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As always, the guiding principle is "Tell me the rules, I'll play the game." To promote new housing in NYC, in 2024, the State Legislature passed a new tax program labeled 485-x. This provided certain tax exemptions for new housing construction in the city. As you would expect, the devil is in...

Hook and Ladder Company 40 was established in 1908 and placed in a new firehouse designed by Howard Constable at 6 Hancock Place. They later moved into a Soviet style firehouse with Engine Company 37 (from 503 W 126th St) on West 125th Street. The house sat empty for several years until...

Houston FD confined space rescue matrix: 82- Engine, Squad, Ambulance

https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/media/todays-responders-1937-texas-tragedy-still-carries-lessons-avoiding-disaster.html This incident was one of the first assignments for UPI cub reporter Walter Cronkite of Houston (San Jacinto High School) Cronkite would go on to report combat in...

https://abc13.com/post/2-homes-damaged-southeast-houston-neighborhood-fire-witnesses-say/18714295/ Winds 25-45 mph, Humidity 20-25%..tail end of that front that went through the northeastern US yesterday...

Master Gunnery Sgt. Juan Jose Valdez has passed away at age 88. At 0800 hours, April 30, 1975 Valdez was the last American extracted off the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon. Born in the military town of San Antonio in 1937, he enlisted in the Marines in 1955. Serving as a platoon...

Can you top this?

Early this morning... https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/02/16/firefighters-pull-woman-from-burning-apartment-building-in-northeast-houston/ https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/legion-street-apartment-fire-investigation-houston/285-5f98b948-adcd-4960-8a81-e89dd5a4ef71...

This afternoon: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-police-officer-wreck-midtown/285-fa748c36-735b-4f9b-806c-856eabca39a9 About thirty years ago, the building directly behind this building that got hit- on the Milam Street side- was a commercial plumbing outfit. One evening after...

James Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 in Liverpool, England. His father James was a volunteer fireman during the war with the Nation Fire Service. One story circulating was that Paul's father was not present when he was born because he was fighting fires caused by a bombing raid that...

Buzz Aldrin...New Jersey native...USMA Class of 1951....Korean War Veteran... and along with Neil Armstrong became the first two humans to set foot on the surface of the moon on July 21, 1969 turned 96 today. As such, he remains a national treasure: in my eyes even more so after he punched out...

I recently reviewed Rescue 3's company journal from 5/7/47 to 4/6/48 similar to the 1944/1945 journal posted previously. As a first installment, it might be useful to look at the historical antecedents and experience of the members on the 1947 company roster. The roster consisted of three...

It' always something! First it was stealing copper wiring. Then it was stealing catalytic converters for platinum. Now it's stealing grave markers for bronze. Scrap bronze sells for around $3 a pound, and around $8.7 billion were sold last year. Drug users are responsible for most of this...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/01/15/10-units-destroyed-in-large-apartment-fire-in-north-houston/ This is in Engine 84's still district. After the first alarm, it's gonna be a long wait for help A good friend of mine worked as a paramedic at Station 74 out there years ago. He...

https://www.khou.com/video/news/local/beltway-8-back-open-after-hazmat-response-to-tanker-fire-near-beechnut/285-96cfdada-de41-4b43-8599-ab7d84e46c16 https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/memorial-city-mall-evacuated-ammonia-leak/285-d6c8f92b-3877-49ed-94e3-c3abd6c468d5 On Sunday morning...

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/building-fire-west-loop-south/285-3685d58e-67fe-4c17-8770-11bc0d2cd691 This building used to be the United States headquarters of ARAMCO, aka Saudi Aramco, owned by Saudi Arabia and is the largest oil producer in the world. They moved out several years...

https://abc13.com/post/2-firefighters-driver-hurt-critically-high-speed-crash-gulf-freeway-clear-lake-hpd-says/18346549/ https://abc13.com/post/1-person-injured-metro-bus-flips-crash-vehicle-sh-288-mcgowen-officials-say/18347843/...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/01/01/fireworks-blamed-for-new-years-day-apartment-fire-that-displaced-dozens-in-west-houston/ And the first multiple shooting of the New Year-...

This apartment is about 400-600 feet up Braesridge Drive from Engine 82's quarters. Obviously they had heavy fire on arrival. It's funny; when you go up Braesridge to the north, it is a nice quiet neighborhood. When going south about 1000 feet to West Bellfort Avenue. it immediately becomes the...