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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, 09:46 PM
The 9-11 Tragedy Discussion on topics specifically related to the events of 9-11 Topics: 203 Posts: 893 Last Post: Remember The Brothers 9-11-01	203	893	Remember The Brothers 9-11-01 by captnjak 03-07-2018, 07:48 PM
Fire Department Based EMS Fire Departments and EMS Services that run through/with the department Topics: 55 Posts: 732 Last Post: Relatively new volunteer fire question	55	732	Relatively new volunteer fire question by tree68 03-29-2019, 10:37 PM

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