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    LA County, Littlerock, Ca 6/14/24

    Another sad incident https://www.atf.gov/our-history/kansas-city-arson
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    Fire engine overturns UK

    Obviously; The lads were upset.
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    6/11/24 Myrtle Beach FD Revive Canine O.D.

    Terrible dog owners! Those are pretty good prison tattoos though.
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    South Florida Flooding

    The Weather Service told the citizens in Florida this was gonna happen over a week ago: this was no surprise. Roads are designed to hold water so it doesn't end up in your living room. Small changes in elevation can make a big difference. The locals learn to pay attention to high and low spots...
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    6/10/24 Miami FL 3rd Alarm

    Florida's residential insurance rates are already 40% above the national average. This isn't going to help. You would think that whoever holds the loan on this building (or the insurer) would insist on stopped attic spaces and sprinklers everywhere. Right now in Houston it is 91 degrees and 75%...
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    Fire Alarm Box History

    After further research: In 1895 the penalty for sending a false alarm-25 pounds and three months in prison. In 1896 there were 520 "points" (boxes) in London rented from the Post Office It was noted that false alarms usually happened at "going home" times- schools and pubs In 1939 95% of all...
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    Thieves stealing hydrants off street in LA

    Yeah, why would someone steal a hydrant barrel? Looks like way too much work for the average gang-banger. Those bolts don't loosen themselves; even at gunpoint. Is this a Tik-Tok challenge or a message to the neighborhood snitch? Or, like Ford F150s, are we going to find them on some street in...
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    Houston Water Sports

    They need to put some snakes and fire ant nests in the water; then do this at night Everybody in the rescue companies has to be able to swim. In the past, the City of Houston would pay for swimming lessons.
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    How will Congestion pricing affect FDNY/ NYPD members working in lower Manhattan

    Let's see; since covid Manhattan office vacancy rate has gone from 8% to 16% and is still headed upward. Manhattan workplace occupancy is 26% to 64% Manhattan retail vacancy is the highest in the city 15%; tip of Manhattan 22% Broadway theater attendance down 16% Tourist visits still down...
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    Fire Alarm Box History

    When I lived in Pittsburgh in the late 1960's, the company officers still carried dimes in their turn-out coat pockets; secure in the knowledge that every corner bar and tavern in town (including the Home Plate Inn on S. Bouquet Street in Oakland; about 200 feet from the actual home plate in...
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    Fire Alarm Box History

    I'm guessing they got alarms by phone. LCC must have had other priorities.
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    Fire Alarm Box History

    1880 London's Metropolitan Fire Brigade introduces street electrical fire alarm boxes 1900 MFB introduces bells into London Fire Stations including family living quarters. 1949 London County Council abolishes street fire alarm boxes. As far as I know, the place is still standing. Below...
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    How will Congestion pricing affect FDNY/ NYPD members working in lower Manhattan

    Congestion pricing is anticipated to worsen air pollution in Bronx and Staten Island. There are plans to spend $155 million on an asthma center, improved school ventilation, and renovated green space in the South Bronx.
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