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    Looking back - do you remember

    Don't laugh. there are at least several televangelist ministers who got their start down the road of shiny suits and Rolex watches by preaching on Sunday morning at some drive-in movie theater. One of his kids would run post to post with the collection plate.
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    TACTICAL USE OF FIRE HYDRANTS.

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    11/6/26 Pittsburgh City PA, Structure Fire

    Wow! I'm surprised that this didn't make the national news. First due Engine 20 on Baldwin Road has a small isolated still alarm district comprised of the Hays/Lincoln Place areas across the Monongahela River in southeast Pittsburgh. I don't recall ever hearing them get a job...
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    Tough Morning For Kids- Houston Edition

    https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-heights-townhome-fire-neighbors-catch-children-third-floor/285-ae26b69c-da02-435a-9f85-a4a858f1052b https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/11/05/father-critically-injured-after-family-narrowly-escapes-3-story-house-fire-on-houstons-north-side/
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    Television from a different time

    Only $19.95! Did you flash the tin? Or tell the guy you had a hook with Shirley Chisholm?
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    Chicago Halligan at work

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

    Known as the forcible exit procedure.....
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    Fort Apache The Four-One

    Too bad Keith Richards wasn't on the route.
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    Television from a different time

    No Ups! No Extras!
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    Fort Apache The Four-One

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    We Found the Dumbest!

    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
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    10/28/26 Bronx All Hands 10-77 Box 2169

    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?
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    LA Firestorm documentary

    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...
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    LA Firestorm documentary

    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...
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    7/7/26 Manhattan Collapse Box 790

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