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    Atlanta GA FD places order for 12 Spartan fire apparatus 3/30/23

    Kind of sounds like a City Service Truck.
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    London Police Station Fire now 30 fire engines

    32 Meters ~105 ft
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    Chicago total company runs 2023.

    Do you mean engine Co. 2? That is a fire boat. Not quartered with a truck.
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    Work for a Mickey Mouse Fire Department

    Here in Florida the cities require you to pay for your own training before hiring. About 10 years ago it cost $2500 and there are several fire schools around the state.
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    4/19/23 Manhattan HazMat Box 0272

    It was 3257 HOT ASPHALT Fire Hazard: Not considered flammable but may burn at high temperatures
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    Raleigh,NC 5 Alarm House Fire 2/17/2023

    Mike the TV station blew that just a bit out of proportion! That fire was handled by the first alarm assignment
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    TEXAS VOL FIRE CHIEF ARRESTED FOR STEALING $150K-$300K FROM DEPARTMENT

    You have been leading a sheltered life! This is just one page of a Google search on the topic https://www.firefighternation.com/news/former-sandy-lake-la-fire-chief-arrested-for-stealing-department-funds/ https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/fire-chief-arrested-for-stealing-28k-from-department/...
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    TDHMT

    Mack, I am going to take a guess and say it is the first picture on the right https://www.absoluterescue.com/features/rescue-rigs/squad-1-portland-fire-rescue/
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    TDHMT

    Squad 1 Portland Fire & Rescue is a unique Pierce Arrow XT tillered truck. Instead of a ladder, this tiller has a MT Model 30-217K8 Iowa Mold Tooling Company crane. At the maximum extension of 69 feet it can lift 1435 pounds, but at the minimum extension it can lift 22,045 pounds.
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    New Seagrave Contracts

    Well I did a simple search on Bing using the string "10 four wheel drive tractor drawn by International" and the first item that showed up was the following article but I can't read all of it https://www.fireengineering.com/leadership/fire-truck-contract-awarded-to-mack/ I have a feeling that...
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    1957 R&Ws

    These are for 1957
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    1.2 million SQ/ft Walmart warehouse fire 3_16_22

    Because the fire dept shut it down! It showed through the roof about five minutes later!
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    Buffalo, NY Major Accident Involving a School Bus & Ladder 6

    No students were aboard the bus buffalonews.com/
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    Satellite Response

    A question I have had for a while, when a Satellite responds how many members of the engine are on the Satellite?
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    Oldest Active Firehouse

    By referring to NYFD.com the oldest house is Engine 5 then Engine 26. Engine 5 moved into new quarters 340 E. 14th St. (Mar. 1, 1881) and Engine 26 relocated to 220 W. 37th St. (Mar. 22, 1882).
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    Coffin boxes on cabs

    If Engines 44, 160, 250 and 274 are the Haz-Tech engines then what are engines  72 and 165? They both have the long coffin boxes on their cabs. While Engine 168 has a shorter box on the cab.
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    Squirts

    I ran across a photo on Engine 310's site of a Mack with a Squirt operating. I am curious how many Squirt companies there were and who they were.
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