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Somerville has a third alarm on Box 245, fire location 47 Marion Street. Second alarm on arrival. Somerville FD feed is off-line on Broadcastify. According to Box 52 FB fire was in a 6 unit 2 story wood frame rowhouse.

Today is the anniversary of the deadly fire in Chicago at Our Lady of the Angels school fire where 92 students and 3 nuns lost their lives. After this fire there were numerous safety improvements made nationwide.

November 28 1942 492 people lost their lives at the Coconut Grove nightclub fire. Box 1521 @ Church & Winchester was pulled for a car fire when members were notified of the nightclub fire. My mother worked at Boston City Hospital that night, they received many of the injured.

A 2-11 alarm for a fire in a 3 story wood frame church at 5959 S Emerald on the orders of the 5th District Chief. Squad 7 on a COQ from O'Hare to downtown @ E-42.

Chicago Fire Department has a 2-11 alarm fire @ 2517 West Cermark. Fire building is a Dollar General store located in a strip mall.

Thursday Boston had 2 simultaneous second alarm fires in the Hyde Park and then Rosindale sections of the city. Box 2-3826 for a structure fire @ 7 Roxana Street followed by 2-2792 for a fire @ 4294 Washington Street.

Mayor Laesch and Chief McCabe have supported cuts in the department of 18 firefighters, 3 Battalion Chiefs, 1 Training officer, and 2 companies. Both have stated this will not compromise safety. Local 99 firmly opposes this.

Units @ work second alarm box 3217.

Harvey Illinois has furloughed 17 firefighters, or 40% of its staff over a 140 million dollar debt from previous administrations. City council voted for a "financially distressed city" which in effect shut the city down ad furloughed 69 employees. This city has been mis-managed for years.

Companies are battling an electrical fire at Box 1656 with a heavy smoke condition in the basement. Second alarm assignment is E-17-21-42, and L-1-23-26

Think I have found a back-up, RapidSOS.

Hennepin IL and surrounding departments are involved in a massive fire @ Marquis Energy, an Ethanol producing facility. The on-scene response consists of a tender box to the fifth alarm, an engine box to the fifth alarm. In addition units are being dispatched from an hour way, 2 tender strike...

It appears that the Boston feeds have been down for a little more than 2 days on Broadcastify/OpenMHZ. I know the BPD has gone encrypted, hope this is not the same for FD. At least the Mutual aid site is still up and running.

Malden has a third alarm on their box 1B(?) for 88 Fairmount Street. Heavy fire on all floors of a 3 story frame building, exterior ops.

This Saturday at the Nascar Xfinity race in Charlotte Speedway the #2 car driven by Jesse Love and sponsored by Whelen Engineering will carry the NFFF logo and the names of 140 fallen firefighters on the trunk lid. Pictures at the Richard Childress Racing site.

Boston struck Box 3461 receiving calls. E-18 second alarm, District 8 third alarm. Heavy fire on all 3 floors of a 100 x 50, E 24 L 4 RIT. Location 7 Beckert St.

Companies are working at a fire in the basement of a bank, E-14/L-4 RIT. Companies are contending with high voltage and batteries.

Address is 2151 Channahon Rd, Mannville Roofing Systems with a header visible for miles. Reported building size 300 x 1200

Chicago has a 2-11 alarm fire @ 4936 S Princeton in multiple 2.5 story buildings.

@ 4:45 this morning BFD responded to reports of a building fire at 386 Centre Street in the Dorchester section. First units found heavy fire in a six family building with extension to a similar building. Second and third alarms were quickly sounded. 30 persons were displaced, damages were 600K...