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Fox news is showing the results of a small plane crash in Philadelphia.

When we returned from a FAC mission to Phu Bai Combat Base we always kept our heads on a swivel for helicopters. Medevacs, gunships responding on a priority mission, even with a control tower of sorts.

Black Hawk is equipped with some sort of recording device according to NTSB board member on CNN.

Cambridge firefighters battled a 3-alarm fire in a multi story mixed business and residential building this morning. Fire location was the 300 block of Broadway.

Thank you for clearing up my inaccurate information. Shut off was the wrong useage.

They had a former pilot on the Today show this morning. He mentioned that the collision advoidence systems shut off below 1000 feet

Trying to keep my Ops Guide current for alarm assignments, what are all the special units and BC's assignments. Thanx.

E-20 to the fire, L-7 cover QL-5.

s/c Boston ladder for coverage, L-9. Somerville went to work.

Quincy has a third alarm for a house fire @ 117 Arlington, going defensive.

Everett MA has a third alarm @ 85 Woodlawn in a large 2.5 story wood frame. Defensive ops with three ladder pipes in operation.

As of yesterday Squad 1 @ Engine 42 is running with G510, a 1996 HME/Saulsbury and D-616, a 2004 Spartan. No snorkel as its second piece.

Well they tracked down "The Grump" and I was put on the list. I received mine Saturday after a visit to the PO, no delivery for me. Thank you very much!

What I do not understand is that manufacturers are rolling out completed, new order apparatus. Are those parts that are needed being used to fill orders? Don't Seagrave, Pierce, E-One have an obligation to those cities/departments that purchased units from them?

This 30, yes thirty, year old apparats is running @ Engine 26 on the city's West Side.

And I always thought the Cape was a quiet place you went to for a vacation!

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There have been comments about the weight of tillers vs rear mounts and towers. Info from the Ops Guide page 244. 1985 Mack TL 56,000#, 2021 Seagraves 80,000. Rear mounts 1988 Seagrave 54,200 vs a 2017 Ferrara of 75,000. A 1986 Seagrave tiller was 48,400 vs a 2016 unit of 66,800.

But no Boston is not interested. They brought one in from a suburb and checked out Ladder 1(E-8) and Ladder 24 (E-4) and they barely fit into one house and not at the other. They are very happy with their E-One Cyclone Metros, the entire fleet is equipped with them and several more are on order...