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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.

Yes

https://www.squadfirephotos.com/2026/Fires/New-Britain-Ct-WF-41426 https://www.sargisphotos.com/Incidents/2026/New-Britain-41426

The person posting the video is the Captain of Tac 1 in Hartford, Ct. Jack Jansen who was on the NY Fire Patrol then Hartford FD gave Andrew some video to post online. I was with Jack the other night and he was telling me this.

Lt's wear red helmets

Good fire blowing out the rear when I arrived but by the time I got close to get a picture they had water on the fire. https://www.squadfirephotos.com/2026/Fires/Manchester-Ct-2nd-alarm-4526

A little more on the rehab unit. It is in Engine 7's quarters. During business hours someone from training will go pick it up and take it to the fire. On the transmission of the W/F the 5th due engine gets the rehab except for above times. Lately if the 5th due has a long ride to get it the...

https://www.squadfirephotos.com/2026/Fires/Hartford-Ct-WF-32526/i-DxWZR7m