Incident 11-2020, 07 Dec 2011, 12:15 hrs. Mack505 commanding. This is part 2 of a multipart series. If you missed the beginning, you might want to check out part 1. So it was off to northern NH to retrieve the Howe. The current owner said she’s been well maintained and should be ready for the long trip home, but antique trucks can [...]
Incident 11-2016, 06 Dec 2011, 22:44 hrs. Mack505 commanding. When I was a young recruit, we trained a lot on our reserve engine. Engine 3 was a 1963 International/Howe with a 750 GPM pump and 500 gallons of water. She was a legend in our department. When delivered in 1964, Engine 3 provided an 88% increase in the department’s pumping capacity. Although only [...]
Incident 10-532, 19 Mar 2010, 18:22 hrs. Mack505 commanding.
Incident 10-290, 19 Jan 2010, 20:04 hrs. Mack505 commanding.
Spent the day at the firehouse pulling a fill-in shift.
Incident 09-78, 08 Sep 2009, 18:49 hrs. Mack505 commanding. . . .comes around. Back in 2000, our fire chief was looking for a graphic scheme for his new Tahoe. It was our first white vehicle, so it was a clean slate. As a joke, one of the firefighters (me!) gave him a Matchbox toy Tahoe with Fire Chief lettering and great swooping red and [...]
Incident 09-65, 07 Aug 2009, 22:17 hrs. Mack505 commanding. “We’ve got a fire on the stage!” I tore from the back of the Performing Arts office, sprinting for the Stage Right doors.
I grew up in a firehouse. I always knew someday I’d be not only a firefighter, but that special breed above all else, a ROWLEY [...]
Incident 09-62, 31 Jul 2009, 08:32 hrs. Mack505 commanding. This morning I’ve received my first official outside link. Kal over at TraumaQueen.net accepted my submission for this month’s edition of the Handover Blog Carnival. Read the post, and check out what some other great EMS bloggers are doing. From there you can follow the links to past monthly editions and see some of my [...]
Incident 09-52, 23 Jun 2009, 16:30 hrs. Mack505 commanding. All is peaceful. The only sound is the whir of the Coke machine. A window pane rattles as the wind buffets one of the six garage doors. Suddenly, a klaxon blares out. There is a loud CLANG-CLANG-CLANG as the alarm sounds. All across town, men are awakened to the insistent BEEP BEEP of pagers.
All [...]
Incident 09-51, 14 Jun 2009, 18:36 hrs. Mack505 commanding. Beth and I attended the Lynnfield parade and muster with Forestry 2 yesterday. We met a fellow FF and his two kids for the parade. No more comment necessary, but enjoy the video.
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I’m Mack505 and I approve of this message. Where necessary, names and indentifying details have been changed to protect the innocent, guilty, or those just involved. Or maybe it's all just ficiton. . .
Loving my oil burners. . .
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