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Engine 6 firehouse

Engine 6

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Mack started building trucks in Brooklyn and moved to Allentown, PA in the early 1900s. They had a firecapparatus factory in Long Island City in 1940s and early 1950s to keep up with FDNY orders and other regional area departments. They would probably have been the fire apparatus manufacturer...

All true about today's apparatus. They are much more sophisticated and required to meet requirements that did not exist 50, 60, 70 years ago. Bigger and much more expensive, they are in and out of firehouse everywhere because of EMS and emergency calls. Apparatus use to last 20 years - and...

Thanks for excellent summaries, guys. There have been many changes and influences over the years that have influenced following fires and supporting firefighters. Technologies, as you both mentioned, are big influences. Others include: the growth of EMS in the fire service; decrease in...

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