's the Today Show did a live remote at Mustin Field in the Philadelphia Navy Yard where my father worked using the NBC Philly affiliate. I got to shake...

In Houston, this would probably be labeled minor flooding or merely "high water" and can happen anywhere with a training thunderstorm. Tip offs are cars driving through water only up to the axle and people wading through water without a stick or mop handle to check for potholes. Another sign can...

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/fire-olympia-drive-houston-texas/285-64f6d832-573a-4b46-981a-19b1caa8343e This about one mile northwest of the Westchase Hilton Hotel at 9999 Westheimer Road. The Westchase Hilton is a twelve story hotel. It had smoke detectors, but was not sprinklered...

Yesterday in Houston it was 87 degrees at 2:00PM. At 4:00PM the first cold front of Fall came through with over a half inch of rain in twenty minutes. This morning it was a near-arctic 58 degrees with a 25 to 35mph northwest wind and a desert-like 47% humidity. Some furnaces may have gotten...