"In an era of fewer blazes, firefighters at some Boston firehouses log thousands of runs, while others do very little. The number of major fires in the city dropped dramatically, falling from 417 in 1975 to 40 in 2012, according to department statistics.
Globe coverage could have fooled me. They have so may fire articles I can no longer put them out on this blog. It's one of the many items I've stopped reading and covering. In fact, I no longer cover much Metro at all -- and it is going to be even less as we move into the future in a new format that doesn't include the Boston Globe.
As the number of fires dropped, medical calls have become a staple of Fire Department responses....
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I'm sorry, but I still want to pay these guys and have a fire department even if they are sitting on their asses -- just in case, you know?
Related: Boston fire chief was on path of most resistance
He didn't do things the Boston way, and was told to stand out of the way during the carefully staged and scripted Marathon false flag.
