Recent content by fdhistorian

1948-1974 at 278 Spring St Disbanded 1994

E30, E30-2, E30-3 L8, L8-2 R1 BC5 A3, A4 Sat1 Oxygen Therapy Unit

Received today

Generally, one engine for every three in service, and one ladder for every two in service, can be available for mutual aid. No area wide apparatus numbering. (Cambridge E1 to Dedham E1, charge Waltham L1's line, etc.)

Cambridge lost Engine 7 in 1993.

Firehouses are mixed occupancies with the sleeping areas considered to be Rooming & Lodging, Dormitories or Hotels. The model codes require separation, sprinklers and smoke alarms. Departments purchase PPE and safety equipment for their employees, but do not provide the protection in sleeping...

Sta 52 is just up Santa Fe Ave. The County still owns former Sta 9 and former Vernon Sta 3 is still nearby.

On the videos, E9, E13, E16, E52, E165, L13, L147, and BC13 are visible. E164, L164 and S164 can be seen destroyed. LA TF21 is also located very close by.

That is to be expected. It's when a Fire Chief says it (not necessarily this one). "Don't let the issue be confused with facts."

When fire stations are opened, response times will improve. When fire stations are closed, "response times are not impacted." Must be magic. Were all of the nearby LA City units unavailable? None seen on the video.

And the Mianus River bridge that fell in 1983, and the Gold Star bridge closed by a tanker collision/fire last year . . .

Bridgeport some years ago.

Exposures - Fairfield Avenue bridge and Norwalk Fire HQ (upper right)

Alarm levels, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. were originally established to dispatch a predetermined number of specific companies to a specific location, and to make predetermined relocations, all by sending one telegraph signal. Each additional alarm essentially multiplied the 1st alarm response...

If you don't have any agreement beforehand, you cannot expect, guaranty, or even know what you'll get, if anything at all.