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Always easy to say this from a chair at a desk, but it looks like it is on a slope. Before they did anything, especially going in, they should have chocked it.

If you are driving like an idiot with a blue light, you are an a-hole fireman, if you are driving like an idiot without a blue light then you are just like all the other a-holes out there.

Connecticut requires permits for blue lights, the route getting the permit is through the Chief to sign off on it. In our department it was at the Chief's discretion to decide on each individual based on their maturity level and role in the department. No probationary members could get one, so the soonest it could happen was 6 months.

Sorry, still don't get it, never will.

Ignition key removal boxes were available long ago, not sure if they still are or modern vehicles prevented using them. You could leave the vehicle running without the key in it and as soon as anyone stepped on the brake it would cut out. You have to step on the brake to overcome the park / shift interlock so it would prevent you from even getting the vehicle in gear.

Now you know of 4 departments that do.

They don't change much from year to year so you can try to look up the previous winners and that should give you an idea. Some districts are great about publishing the winners lists, others aren't.

Of course she has a personal life and is entitled to do what she likes, but this isn't like she had an unhealthy obsession with cats or something. An ironic and unfortunate event.

Isn't this the show that featured a female officer from Bridgeport who was outspoken about domestic violence and was arrested two days after filming for domestic violence?

Based on their proximity to the building they took some measures to reduce the side loading on the outriggers by keeping the ladder retracted. Best option would have been backing in, this is probably the second best assuming they had good distance from the active fire.

Based on how lean they run that department I think it is conceivable he will run medical calls, drive the ladder and clean the floors.

It's globalization, there is no way to avoid it and no easy way to assure anything with more than a single part is all US content. It's just the way it is. Anyone can slap a flag sticker on a product, it doesn't necessarily mean much.

Holy crap. That roof ladder is almost vertical. The players in that photo would be a great subject of a "where are they now" to see how that changed their lives beyond needing new undies.

If you go their web site they show the opening tool. It is what looks like a 2' arm that uses leverage against a plunger on the hydrant.

"It's true, I saw it on the internet"