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Coincidentally, E17 at 80 W Lake St was originally E12's house, which was originally volunteer E4.

8 years as Ladder 70 112 years as Ladder 120

How long does such a response take? Does every land apparatus that is assigned get ferried over?

Boston – 26 Bellflower St- 05/22/1964 Box 7251 The response to the fire was as follows: Alarm Engines Ladders Other Chiefs Still @ 1338 21 20 . D6 1st @ 1339 43 7 . . 2nd @ 1340 1, 17, 12, 7 3, 4 Rescue Co Div. 1 3rd @ 1343 3, 24, 25, 37 . . . 4th @ 1344 10, 53...

Chief officers are expected to perform budgetary, personnel management, capital purchasing, political and organizational tasks that are not learned at academies or by occupational experience. Not using a licensed paramedic for patient care is a mis-allocation of relevant talent, training and...

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End of Row End dwellings of row houses.

Houston Ladder 68 would have been 27 (327) sequentially but they were organized just as Houston was changing from individual numbers to station numbers. If they had re-used available open numbers, they would have been 16. Re-using available numbers extends the history of a company. Just like...

Not exactly. They merged with Health & Hospitals and EMS added people and units.

FDNY has renumbered companies many times over the years. Expansion, growth, geography, communication (telegraph) simplicity and re-designation are among the reasons. More companies have existed under different numbers than not. Most of the time, companies remain in the same location and only...

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