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yup, corrected it.

Living in Cambridge at the time. , slept through it!

Yup, amazing after all these years we get the correct date. Doesn't say much for the proof reader. I am sure I submitted the correct date! Oh well at least someone read the article. But I have the right date in the last paragraph!

For the first time in its history Boston Fire fought 2 simultaneous five alarm fires.

I believe 4 years without a contract.

Yes I guess the squeaking wheel get the grease while the other one falls off.

I now live in Central Illinois, just S of I-74. For years the politicians have acted if there is no civilization S of I-80 except when they need money to support Crook County and to a lesser amount the 6 border counties. Now the recent budget that was passed has a .50 to 1.50 delivery tax to...

I remember when Bearcat came out with the 210, a fully programmable unit. Just type in the freqs ad you were good to go. Then came the hand-held model, take it anywhere. Just get the scanner book from Radio Shack to get the freqs. I still have a 210XL that works!

Squad 7 has a response area that is around the airport as well as responses to the Interstate, I-90.

Last night Bloomington crews were dispatched to reports of a high rise fire on the tenth floor of a public housing building. Firefighters encountered a heavy smoke condition from the apartment, firefighters found fire located in a stove. The occupant had placed a burning lithium inside the...

Peter Pirsch delivered the smoke ejector truck to Chicago in the hopes he could get some favor and possible apparatus sales. Sadly this did not happen but the CFD shops did build their own unit using the chassis of a 1922 White Speed Wagon.

According to Boston.com there were a number of problems with this residence. One was a defective elevator that was OOS for 9 months trapping the third floor residents.

The Fall River chief said 8 out of the 10 companies were staffed under the national levels.

Hundreds of stranded commuters were evacuated from a stranded Blue line MBTA train Tuesday afternoon. Train was in a tunnel under Boston Harbor between the Maverick and Aquarium stations. It took BFD firefighters about an hour to evacuate approximately 500 passengers. They used 3 Nolan carts, 2...

My wife worked as a supervisor of RA's at an assisted living facility inn Illinois. They would have the local fire department drill with them. they were shown how to remove patients when the elevators are OOS as well as other life saving methods. Fortunately while she was there they never had to...

With the opening of a new firehouse in the Point of Pines section of the city Revere Engine 2 was placed back in service. This joins Chelsea Engine 4 being placed in service as well in March.

How many on this site are Vietnam vets? Remember writing "FREE" where the stamp would go.

In the old days E-49 was like a home guard company, sorta like E-51 in Brighton. Just like FDNY has companies that do not relocate.

Brookline has a second alarm on Box 133, fire location 114 Franklin Street.

Detail of 2 engines and 2 ladders, E 49 and 51, Ladders 16 and 11. In the old days if you did X number of runs you were not on the fire detail list. Nowadays that does not apply