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    Ellen Degeneres Gift to Wellesley, MA Firefighters Raises Ethics Questions

    http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2014/01/17/ellen-degeneres-gift-boston-firefighters-raises-ethics-questions/?icid=maing-grid7%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D432077
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    American LaFrance closing its doors?

    SAY IT AIN'T SO:  http://sconfire.com/?p=2687
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    A LOOK BACK.

    Ex-L129 from 1953 to 1962 then went L44 replacing a 1940 Ahrens-Fox 85 ft. stick.
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    Philadelphia Ladder 25 Tiller Box Hits Bridge

    Thank heaven no one was hurt.  http://www.phillyfirenews.com/2014/01/08/philadelphia-tiller-box-hits-bridge/
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    Newark Eng. 29 drops hose on highway

    Got a traffic advisory that Newark E29 lost its bed of 5" line on s/b Rt. 1 & 9 near Haynes Ave. Reporting several vehicles with flat tires. Req. NJSP & DOT .
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    Wallington, N.J. firefighter hurt

        I got a notification tonight that a Wallington, N.J. firefighter had suffered a serious head injury after falling off a ladder truck while on the "Santa around town" detail. :(
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    Harlem 4th Alarm Pathe Sound Studio 10 Fatalities 12-10-1929

      Hey 3511, notice how companies didn't travel too far to relocate, they had move-ups so there were two companies relocating to fill the first. Also note double companies were the prime relocators back then: E23/58 then E26(2)/23; L13/14 then L2(2)/L13; E44/36 then E5(2)/E44; E16(2)/E22...
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    FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

      26 Hooper St. was a former commercial laundry bldg. with 3 bays which were designated for E211, E251 & L119. E251 & L119 were located at 47/48 Washington St. within the Brooklyn Navy Yard and they both moved out Nov. 24, 1941 with E251 going to E211's house at 166 Clymer St. and L119 going to...
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    Harlem 4th Alarm Pathe Sound Studio 10 Fatalities 12-10-1929

      I don't have that card but I would venture to say the box was 1549 now located at Park Ave. & 135th St. and based on neighboring cards the response might have been: E87(Fireboat stationed across the street @135th St & Harlem River), E36(1849 Park @127th St.), E59(180 W. 137th St.), E35(221 E...
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    Newly married Kansas City FF fatally shot by off-duty cop

    http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-news/1619511-newly-married-kansas-firefighter-fatally-shot-by-off-duty-cop/
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    FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

    Same design as E94/L48 and E268/L137
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    FDNY CENTENNIALS.

    E94/L48 and E268/L137 firehouses are similar design
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    FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

      Ladder 2 had 10 diffrent locations and Ladder 19 in the bronx moved around to different houses in distant areas (E68, their own house on Forest & 160th St., E96, then back E50, and then a new house on Washington Ave.).
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    Cause of Last Month's Philly Firehouse Blaze Revealed

    http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/10/24/cause-of-firehouse-blaze-in-old-city-revealed/
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    A LOOK BACK.

    There are some good shots of 1959 Mack C/Maxim reg.#418 that was originally L11 then wrecked in 1971 while serving as a spare at L48.
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    NYPD 1970s

      Yes, white over light blue began with the 1973 Plymouth Fury.
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    FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

      The old L-111 house on Halsey St. was so tight that E214's Ahrens-Fox HP1000gpm (aka: Rolls Royce of fire apparatus) didn't fit so they had to swap rigs with E222, getting E222's 1920's American LaFrance :(.
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    FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

    E227 moved into L123's firehouse in 1948 but it was not a new firehouse in 1948. ;)
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    Ward LaFrance rigs

      That was a 1951 WLF Quad (shop# 2613) that started out as E96 in the Bronx then swapped with E310 for their standard 1951 WLF then later swapped with E323 for 323's 1953 WLF. The other six were #2612 assigned to E161, #2614-assigned to L76 then E267, #2615-L82, #2616-E251, #2617-assigned to...
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    Ward LaFrance rigs

      Those fugly 1960 Ward LaFarnce Firebrands held up pretty well. Engine 46 had one and so did busy Brooklyn E209, E216, E217 and E235.
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