ntsb hearing yesterday - news report

https://www.wcvb.com/article/just-make-it-work-ntsb-investigates-air-traffic-control-culture-after-deadly-collision/65568152

its all very complicated - and the blame will fall on the person at
the bottom of the pile

10,000 homes burnt in los angeles county in january 2025 - actually
12,000 homes destroyed iirc - there have been no hearings like this
afaik - 25 died also iirc

saco maine had a house fire - rescues made by civilian

https://www.wcvb.com/article/maine-good-samaritan-rescues-three-from-fire/65570489

arlington mass fd staffing vs brookline mass fd staffing

brookline - 60,000 pop - 150 ff - no ambulance

arlington - 40,000 pop - 60 ff - 1 ambulance

seems that arlington should have at least 100 ff to be commensurate
with Brookline

extensive trump info here

https://x.com/anthony7andrews

one of the most informative accounts on twitter

canton mass fd is proactive - sorta

https://cantonfirenews.com/2025/07/18/town-of-canton-proactively-contacting-residential-care-facilities-following-fall-river-tragedy/

they sent out 1 letter to assisted care facilities

we thought this article was going to say that the entire FD went to
every facility to inspect it 5 times over

duxbury mass had a fire - 6 am

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-popular-south-shore-seafood-restaurant/3782340/?break=nbc2956&_osource=newltr_station_Hdlines_wbts

seafood place

maybe duxbury - maybe not - somewhere in that area

1984 - boston had a real quint - Eng 20

https://www.firenews.org/mass/b/boston/engines/BostonE20-84Sutphen-ThomasMulvihillColl.jpg

1984 Sutphen/Duplex 1500/500/40F/67' MM (#HS-1855)

iirc there was E20 and L27 at that station - in 1970s - then L27 went
away and E20 got the quint for a few years

maybe they never used the stick on the piece - maybe they did