October 31, 2024

Driver/Operators need to keep close watch out for the little ghosts and goblins that may be haunting the streets this evening!

LODD’s:

A Chicago, IL firefighter was killed when a spark from a Jack-O-Lantern started a fire. The firefighter was ventilating on the roof when the smoke became thick and he fell three stories down an air shaft. – 1984

And here are some more from FireFighterCloseCalls.com…

Today in History:

October 31, 1940 – The Battle of Britain concluded. Beginning on July 10, 1940, German bombers and fighters had attacked coastal targets, airfields, London and other cities, as a prelude to a Nazi invasion of England. British pilots in Spitfires and Hurricanes shot down over 1,700 German aircraft while losing 915 fighters. “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few,” declared Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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