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None of these career, volunteer, contract or combined systems are new. They have all been in towns and counties for decades. There are, however, more significant changes in our society, in medical and legal requirements, in technology and in budgets that influence EMS and firefighting...

"Stubbies" - NYC's hi pressure fire hydrants used into the 1970s in parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn - you could stretch a line from these chubby hydrants right into a fire building

Motto of Tin House Engine 232 - Brothers My Ass

"Buff" - a person, often not a fire service member, who is "into the job" - a few term origins related to wearing buffalo fur coats in earlier days "Buff a job" - used as a verb to observe a fire "Spark" - a Boston buff "Aide" - a chief's driver and assistant

"Take it in" - respond to fire term often used by dispatcher or units

You are "on the job" not in the job. Commonly used by firefighters.

An Adaptive Response template:

Several initiatives (aka gimmicks) were tried during the late 1960s and 1970s to address the skyrocketing increase in alarms and fires during the so-called "War Years". NYC was experiencing continual budget problems. Manpower squads responded in vans and trucks in busy battalions. An effort...

"Hook" has another past use. Someone could be hooked for breaking regulations. More terms, which are sometimes hard to confirm department origin, but were used for decades in FDNY: Halligan tool/bar - forcible entry tool invented by FDNY DC Hugh Halligan in 1948 MPO - aka Motor Pump...

"Collyer's Mansion Condition" For decades, FDNY used the terminology "Collyer's Mansion Condition" to describe a cluttered fire building. FIREHOUSE Collyer's Mansion Conditions https://www.firehouse.com/home/news/10529720/collyers-mansion-conditions

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article263778873.html

Prayers for officer.

Nic Nice work. Do you have a SI map to show data areas? Thanks for this effort.

C's legend Bob Cousy burns JJ Redick over 'plumbers and firemen' slight https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/celtics-legend-bob-cousy-burns-jj-redick-over-plumbers-and-firemen-slight

Comment - Hall of Famer must have been up against tenacious defenders if plumbers and firefighters guarded him. Jerry West Fires Back at JJ Redick for His ‘Plumbers and Firemen’ Comment https://www.sportscasting.com/jerry-west-fires-back-at-jj-redick-for-his-plumbers-and-firemen-comment/

Picture of new MLB Hall of Fame inductee (ceremony today) - David Ortiz previous visit to BFD

Dan's last interview - AC (RET) Joe Pfeifer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_W._Pfeifer

Mass Metro mutual aid plan for the 4th alarm for Revere: At fire: Chelsea - 1 E 1 L Malden - 1 E 1L Everett - 1 E Winthrop - 1 E Medford - 1 E Cambridge - 1 E Melrose - 1 E Lynn - 1 L Massport - 1 E or L (RIT) Coverage: Boston - 1 E Saugus - 1 E Lynn - 1 E Everett - 1 L Revere staffs 4 E, 2 L...

Paris bus fire video (May 2022):