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Fire escape in Oulu Lower part of a fire escape in New York City. A fire escape consists of a number of horizontal platforms, one at each story of a building, with ladders or stairs connecting them. The platform and stairs usually consist of open steel gratings, to prevent the build-up of ice, snow, and leaves.
Hook and Ladder No. 4, originally Truck No. 4, is a firehouse located at Delaware Avenue (U.S. Route 9W and New York State Route 443) in Albany, New York, United States.It is an elaborate brick structure in the Dutch Colonial Revival architectural style, designed by Albany architect Marcus T. Reynolds, and completed in 1912.
It was built in 1922 and is a two-story ashlar structure with secondary wings on three sides. It features a gable roof with frame cupola. [2] The four engine bays facing Academy Street house a tiller ladder, two modern engines, and the company's restored 1926 Seagrave engine "Old Bessie" which is used for parades and other special events. [3] [4]
In the early morning hours of May 17, 1972, a fire broke out at a row house located at 245 Kenmore Blvd., killing three children and injuring four other people, including another child.
The David Siddons Group, an area real estate firm, places West Coral Gables and Miami Beach as the top two appreciating areas, at 183% and 135% respectively. Consider leveraged financing.
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The Fire Department of New York purchased two Sutphen 100+ tower ladder quints in 1981. They were the tallest tower ladders in the city [15] until they were taken out of service. Aerialscope only sold 75 foot towers until they developed 95 foot versions in 1985. The patch of Ladder 119 in Brooklyn still has an image of their Sutphen.
Even as fire turned Santa Monica an apocalyptic shade of orange, hired hands went about their business as if it were just another day on the job. "We gotta pay bills," said one UPS driver.