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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: 5 Posts: 9 Last Post: Need help! Please read	5	9	Need help! Please read by FIRE117 12-17-2016, 04:00 PM
The 9-11 Tragedy Discussion on topics specifically related to the events of 9-11 Topics: 203 Posts: 886 Last Post: Remember The Brothers 9-11-01	203	886	Remember The Brothers 9-11-01 by L-Webb 09-11-2017, 10:46 PM
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