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Our former Governor down here in Texas, Rick Perry, always reminded the citizens that gun control consisted of always keeping both hands on the pistol grip.

In 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Yankees to win the World Series. At the time Ebbets Field was small and falling down. The Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley had to make a move. He offered the City to buy and build a new stadium at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues himself. To practically and...

Since this is the Upper West Side, we'll call it street theater. When will this episode of "Pranked" be shown.

I don't see any signs, According to the curb painting, this car looks legally parked. If this was a critical space, why didn't the curb lane and adjacent bike lane have emergency striping and prohibited standing signs? This would be a great (and appropriate) use of Omaha Orange paint. I know...

As always, better call Sal!

Lt. Mark Dranbauer, age 44, a 23 year veteran died after a medical problem and fall down an aerial ladder at a multiple alarm fire on Saratoga Street on Monday May 12th. After donation of organs, he was taken off life support on Friday May 16th. EVD Charles Mudra,a 17 year veteran from Truck...

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/05/14/fire-crews-battling-large-fire-at-magnolia-terrace-apartments-in-west-houston/ I just drove by that building the other day. A long run for everybody. The troops have been out there all day. It was 96 degrees today. Getting early training for...

Hook & Ladder 5 was organized on Aisquith Street on 4/1/1887- 138 years ago. The truck house moved to 1220 Harford Avenue on 11/27/1905 and then to 25th Street in 2000. Engine 9, from Madison and Regester Streets, moved into Truck 5's quarters on 2/16/1969 until disbanded about five years...

It's been almost sixty years now. It wasn't fair then and will never be right. My sincere condolences Chief.

At some point in time property owners found that tenements could be more valuable when converted to manufacturing occupancies. Most of these were north of Canal Street and used in the garment trade. These conversions had retro-installed elevators, roof water tanks, and altered interior walls...

Hell's Hundred Acres- Boundaries: Chambers Street on the south; the Bowery on the east; West Broadway on the west; West 8th Street on the north. This area had a large number of tenements converted to lofts with removal of structural partitions to allow manufacturing operations. Hundreds of...

Engine Company No. 36 began service in a new firehouse built on the southeast corner of Edmonson Avenue and Bentalou Street on November 5, 1910. Their first rig was an 1895 LaFrance Steam Engine.

And speaking of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, let's take a stroll down memory lane to 7643 West Santa Monica Blvd. For the grandaddy of them all!

Los Angeles County has numerous municipalities with their own fire departments; the largest being LAFD. There are no incorporated cities in Baltimore County, so it's all one big operation. The County does provide volunteer companies with an annual stipend as well as operational support with...

Lol! All well and good. However, I was identifying large, iconic, world known places that were the sole independent city in their respective state (or Commonwealth).....and had Major League Baseball and NFL teams.

All those stations are in Baltimore County and dispatched by County 911. As Baltimore City has closed companies over last forty years, both Baltimore County (paid and volunteer) and Anne Arundel County have responded or relocated into the City. This usually happens after a third alarm or...

The items in this strategic plan are certainly reasonable. Industry is working night and day to reduce and eliminate battery fires. Regulations will help in the meantime. Obviously, the biggest challenge is what to do about EMS. Between 2020 and 2023, the NYC population increased only five...

Although they're not showing up on the work list, considering their first due district, I am impressed by Ladder 43's run total. Think of it. They have no second due district to the east or west. Going north, it ends about 113th Street and there's not that many doorman's calls running south...

Usually, as years go by, what happened in history becomes clearer as more facts become known, more analysis done. But sometimes not. Fifty years ago today, US Army helicopters were evacuating the last few souls off the roof of the US embassy in Saigon. They would fly to aircraft carriers off...

Exposure 3 for this fire is the Allegheny River. Back in the day, Fire Alarm would have used Box 537- 51st and Butler Streets The first alarm assignment was: Engines 9 (four blocks around the corner at Butler and McCandless), Engine 6, and Engine and Truck 36, Battalion Chief 3, and Squad...