In 1972, New York City firefighter Dennis Smith published ``Report from Engine Co. 82'' about the world's busiest firehouse. The book was a New York Times best seller. (The rig on the cover of the original edition isn't 82's. It's from the Super Pumper System.)
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- NATIONAL FIRE JOURNAL
- The NATIONAL FIRE JOURNAL is a web log - AKA ``blog'' - written and edited by Vinny Del Giudice, who served as a volunteer fireman and EMT with the Arlington County (Virginia) Fire Department from 1985-1992. Your editor - a member of the Arlington County Fire Department Historical Society - also publishes blogs about the Arlington County (Virginia) Fire Department, the Springfield (Ohio) Fire Rescue Division and others. E-mail: wb2kqg@arrl.net (This is a hobby. Suggestions welcomed.)