Manpower September 3rd and 5th, 2007

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Vacations Updated 8/20/2007

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Here is a link to D-shift vacations.

Guaranteed Holidays Next Tour

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Netflix It

Click image for video about the North Loop high-rise fire.

Available for purchase here as DVD

Manpower August 18 and 20, 2007

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Territory Quizzes R.I.P.

Territory quizzes will be suspended for now. I'm fresh out of ideas, and will be starting back to school and short on time. Thanks for playing. Maybe there'll be more in the future.

Radio Traffic From Charleston Fire

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Audio recordings have been released of radio traffic from the fire that killed 9 Charleston firefighters.

More here.

Google Street View: District 8

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Google Maps now has complete 360-degree views of every street in our territory, and most of the rest of Houston. Drag the little man and pan around the picture to see any street, any place, any angle.

Here's the street in front of 7's. (The pumper was in the shop when the camera went by.)

Here's the view in front of 17's.

More on this from the Chronicle.

Manpower August 10 & 12, 20007

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Quiz Answer

Station 7 wins.



The building is on the northwest corner of Fannin at Prairie. Here it is above, showing surrounding buildings.

Territory Quiz: Five Story Hazard

Here's a dangerous abandoned commercial building in District 8. Some of the building's surroundings have been erased to make its location less obvious.

Notice all the danger points:

Burglar bars at street level.

Plywood-boarded windows on upper floors.

Heaving awnings held by rusty metal supports.

Old crumbling brick on the back wall.

I want the street intersection where it's located.

Prize for first correct answer in comments...



...peanut butter cups.

Good luck!