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...
Speaking of ripping, according to the national news media, I see the Philadelphia Shipyard is going from desolate to the busiest shipyard in the United States. Started before the Revolutionary War, it was an important part of the birth of the United States Navy .
It was building one ship per...
These folks must have relatives in Texas.
I'm guessing it was five to ten years ago about fifty miles northeast of Houston. This guy's exotic pet bird gets loose and flies into nearby woods where it lands way up in some tall tree. The dope, frantic about his stupid bird, climbs up the tree to...
3511's observations are correct. Everyone knows price controls are terrible yet rent control persists. The problem in New York is there are more renters than landlords voting. It has been said that the only thing more effective than rent control to destroy housing stock in a city is aerial...
Congratulations to her. She'll do just fine.
She has taken a lot of unfair criticism for not having any firefighting command experience. People forget that previous Fire Commissioners have included the Brooklyn Postmaster and a brother-in-law of the New York Governor. So we know the bar for...
Has the new Mayor had a chance to see his Fire Department in action protecting his citizens yet?
Has the new Mayor checked on or visited his injured Firefighters?
Crowded occupancy, no sprinklers, alcohol, young people, sparklers (1000 degrees F). Who thought that was gonna end well?
When I posted John Davidson's biography here several weeks ago, I didn't think the next episode would be so soon.
This used to be part of Allegheny City (now the North Side) until annexed into Pittsburgh in 1907. Then on Sandusky Street, Engine 6 and Truck A became PBF Engine and Truck Co 46 in the Fifth Battalion. In 1952 they moved into new quarters at 507 Union Avenue at East Ohio Street.
My good friend...
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-...
In 1900:
Ladder 17 (with Fuel Depot 21) - 589 East 143rd Street
Ladder 18- 84 Attorney Street
Ladder 19- 886 Forest Avenue
Ladder 17 Boundaries- Harlem River, 144th Street, Willis Avenue, 138th Street, Alexander Avenue to Harlem River.
Ladder 19 Boundaries- East River and Cabot Street, to...
Let me talk you in off the ledge Hoss.
- This spill was at least 8 to 10 miles from Galveston Bay.
- The environmental crazies and their friends in the news media were disappointed with the facts.
- It wasn't in the DuPont rat poison plant in LaPorte,
- Never trust water that doesn't have an...
Your story of the Jennings Street Collapse (33-2739 6/6/1974) shows the collapse of the telegraph system
It is said that the capacity of the system was three signals per minute. Consider an alarm where two companies on the box are unavailable. The dispatcher has to look at the assignment card...
In 1900, Engine Company 50's quarters are listed as 749 East 166th Street.
Engine Company 50's boundaries are: 165th Street, 3rd Avenue, 173rd Street, Park Avenue and 173rd Street and Clay Avenue, Belmont Avenue and Jerome Avenue, to 165th Street.
The computer assisted dispatch system (Starfire) was activated citywide on 10/13/77. In general, this eliminated the need for the boro call procedure. CAD had the ability to rapidly identify available companies nearby (at least those AIQ) and dispatch them in conjunction with the voice alarm...
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