Houston Fire Department Apparatus

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Considering that the Houston Fire Department is 20 years older and only 6 stations shy of Chicago FD's size, it might be percieved as just a little arrogant to assume they "got the idea" from them don't you think?  Probably a common result from the technological limitations of the older dispatch systems.  Departments in the south dont just sit around with a box of tissue and a bottle of lotion watching Backdraft or the new CFD flavor of the week on TV trying to figure out how to fight fire . . . 

 

 I wouldn't think it was necessarily arrogant to assume such a thing. After the north won the war, it graciously began sharing its knowledge with the south in an attempt to bring it out of the dark ages. This was viewed by those in the north as a charitable responsibility, much in the same way Sherman's March was an early form of urban renewal, as the north worked to civilize those less fortunate souls who don't have the luxury of a harsh winter to cleanse the soul.   

 

Now time to duck and cover

 

J