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    4/21/26 Baltimore MD 2nd Alarm Box T5-30

    Boy, that's the least of it. This entire alarm assignment looks like it was generated by the same way they pick Powerball lottery numbers-random selection.
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    4/21/26 Bronx 5th Alarm Box 3326

    Is this one of those buildings that has gotten a rehab and then "somebody" doesn't bother to fire stop the pipe chases again?
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    5 years probation for driver who plowed into 25 LASD recruits, killing 1

    Huh! Here in Texas that's the exact same punishment you would get for singing out of tune in church.
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    ANOTHER WAR YEARS VET PASSES.

    Billy (Arms) Murphy of Rescue 3; previously the "Tarzan of Harlem" while at Ladder 26; off the window when the rope broke on 151st Street Friday June 27, 1980 has passed away after a long illness. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/william-murphy-obituary?id=61275278...
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    Washingron DC new rigs questions.

    If Baltimore City FD (The Monument City) was interested in respecting their history, we would see a return to cream white with red fenders and running boards, Baltimore Baskets, Morse deck pipes, and gold leaf fleur-de-lis and company lettering. Omaha Orange is the Dollar Store paint scheme for...
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    They Still Got It

    And let's not forget Paul Anka wrote "My Way", "She's A Lady", and the theme song to the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
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    They Still Got It

    A class act! I got to see him doing his night club act in Vegas years ago. While singing, he went through the audience shaking hands-including mine. BTW- today is Bobby Vinton's 91st birthday. He's from Canonsburg, Pa., southwest of Pittsburgh. Canonsburg is also the birthplace of Perry Como...
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    4/16/26 Baltimore MD Box 13-22

    Up until 1919, North Avenue was Baltimore's northern city line. Forty years ago this box was in the middle of circle made up by Engine 18, Engine 19, Engine 28, Engine 1, Truck 11, and Truck 5. All now gone. Budget cuts can produce a strange landscape.
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    4/16/26 Pittsburgh City PA, 3 Alarm Structure Fire

    Two blocks up the hill from 25's old quarters and a stone's throw from the old Iron City Brewery across Liberty Avenue. When 25 answered boxes in Bloomfield, they went through 34th and Ligonier.
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    The 99 Unit CIDS

    As always, the guiding principle is "Tell me the rules, I'll play the game." To promote new housing in NYC, in 2024, the State Legislature passed a new tax program labeled 485-x. This provided certain tax exemptions for new housing construction in the city. As you would expect, the devil is in...
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    40 Truck's House Gets A New Owner

    Hook and Ladder Company 40 was established in 1908 and placed in a new firehouse designed by Howard Constable at 6 Hancock Place. They later moved into a Soviet style firehouse with Engine Company 37 (from 503 W 126th St) on West 125th Street. The house sat empty for several years until...
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    4/9/26 Bronx 2nd Alarm Box 3398

    It better be Friday.
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    Santa Claus Drops In On Houston

    Houston FD confined space rescue matrix: 82- Engine, Squad, Ambulance
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    Sound Waves to fight fires ?

    Acoustic fire suppression was investigated by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 15 years ago. Ten years ago an acoustic extinguisher similar to a subwoofer was built. As noted, the principle is to block combustion by pushing oxygen molecules away from fuel. Attempting...
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    A LOOK BACK.

    This was a great look back. I think this was before the era of FDNY 10-signals. You certainly would have heard the All-Hands 7-5 signal on the primary and secondary bell circuits.
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