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From YouTube: Boston Fire Department Ladder Truck Dedication
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Mayor Walsh and Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn attend a dedication ceremony for five new ladder trucks to be used across the city. The ceremony, held at Engine 14 & Ladder 4 firehouse in Dudley Square, highlights how 50 percent of Boston's ladder trucks have been replaced within the past year.
A
B
Thank
you
very
much,
Steve
and
I.
Throw
enough
for
me
to
be
here
today.
I
want
to
thank
first
of
all
thank
the
Boston
firefighters
going
to
get
today.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do
for
our
city.
Every
single
day
put
your
life
on
the
line.
I
know
many
of
your
veterans.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
our
country.
I,
truly
appreciate
every
single
day
being
the
mayor
and
long
before
that
I
also
want
to
thank
Commissioner.
Finn
you've
done
some
incredible
things
when
I
applied
upon
which
I'll
get
into
in
a
minute.
B
I
wanted
a
Richie
parish,
the
president
local
17,
for
his
leadership
in
faes
advocacy
on
behalf
of
all
of
his
members.
I
want
to
thank
Reverend,
Cal
Thompson
as
well,
and
all
the
members
of
the
command
staff
behind
me
that
are
here
with
us
today.
These
five
Lou
Latta
trucks
behind
me
complete
the
first
round
of
nine
ladder,
trucks
that
we
brought
in
this
year
in
the
city
of
bust
and
I
think
it
I
think.
B
The
biggest
presence
of
ice
trucks
in
a
ladder
truck
in
one
time
in
the
history
of
our
city,
it
represents
nearly
seven
million
dollars
and
it
replaces
nearly
50
percent
of
all
of
our
lattice
trucks
from
the
city
of
Boston.
The
trucks
behind
me
are
going
to
go
to
Mattapan
cell
Boston,
East,
Boston,
South,
End
and
right
here
in
Roxbury
the
past
four
trucks
went
to
Brighton
Southwest
in
Dorchester
in
West
Roxbury,
and
that
was
is
that
it
one
to
back
back
in
the
summer
time
it
was
the
first
time
in
20
years.
B
Some
of
those
some
of
those
houses
got
new
equipment.
I
want
to
thank
the
apparatus
team
for
designing
the
state
of
the
Act
trucks
and
we
also
talked
to
Commissioner
men.
They
go.
We
also
have
22
and
23
new
engines
they're
going
to
start
coming
into
the
city
of
Boston
over
the
course
of
next
year,
and
when
we're
complete
with
that
in
less
than
two
years,
we
will
have
replaced
two-thirds
of
all
of
our
equipment
all
of
our
trucks
in
the
city
of
Boston's
history.
B
B
We
have
a
4.5
million
dollar
to
replace
all
the
breathing
masks
and
there's
a
lot
of
you
know,
and
people
in
this
job
should
know
and
don't
always
know,
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
the
firefighters
have
both
active
and
retirees
is
the
high
rate
of
cancer
and
the
Boston
Fire
Department
has
done
a
lot
of
work
on
the
cancers
on
the
cancer
issues
of
retirees
and
active
members.
We
still
have
more
work
to
do
we're
going
to
be
looking,
hopefully
to
do
some
more
things,
initiatives,
budget
and
also
on
the
opioid
crisis.
B
So
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston
Fire
Department
for
being
the
first
in
the
country
really
to
have
a
comprehensive
plan
that
goes
far
beyond
what
any
other
any
other
department
the
country
has
ever
done.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
We're
also
working
on
a
new
engine
for
you
to
an
angle
square
is
one
of
the
new
one
of
those
will
be
the
first
new
files
built
in
city
of
Boston
over
30
years
and
we're
working
on
plans,
and
how
do
we
reconstruct
and
read
the
lungs
and
build
new
fire
headquarters?
B
So
it
really
shows
that
commitment,
the
city,
not
just
the
public
safety,
but
your
profession
because
oftentimes,
we
don't
you
don't
think
of
of
the
fight
upon
every
single
day,
except
when
there's
a
tragedy,
and
we
have
to
start
thinking
before
there's
a
tragedy
realizing
that
we
have
to
do
more
to
support
our
men
and
women
in
Boston,
because
you
support
us,
as
they
said
in
the
very
beginning
when
we
need
you.
So
it's
an
honor
for
me
to
be
here
today.
B
I
want
to
thank
Reverend
Cal
Johnston
in
a
few
minutes,
he's
going
to
bless
these
trucks
and
say
a
prayer
that
these
trucks
leave
the
station
with
with
the
members
of
the
Boston
Fire
Department,
every
single
time
they
go
out
and
come
back
safely.
So.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
for
your
support.
Thank
you
for
your
commitment
and
I'm
gonna
back
it
with
you.
D
Thank
You,
Stevie
I
just
think
I
recognized.
If
I
can
some
people
who
really
made
this
day
happen.
Chieko
operations
behind
me,
Giraud
fontana,
chief
low
operations,
Jack
Walsh
and
deputy
chief
Davy
Walsh,
who
leads
our
fleet
maintenance
division
along
with
the
Deputy
Commissioner
connie,
long,
legal,
Human,
Resources
and
also
Kathleen
judge
she's,
the
one
who
makes
it
happen.
She
finds
the
dole
working
from
City
Hall
to
the
mayor
with
the
mayor.
D
So,
as
the
mayor
said,
this
is
the
second
round,
if
you
will,
with
new
lot
of
trucks,
come
to
the
city
of
Boston,
give
you
all
team
and
I
rapper
estimate
was
really
hard
making
sure
we
designed
these
products
to
fit
the
needs
of
bus
of
Boston.
These
trucks
here
are
a
lot
sleeker.
There
are
a
lot
more
nimble
than
the
trucks
that
they
were
useful.
D
But
we
do
now-
and
it's
incumbent
upon
us
to
be
appreciative
and
to
basically
make
sure
we
take
care
of
this
equipment
when
using
the
proper
way,
and
we
actually
work
hard
at
what
we're
doing
again.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
men
and
I
want
to
thank
all
the
firefighters
present
here
today
for
everything
you
do
all
day
every
day
in
the
city
of
Boston,
I
can't
be
more
proud
to
be
the
fire
Commission
in
this
department.
I
mean
the
dedication
the
commitment
from
everybody.
D
E
You
Steve
negative
Commission
mayor:
go
he
stuck
the
bastard.
You
know
that
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
my
vice-president.
My
executive
would
Jerry
violas
children
tonight.
Thank
you.
If
you
want
to
you
know,
repeat
what
the
mayor
said
in
the
Commission.
I
also
want
to
thank
them
for
what
they're
doing
a
lot
of
you
guys
that
have
been
on
the
job.
A
long
time
understand.
E
We
have
fire
trucks
with
no
brakes
and
we
lost
a
firefighter
because
of
it
and
it's
the
administration
cared
about
us
hit
about
the
citizens
and
give
out
our
firefighters,
here's
what
our
guys
going
off
the
door
and
being
safe,
get
about
everybody
in
the
neighborhood.
As
the
mayor
mentioned
earlier,
and
you
could
be
firing
a
lot
of
25
used
to
get
hand-me-downs
from
the
busy
companies
that
ain't
right.
That's
not
good
for
morale,
and
the
commissioner
and
the
mayor
understood
that
when
I,
when
we
met
on
this,
they
shouldn't
get
hand-me-downs.
E
Everybody
in
the
city
should
get
the
same
protection
that
everybody
gets
in
different
parts
of
the
neighborhoods
and
this
layer
in
this.
Commissioner,
kid
is
about
every
part
of
neighborhood,
from
West
Roxbury
to
the
south,
end
to
the
Back
Bay,
to
rock
free
to
hike
back
to
Child's
town
east
blocks
and
we're
all
the
same
and
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
the
Commissioner
for
doing
that,
and
the
firefighters
are
standing
here
today
continue
great
work.
E
C
A
And
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
friends
from
the
Boston
smocks
Association,
who
set
up
some
coffee
and
hot
chocolate
inside
after
the
ceremony.
It
was
that
I'd
like
that.
Now
we
want
to
do
a
big
group
photo
with
the
fire
sizes
of
time
to
be
struck,
but
when
I
saw
the
firefighters,
the
signs
of
these
trucks
to
please
come
over
and
stand
in
front
of
your
trucks
and
we'll
do
a
nice
big
group
photo
with
the
mayor,
the
commissioners.