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Mutual Aid - Requests for Assistance An area to post requests for assistance from fire departments or firefighters in need. Please limit posts to stations needing equipment, or fund-raising for sick or injured firefighters, needed equipment or similar needs. This is NOT for commercial posts. Also, no patch or memorabilia requests. Those will be deleted and users will be banned. All posts will be deleted in 45 days. Topics: 6 Posts: 13 Last Post: Automatic Mutual Aid Agreement form for two Fire Departments	6	13	Automatic Mutual Aid Agreement form for two Fire Departments by tree68 12-26-2018, 10:46 PM
The 9-11 Tragedy Discussion on topics specifically related to the events of 9-11 Topics: 203 Posts: 894 Last Post: Remember The Brothers 9-11-01	203	894	Remember The Brothers 9-11-01 by L-Webb 09-11-2019, 11:15 AM
Fire Department Based EMS Fire Departments and EMS Services that run through/with the department Topics: 56 Posts: 739 Last Post: What brand duty boots do you wear?	56	739	What brand duty boots do you wear? by tree68 12-03-2019, 04:19 PM

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Sticky: Wtc News by E40FDNYL35 Started by E40FDNYL35, 01-08-2004, 07:29 AM	226 responses 78,951 views 0 likes	Last Post by E40FDNYL35 05-09-2016, 03:07 PM
Question about boots (Brands) by WD6956 Started by WD6956, 12-24-2008, 02:19 PM	29 responses 5,679 views 0 likes	Last Post by fcgadget 12-07-2019, 12:15 AM
Building Construction by cozmosis Started by cozmosis, 09-30-2004, 01:50 PM	11 responses 1,253 views 0 likes	Last Post by fire49 11-28-2019, 07:45 PM
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Quick FF2 Class by FF42483 Started by FF42483, 11-12-2019, 09:56 AM	2 responses 55 views 0 likes	Last Post by fire49 11-12-2019, 10:31 AM
Fun Training Ideas for An Engine Company by carter.rowe Started by carter.rowe, 12-04-2018, 06:40 PM	9 responses 472 views 0 likes	Last Post by KatieDownes 11-11-2019, 09:11 AM
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aerial platforms for drone deploys by pboyle1964 Started by pboyle1964, 09-10-2019, 10:58 AM	1 response 62 views 0 likes	Last Post by fire49 09-10-2019, 11:51 PM
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