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Boy, that's the least of it. This entire alarm assignment looks like it was generated by the same way they pick Powerball lottery numbers-random selection.

Is this one of those buildings that has gotten a rehab and then "somebody" doesn't bother to fire stop the pipe chases again?

Huh! Here in Texas that's the exact same punishment you would get for singing out of tune in church.

Billy (Arms) Murphy of Rescue 3; previously the "Tarzan of Harlem" while at Ladder 26; off the window when the rope broke on 151st Street Friday June 27, 1980 has passed away after a long illness. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/william-murphy-obituary?id=61275278...

If Baltimore City FD (The Monument City) was interested in respecting their history, we would see a return to cream white with red fenders and running boards, Baltimore Baskets, Morse deck pipes, and gold leaf fleur-de-lis and company lettering. Omaha Orange is the Dollar Store paint scheme for...

And let's not forget Paul Anka wrote "My Way", "She's A Lady", and the theme song to the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

A class act! I got to see him doing his night club act in Vegas years ago. While singing, he went through the audience shaking hands-including mine. BTW- today is Bobby Vinton's 91st birthday. He's from Canonsburg, Pa., southwest of Pittsburgh. Canonsburg is also the birthplace of Perry Como...

Up until 1919, North Avenue was Baltimore's northern city line. Forty years ago this box was in the middle of circle made up by Engine 18, Engine 19, Engine 28, Engine 1, Truck 11, and Truck 5. All now gone. Budget cuts can produce a strange landscape.

Two blocks up the hill from 25's old quarters and a stone's throw from the old Iron City Brewery across Liberty Avenue. When 25 answered boxes in Bloomfield, they went through 34th and Ligonier.

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...

It better be Friday.

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

Acoustic fire suppression was investigated by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 15 years ago. Ten years ago an acoustic extinguisher similar to a subwoofer was built. As noted, the principle is to block combustion by pushing oxygen molecules away from fuel. Attempting...

This was a great look back. I think this was before the era of FDNY 10-signals. You certainly would have heard the All-Hands 7-5 signal on the primary and secondary bell circuits.

Certainly the old days. Taking a feed....hanging out a window looking for some air... Sitting on the back step with mild carbon monoxide poisoning....glassy eyed...moving slowly...puking....pasted! Spend the rest of the afternoon coughing sludge out of your lungs.....taking recoup time (Take...

For those who may have forgotten: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Harlem_mosque_incident Then we have Bill Ayers: close friend of President Obama, Columbia University graduate (of course), founder of the Weather Underground, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and implicated (but never...

You mean to tell me that 79/37 and the two-seven don't even get a mark for the run, much less credit for a first due job?

This former GM plant is one of the largest automotive-glass manufacturing operations in the world. They supply their products to GM, Ford, BMW, and Honda. Car production disruption extent is unknown at this time (companies won't comment). This Chinese owned plant employed 3,000 workers and was...