When fire strikes, how prepared is your town?- Boston Globe

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When fire strikes, how prepared is your town?

An Exclusive Globe Investigation

into Fire Department Response Times

This Sunday, January 30  

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Every day in the United States, someone dies when  

firefighters arrive too late. Fire response times are a  

growing problem throughout the nation and an alarming trend  

right here in Massachusetts. To find out what's behind this  

decline, The Globe analyzed public records of over 3 million  

building fires nationwide. Be sure to check your home  

delivery paper for this first-of-its-kind report, or pick up  

this Sunday's Globe at a newsstand near you.

Should be interesting.

[Pudge3311 5]

anyone know if any of the papers around here are going to be running this story?

if so, id like to find me a copy

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For some reason, occasionally over the past few weeks, I have seen the Sunday Boston Globe for sale at Somers 7-11 and Ardsley Luncheonette. I hear it is availabe at other newstands throughout Westchester.

It is also regularly on sale at newstand in the Danbury area, and sometimes at other newstands in Greenwich/Stamford/Norwalk and east.

It may be available on their online edition as well.

[BFDCAR5 0]

Before leaving wesconn police, during the midnight shift a boston globe truk would deliver to the 7-11 on mill p[lain rd just over the state line, also the deli on rt 6 in brewster

[JBE 328]

I dunno, this sounds like a bit of a fluff piece to me. I'll have to read it this weekend. But, I presume that in areas where there is a distance between firehouses and sometime a long response times for whatever reasons, this is probably the trend they are speaking of.

Sometimes, no matter how fast units get to a scene or how fast knockdown/VES is commenced, it isn't enough to save anyone, regardless of circumstances.

[E64PCFD2044 1]

what good is a FF if he wrecks on the way to the firehouse or to the scene...no good.....take your time out there.