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    Another Houston Apartment Fire...The Hotshots Slowed Down

    Asking the union president if we need new fire trucks is like asking your barber if you need a haircut.
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    125th Anniversary of the Great Galveston Hurricane

    This is a violent neighborhood. Go 8-10 miles north across West Galveston Bay to Texas City where, in April, 1947 we have the largest, accidental, man-made explosion disaster in US history. Then, go another 8-10 miles further north to the town of San Leon we have , in 1966, the birthplace of...
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    125th Anniversary of the Great Galveston Hurricane

    Yes...and you and I aren't. Since 1965, I've spent three days in hotels, three days in the Army Corps of Engineers office, and one day in Federal Court there. I still don't understand what they are so impressed with.
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    Rescue Medics attached to Rescues 2 & 5

    Thanks again. It still unclear to me why they need follow a rescue company. I would observe that if FDNY joins the twenty-first century and all uniformed members become firefighters/EMTs/paramedics, Rescue Medics will need to disappear because everyone will be one. And best of all, they'll be...
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    Rescue Medics attached to Rescues 2 & 5

    Thank you for your response. It is still unclear to me what the problem or issue was that this procedure was going to solve.
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    125th Anniversary of the Great Galveston Hurricane

    Today is the 125th anniversary of the largest natural disaster in United States history- the unnamed hurricane that struck Galveston on September 8th, 1900. It destroyed the city killing an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 citizens. In the aftermath, the port was moved 50-odd miles inland creating the...
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    Rescue Medics attached to Rescues 2 & 5

    Exactly what problem or issue is this new procedure designed to address?
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    Another Houston Apartment Fire...The Hotshots Slowed Down

    https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/09/05/16-units-burn-at-sw-houston-apartments-after-bad-pump-in-firetruck-complicates-response/
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    9/3/25 Manhattan 10-77 Box 1446

    Gamewell had a paper tape register, both in the fire alarm office and in the firehouse. Gamewell also had a geared clock that automatically time stamped the tape between the receiver punch and the take-up reel. These were used in the office. I've got one. It's so heavy I can barely pick it up...
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    9/3/25 Manhattan 10-77 Box 1446

    Means Brooklyn dispatchers are looking at a minimum of at least (assuming succession, non-interfering type) five boxes coming in on five different box circuits at the same exact time. You try counting them. That On The Platform post has a picture of several circuits transmitting. It's not the...
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    Near-Miss Swift Water Training

    Did they take their gun belts off first? https://abc13.com/post/2-galveston-police-officers-hospitalized-water-rescue-training-incident-schlitterbahn-authorities-say/17732647/
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    9/3/25 Manhattan 10-77 Box 1446

    From my post On The Platform Brooklyn CO might explain how 114 could be answering East Harlem boxes. The Manhattan CO telegraph register is directly behind the dispatch area (running cards, prehistoric status board, Morse Key, bell tower). Maybe the dispatchers standing there thought they were...
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    9/2/25 Baltimore MD 5th Alarm High Rise Box Box 23-10

    As predicted; it took four counties to provide relocators into the city. It's been a long fall for a classic department. In the old days, BCFD could (and did) handle simultaneous fifth alarm jobs without breaking into a sweat. Corrections: Harford County...Baltimore County doesn't have a Truck...
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    9/2/25 Baltimore MD 5th Alarm High Rise Box Box 23-10

    Like a nice summer evening in the South Bronx Note: Engine 30, 21, 20, and 35 are closer than companies dispatched. Seems like Trucks 16 and 18 should be on the first or second alarm.
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    9/2/25 Baltimore MD 5th Alarm High Rise Box Box 23-10

    From Engine 50 to Engine 46 Engine 43 to Engine 57 Looks like they got the City emptied All they've got for relocations will be outside the city. Did that Battalion Chief actually park the red car in the collapse zone?
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    Beware Accidents and Fires Involving Tesla CyberTrucks

    5,000 degree inferno! Eight inches shorter! Mensa level smart Eh, maybe some alcohol?? Having delt with personal injury lawyers for decades AND been up Tri City Beach Road to Beach City, I can easily see how the ancient Greeks found entertainment in tragedy.
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    Retired NYC employees sue to block new ‘inferior’ Medicare coverage

    https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/mistrust-confusion-in-medicare-advantage-plan-members-survey-says
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    8/26/25 Baltimore MD Box 41-20

    It seems that a CAD box should be defined as a contiguous geographic area that has the same "running assignment" up to however many alarm levels are desired. The next issue is if you want to identify this box by the nearest fire house or nearest engine company. If BCFD is using the nearest...
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    8/26/25 Baltimore MD Box 41-20

    At the risk of looking like I missed a stage of toilet training; Shouldn't this BCFD "Box" be 41-20?
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