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Way I heard it told, those are known as 'Bury Bars (as in Roxbury).... they could be used to knock down the fences you always found around the triple deckers to get better access to the fire scene. Don't know if that's an "urban legend", but an old salt Boston FF told me that many moons ago.
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Seen it done many times....we at EMS gave the nickname "bully bumpers" to the ones on our trucks.
Way I heard it told, those are known as 'Bury Bars (as in Roxbury).... they could be used to knock down the fences you always found around the triple deckers to get better access to the fire scene. Don't know if that's an "urban legend", but an old salt Boston FF told me that many moons ago.
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Seen it done many times....we at EMS gave the nickname "bully bumpers" to the ones on our trucks.