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That's one reason why he's a dues paying member of IAFF Local No 2.

Known as the forcible exit procedure.....

Too bad Keith Richards wasn't on the route.

No Ups! No Extras!

It took a while, but we finally tracked him down. https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/houston-bering-drive-wrong-apartment-shooting/285-6c607398-2d59-46a9-be1b-de6c205a73bf

I thought that storing an e-bike in public housing was a crime. If so, that would create the predicate for other crimes like endangerment, injury to a child, etc. And what politician can resist a TV camera?

Local laws are superseded by state mandates. This allows insurance companies to say "No defensive zone, you ain't getting any home owners insurance". "Oh...Well...since you put it THAT WAY!...I guess I'll go ahead and get the changes done." Fire-resilient landscaping is expensive and business...

California is finally refining a response to the wildfire problem that is requiring involvement of homeowners; who have the most to lose. This involves the concept of spaces around the homes Three zones around the house are defined as Zone 0 (0 to 5 ft,), Zone 1 (5 to 30 ft.), and Zone 2 (30...

Baby steps....1/64 inch at a time...just like breaking in a new pair of leather shoes. Other collapse news:

Sorry boys....This ain't the law west of the Pecos River!

The magic phrase is automatic aid. For purposes of fire department classification rating, the Insurance Services Office (ISO) does not consider mutual aid, only automatic aid, for the fire department portion of the calculation of the Class (fire alarm and water supply the rest). Automatic aid...

Margaret Hamilton, aged 90, indispensable for putting an American on the moon, died on September 30, 2026 RIP In the Spring of 1967 Entropychaser was taking a course in college named Computer Science. In class, the professor would fill two blackboards (just like in the movies) with math...

In 1844, Samuel Morse first demonstrated his telegraph and associated code. In 1845 the first firebell-watchtowers in NYC were built. In 1845 Moses Farmer invented a bell-striking device for fire alarms. In 1850 Charles Robinson first uses a Morse telegraph to transmit a fire alarm in NYC and...