Busy As Hell - 2: The definitive history of the Boston Fire Department during the War Years; 1963-19

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Busy As Hell 2 is a crammed with more than 400 photographs, lots of stories, and a treasure trove of other kinds of War Years information. For example:

Meet the men who earned 56 medals for bravery and read their citations.

Read the name of every fireman who’s name was added to the Roll Of Merit.

Meet the big bosses, the fire commissioners and chiefs of department.

Read a short bio on the twenty-two Deputy Fire Chiefs who commanded the fire divisions.

Check out all the old fire engines we rode on.

See the old firehouses that were in use in 1963 but gone by 1983.

Together, we will analyze fourteen of Boston’s most well-known fires; among them are: Bellflower Street - Trumbull Street - Hotel Vendome - Arlington Street - Sherry Biltmore

Visit the “Deactivated Fire Company Cemetery.” Find out which fire box locations accounted for the most fires.

Browse through photographs of random fires, the kinds of fires that never made it to the 11 o’clock news.

Then, like the frosting on a cake, the best was saved for lastThe Appendix in the back of the book: It contains the name of every fireman who served on the Boston Fire Department during this era.

Maybe you know someone who’s name is here.

Maybe your father, grandfather, brother, uncle, or cousin’s name is in here?

Or maybe your name is in here?

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