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Entropychaser used to live on a farm about five miles north of Wentzville. As a dopey seventh grader he learned to drive a John Deere tractor, a 1949 Ford; to feed cattle at dawn on a freezing winter morning before school; and a cardinal lesson in life- Don't step in it!

"It's the same old song" Having been in college during the late 1960's, I got to experience the entertainment of student war protester theater. They were first rate loosers- either dopey students or off campus agitators (and a distinct species from urban rioters), morally superior, and financed...

It is interesting to note that there were two proposed routes of the Cross Bronx Expressway from Third Avenue to White Plains Road in East Tremont. The first (from 1946) route was a jog to the north about two blocks. It would involve tearing down 159 buildings housing 1,530 families. The second...

The next frontier of sidewalk lawsuits; The American Disability Act. https://www.cna.com/web/wcm/connect/1d527971-f9a5-46de-8dcc-f67b375950bb/RC-NYC-Sidewalk-Law-Guide.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&ContentCache=NONE

Thanks. What I was inartfully trying to express was that history records this disaster at Third and 173rd when it was actually Third and 175th.

I'm a little confused. Bronx Box # 2941 is at Third Avenue and 175 Street and would have been the nearest box. Two different histories list the incident signal as 44-2904....Third Avenue and 173 Street.

I sure hope they still make them like that.

Thanks for relating your own story of this tragedy. It's always tough for kids to learn that bad things happen in their lives and even their loving parents can't always stop them from happening. It is also a great demonstration of the Swiss cheese model of accident evaluation. This is often...

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/04/09/houston-officers-shoot-two-people-during-shootout-near-highway-290/

This is the second episode in the last week- same ending. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/04/14/suspect-killed-in-police-shootout-near-fm-1960/

There goes two minutes of your life you'll never get back.

Reinforcements: Better to be looking at them, than looking for them.

Automatic aid is the magic phrase for ISO ratings.

This could happen anywhere, any time! Life can be cruel, and we can't always get what we want. I've been in life or death situations that were way over my head and the cavalry was NOT on the way. It's a miserable, humbling experience. All you can do is the best you can do. Say a prayer for...

One more thing that make all aerials less cost effective is; Most buildings are one story Most fires are on the first story You can thank Benford's Law for this (which you need to keep in mind when you fill out your lottery numbers)! Mathematics is everything

I completely agree and had already done the cocktail napkin calculation (like the engineers who designed the B-52). In 2023 FDNY had 23,487 structural fires (?) but 2057 serious (all-hands or greater) fires. Assume two aerials deployed per fire and 120 aerial devices available: The average...

Thanks. To clarify the denominator then; how many structural fires does the average FDNY ladder operate at a year where the aerial/tower is used?

Does the FDNY (or any other department) have any statistics on how often an aerial ladder is raised at a structural fire? Decades ago I seem to remember the number 8%.