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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Milner_(firefighter)#/media/File:Her_Majesty_Queen_Elizabeth_visits_the_London_Fire_Brigade_Headquarters,_Lambeth_(cropped).jpg Joe Milner was born in Manchester, England in October, 1922. After joining the Army in 1938, he later served in the war as a...

Look at San Francisco as an urban example. SFFD is certainly aware that if they've got a well involved building on a tight side street at the bottom of a hill in a neighborhood full of two -four story wood facades downwind, the concept of "a huge problem" is an understatement.

Where is John T, O' Hagan and Local Law Five when you really need them? The Safety Officer must be getting some substantial exercise trying to enforce a collapse zone.

https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2025/november/warehouse-fire-southall/

Thursday morning November 20th Novelis had yet another fire in the same area that burned on September 16th. This also required a multi-alarm response. Ford Motor Company is the plant's biggest customer. Ford has already told investors that they will have a $2 billion decrease in fourth-quarter...

Not my cup of tea, but it's hard to knock success... Donna Jean Godchaux: a true Daughter of the South. Born on August 22, 1947 in Florance, Alabama- right across the river from Muscle Shoals. Yes, you heard her sing backup to Percy Sledge on "When a Man Loves a Woman". Every one on the...

With a ship fire, always call Sal.

Boy! Just like the old days. I wonder if those crazy fire bugs from back in the day ever got out of prison?

This is strange for a city that is slowly growing. It seems to be more important to the voters that people that are in town illegally be well cared for. https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-migrants-spending

Did that woman wait for those guys from the Three-Two to show up before she got in the water? Just asking.

This explosion happened at Accurate Energetic Systems. Most of their work is for military ordnance such as land mines and demolition charges . The explosion took place in Building 602, which was used for non-military production. They melt TNT and mix it with more potent PETN which is casted...

Actor Jesse Plemons....Father Jim Bob, Waco Fire Department.

For decades boaters on Galveston Bay, unless they were a harbor pilot navigating on the Houston Ship Channel (busiest port in the US in tonnage) by channel markers or using GPS, used the old Houston Lighting & Power generation plant in Bacliff as a landmark. Since you could see it over most of...

Note how everyone is politely claiming ignorance of the problem. I would too. This is all on the last Mayor. His pals were likely delighted with the contract. Firefighters know this is just one more thing to break down. It's hard to charge a battery when the temperature is always at least 90...

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.