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The Days Inn on the Rt. 1 Bypass is at a 5th alarm. Initial fire has jumped the road causing an additional building, and multiple brush fires. A tanker shuttle has been established to supplement the hydrant system...

Here's the Cambridge mutual aid run card. At the 5th Alarm, they have 15 cities from the greater Boston area at work or cover asignments. https://www.massmetrofire.org/system/files/running_cards/runcard.cambridge.xls C1 has assumed command and transmitted the 6th Alarm at 1948

DuPont had three cars, a boxcar, a tankcar, and a caboose that they would bring for hazmat team training. I attended twice in NH. The boxcar was setup as a classroom with valves and cutaways. The tankcar had several top and bottom arrangements. The car numbers are DUPX 912A, DUPX 912B, and...

One other thing we do is make things work. When we take cuts, we make some noise and answer the next call. Another cut...respond, provide service, back to quarters. It's simply what we as firefighters do, we love the job, so we get it done.

I'm the chief in a small (45 memebers, 2 stations) career department in the New Hampshire Seacoast. We operate paramedic transport service staffed by firefighters. All our firefighters rotate through shifts on the ambulance, engine and ladder. Many of the career FDs in this part of NH...

Long night, just about everone on this run card was there. Tough job with 50-70 mile wind off the ocean; strong work by the early companies keeping it from jumping the street.

Nice rundown, thanks for putting in the work. Happy New Year all and stay safe.

Will they rebuild on the same site?

Was a 10-60 transmitted for this incident?

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

I am looking for some information on operations in coastal flooding.  I am particularly interested in how FDNY responds with apparatus on flooded roadways.  I am sure their experience after Sandy caused some changes in this area.  I would like to get in touch with the chief in charge of this...