Recent content by patrickfd

Before retiring my wife was an occupational therapist who worked in mental health for 40 years. The last 10 years or so she would tell me we don't help people anymore. I said why. She said it's all about the insurance companies ruling the medical field plus admin wants people out long before...

Extremely rare to get pictures of Hartford and New Haven operating at the same fire.

https://www.sargisphotos.com/Incidents/2026/Southington-53026

4137 Baychester Ave Extra 1&1 for clutter and window bars

I did go and take a few pictures an hour into the fire. I slept through most if it. My bad

https://www.squadfirephotos.com/2026/Fires/Bloomfield-Ct-Blue-Hills-2nd-alarm-51926/i-sN2kmVL

From our recent trip to see Willy D

As a deputy I worked for once told me "I'd rather have them and not need them, than need them and not have them there"

This was the second job of the tour. Same street as the first but about 6 houses down the street. Heavy fire from floor 2 on arrival with a live wire down on the chain link fence in the front. They had to stretch in from the rear. https://www.squadfirephotos.com/2026/Fires/Hartford-Ct-WF-5326

Willy This was the first fire of the tour.

https://www.squadfirephotos.com/2026/Fires/Hartford-Ct-WF-5226

Guess he never heard of the "try before you pry......Or in his case try before you boot"

I use BNN all the time and have been since before they went public( I was a beta user) I really like it especially the map feature with it.

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