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document.write("<tr><td bgcolor=#dddddd height=25><font size=2><b>" + niel + "/" + charlie + ": This Day in Fire History:</b> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href=historyinfo.html>information</a>)</font></td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1898:</b> The different areas of New York, <a href=ny.html>NY</a> were consolidated, including the Fire Department.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1853:</b> A horse drawn fire engine enters service in the U.S. It is the first of its kind.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2001:</b> Eleven people were killed in a fire in Oak Orchard, DE, making it the largest fire related loss of life on record in a single family home.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 5)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1995:</b> Seattle, <a href=wa.html>WA</a>: four firefighters are killed battling a fire. Their deaths would inspire the design for the <a href=waseattle.html#sffm>Seattle Fallen Firefighters Memorial</a>.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1961:</b> 22 people were killed when the Thomas Hotel burned in San Francisco, CA.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 7)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1608:</b> Jamestown, VA is destroyed by fire.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1894:</b> Fire broke out at the World's Fair in Columbus, OH.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1981:</b> 30 elderly residents at the Beachview Rest Home in Keansburg, NJ perished in a fire.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1972:</b> A fire on board the Queen Elizabeth passenger liner destroys the ship.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1958:</b> \"Great Balls of Fire,\" by Jerry Lee Lewis, reaches #1 on the charts.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1883:</b> A fire in a six story hotel totok the lives of 71 people in Milwaukee, WI.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1908:</b> The Rhoads Opera House in Boyertown, PA burned during a performance. 171 were killed.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1972:</b> The television show \"Emergency!\" debuted on NBC. It ran for 5 years.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 20)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1910:</b> Central Fire Station in Lansing, MI was damaged by fire. Roof repairs cost almost <b>$25</b>.</td></tr>")
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        else if (charlie == 26)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1969:</b> 13 people were killed when the Victoria Hotel in Ontario, Canada burned.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1967:</b> A fire in Apollo 1 broke out on the launch pad during testing. 3 astronauts were killed.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1678:</b> The first Engine Company in the U.S. is put into service.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1966:</b> Boston, MA: The Paramount Hotel explodes and burns due to a build-up of natural gas. 11 Die as a result.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 30)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2009:</b> EMT <a href=x09005.html>Mark Davis</a> was shot and killed while treating a patient in Cape Vincent, NY.</td></tr>");
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        if (charlie == 1)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1886:</b> The Los Angeles, CA Fire Department is formed by the joining of several forces.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1997:</b> Two Stockton, CA firefighters lost their lives trying to rescue an elderly resident from a structure fire.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 7)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1904:</b> 80 blocks on Baltimore, MD (1,500 buldings) are destroyed by a raging fire.</td></tr>")
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1892:</b> The Hotel Royal burned in New York, <a href=ny.html>NY</a>, killing 28.</td></tr>")
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1904:</b> As the fire that started on the 7th continued to rage in Baltimore, MD, crews from as far away as Washington, DC and New York City arrive to help fight the flames.</td></tr>")
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        else if (charlie == 9)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2009:</b> <a href=y09002.html>Lt. Kevin Kelley</a> was killed when the brakes failed on Ladder 26 while on a steep hill. The truck crashed into an apartment building.</td></tr>")
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1981:</b> Fire broke out on the 8th floor of the 30 story Hilton Hotel in Las Vagas, NV.</td></tr>")
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1863:</b> Alanson Crane, of Virginia is granted the first U.S. patent for a fire extinguisher.</td></tr>")
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        else if (charlie == 14)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2000:</b> Two Houston, <a href=tx.html>TX</a> firefighters lost their lives in the line of duty.</td></tr>")
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        else if (charlie == 17)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1957:</b> The Katie Jane Nursing Home in Warrenton, MO burned. 72 people were killed.</td></tr>")
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        else if (charlie == 18)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2001:</b> The <a href=x08158.html>Worlds Largest Fire Hydrant</a> (aka \"Busted Plug\") was dedicated in <a href=sccolumbia.html>Columbia, SC</a>.</td></tr>")
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2003:</b> 100 people lost their lives during a concert at the Station Night Club in West Warwick, RI. The fire was the result of improperly used pyrotechnics and flammable sound proofing materials.</td></tr>")
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1768:</b> The U.S.'s first chartered fire insurance company opens in Pennsylvania.</td></tr>")
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1918:</b> The <a href=firehistory.html#iaff>International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)</a> was officially formed to protect professional firefighters in the United States and Canada.");
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        if (charlie == 2)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2008:</b> \"This Day in History\" was added to this site!</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2005:</b> A firefighter in <a href=x08148.html>Darby Township, PA</a> suffered a fatal heart attack while responding to a call.</td></tr>")
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1908:</b> The <a href=x08134.html>Collinwood School Fire</a> claimed 175 lives in Collinwood, OH.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1894:</b> A massive fire in Shanghai burned more than 1,000 buildings.</td></tr>")
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1637:</b> John van der Heyden, painter and inventor of the fire extinguisher, is born in Holland.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1999:</b> The world's third largest fire hydrant is dedicated in <a href=x08161.html>Beaumont, TX</a>.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 10)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2002:</b> The Documentary \"9/11\" was aired on CBS. The film was originally intended to follow a probationary firefighter through his experience at the fire department. CBS was granted a temporary exemption from indecency rules in order to air the program.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1970:</b> A hotel fire in Seattle, WA took 19 lives.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1941:</b> Brockton, MA lost 13 firefighters when the roof of the <a href=x08049.html>Strand Theatre</a> collapsed during firefighting operations.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 17)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1996:</b> Emergency Medical Services were merged into the Fire Department of New York (FDNY).</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1899:</b> The Windsor Hotel burned in New York, NY, killing as many as 92 people.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1937:</b> 298 people in <a href=x08166.html>New London, TX</a> were killed after gas built up in the basement and resulted in an explosion.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1905:</b> 58 factory workers were killed in Brockton, MA when a pressure bioler inside the <a href=x08048.html#>Grover Factory</a> exploded.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1760:</b> 349 buildings in Boston, MA burn to the ground.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1788:</b> 856 buildings burned down in New Orleans, LA.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1911:</b> 148 workers were killed when the <a href=x08122.html>Triangle Shirtwaist Factory</a> burned in New York, NY.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1990:</b> 87 people lost their lives when the unlicensed \"Happy Land\" social club burned in New York, NY.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1872:</b> Thomas J. Martin patents the first fire extinguisher.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1841:</b> New York City: The first steam engine in the U.S. is tested.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1953:</b> The Littlefield Nursing Home Fire claimed 33 lives in Largo, FL.</td></tr>");
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        if (charlie == 1)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1979:</b> The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was established under a plan by President Carter.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1907:</b> A hotel in Kent, OH burned to the ground because villagers thought that the early morning alarm was an April Fools hoax.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1853:</b> The Cincinnati Fire Department becomes the first full time, paid fire department in the nation.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2008:</b> FireMemorials.com appeared on the internet for the first time. It was only a cover page while the site was being uploaded for its launch the next week.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1949:</b> St. Anthony's Hospital in Effingham, IL burned, claiming the lives of 74 victims.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1870:</b> The \"Metropolitan Fire Department\" was abolished by the Tweed Charter in order to establish a new \"Fire Department of the City of New York.\" Thus, the F.D.N.Y.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1928:</b> A fire erupted in the Caldicott Tunnel, Rt 24 in Oakland, CA. 7 were killed.</td></tr>");
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        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1908:</b> A fire in Chelsea, MA leaves 17,000 homeless.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1918:</b> 38 people lost their lives in the Norman State Hospital Fire in Norman, OK.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1947:</b> 28 Firefighters and hundreds of civilians were killed after massive explosions at <a href=x08167.html>\"Pier O\"</a> in Texas City, TX. The explosions were heard 150 miles away.</td></tr>");
        }
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        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1930:</b> A fire at an Ohio penitentiary kills 322.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 18)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2005:</b> Two firefighters in <a href=x08181.html>Evanston, WY</a> were killed while searching for trapped children in a residential fire.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1989:</b> The television show \"Rescue 911\" debuted on the USA Network, helping to promote importance of public safety and emergency preparedness.</td></tr>");
        }
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1995:</b> The <a href=x08142.htmlMurrah Federal Building</a> in Oklahoma City, OK was bombed in the largest domsetic terrorist act on American soil. 168 were killed.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1904:</b> Toronto, Ontario lost 104 buildings to a fast moving fire. Despite the widespread destruction, nobody was injured.</td></tr>");
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1971:</b> Fire at the Imperial Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand killed 24.</td></tr>");
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        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1930:</b> A fire at the State Penitentiary in Columbus, OH claimed 322 victims.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 23)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1940:</b> The Rhythm Night Club fire in Natchez, MS claimed 209 lives.</td></tr>");
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        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1865:</b> San Francisco, CA puts into service a telegraph based Fire and Police system.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 27)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1838:</b> Half of Charleston, NC is ruined by fire.</td></tr>");
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        else if (charlie == 28)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1904:</b> The Bryan Hotel in Lansing, MI was destroyed by fire that lasted into early the next day. Four people were killed.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 29)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1852:</b> Boston, MA, received its first fire alarm by telegraph. Installed in 1851, it was the first system of its kind.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 30)
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        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top colspan=2><hr size=1 width=95% align=center color=#000033><b>Did you know?</b> A fire can double in size every minute.</td></tr>");
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        if (charlie == 2)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1871:</b> The Pillsbury \"A\" Mill in Minneapolis, MN exploded when a spark ignited airbourne flour dust. 18 were killed.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 3)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1901:</b> 146 Blocks of <a href=x08017.html>Jacksonville, FL</a> burned down after fire started in a mattress factory.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 4)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1973:</b> \"America is Burning\" was delivered to President Nixon, outlining the need to focus on fire prevention in the United States. That same year, the United States Fire Administration (USFA) was founded as a direct result.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1896:</b> Cripple Creek, CO: What started as a grease fire results in the detonation of a ton of dynamite.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 6)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1994:</b> Comedian Bobcat Golthwait sets fire to a couch while on the Tonight Show.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1937:</b> The Hindenburg crashed while attempting to dock in Manchester Township, NJ. 36 people were killed.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 8)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1926:</b> Fenway Park suffers damages from a fire in Boston, MA.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 11)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1752:</b> Philadelphia, PA: The first Fire Insurance Policy in the U.S. is issued.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 15)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1929:</b> The Cleveland Clinic Disaster in Cleveland, OH killed 123.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 16)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1938:</b> 27 People were killed in the Terminal Hotel Fire in Atlanta, GA.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 17)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1938:</b> 27 People were killed in the Terminal Hotel Fire in Atlanta, GA.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1849:</b> The first documented Line of Duty Death occurred in St. Louis, MO. Much of the city was ruined.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 18)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1977:</b> A nightclub fire in Cincinnati, OH kills 164.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 19)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1993:</b> The Branch Dividian Compound in Waco, TX burned after a long stand off with authorities. 76 people lost their lives. Three months earlier, 4 federal agents had lost their lives while trying to raid the compound.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 21)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1917:</b> Atlanta, GA: 2,000 buildings were burned in less than 10 hours, yet the only fatality was a woman who suffered a heart attack after watching her house burn.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1870:</b> \"MFD\" (Metropolitan Fire Department) was removed from fire apparatus in New York City and replaced with the now famous \"F.D.N.Y.\"");
        }
        else if (charlie == 24)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1991:</b> The movie \"Backdraft\" debuted in theaters.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 28)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1977:</b> The Beverly Hills Supper Club claimed the lives of 165 when fire broke out in the illegal gambling club in Southgate, KY.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 29)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1986:</b> 800,000 books are lost in a fire at the Central Library in Los Angeles, CA.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 30)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1821:</b> The rubber fire hose is patented by James Boyd.</td></tr>");
        }
        else
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.<br><a href=mailto:contact@firememorials.com>Suggest an event to be added</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
    }
    else if (niel == 6)
    {
        if (charlie == 1)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1983:</b> The Talking Heads release the song \"Burning Down the House\" on Sire Records.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 2)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1983:</b> Fire in the bathroom on an Air Canada DC-9 kills 23 on the runway in Cincinnati, OH.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 5)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1946: </b>Fire broke out at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago, IL killing 61 guests.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 6)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1889:</b> An overturned glue pot resulted in the loss of the entire central business district in <a href=x08171.html>Seattle, WA</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 9)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1946:</b> The Canfield Hotel in Dobuque,Iowa burns, killing 19 guests.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 10)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1974:</b> Somerville, MA lost two firefighters when the rear wall of a <a href=x08061.html>papermill</a> collapsed during firefighting operations.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 16)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1916:</b> Hugh Halligan was appointed to the FDNY, Engine 88. He would later invent the \"Halligan\" bar now used by fire departments around the world.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 17)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1972: </b>The <a href=x08047.html>Vendome Hotel Fire</a> in Boston, MA claimed the lives of 9 firefighters during overhall.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 18)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2007: </b>9 Firefighters died in Charleston, SC during rescue efforts at a <a href=x08157.html>Sofa Super Store</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 21)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1946: </b>The Baker Hotel in Dallas, TX burned, killing 10.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 25)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1914:</b> 1376 buildings were lost in Salem, MA.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 26)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1977:</b> An inmate at the Maury County Jail in Columbia, TN starts a fire that results in 42 deaths.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 30)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1974:</b> Attempting to cover up a crime in Port Chester, NY, petty thief Peter Leonard torches a nightclub and kills 24 people.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1900:</b> A dock fire in <a href=x08096.html>Hoboken, NJ claimed the lives of 236.</td></tr>");
        }
        else
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.<br><a href=mailto:contact@firememorials.com>Suggest an event to be added</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
    }
    else if (niel == 7)
    {   
        if (charlie == 1)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1988:</b> Five firefighters were killed when the roof collapsed during a fire at a Ford dealership in <a href=x08091.html>Hackensack, NJ</a>.</td></tr>")
        }
        else if (charlie == 3)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1994:</b> Wildfire broke out on Storm King Mountain in <a href=y08002.html>Glenwood Springs, CO</a> that would eventually claim the lives of 14 firefighters.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 4)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1866:</b> Two people were killed and 1,800 buildings destroyed when fire tore through Portland, ME.</td></tr>")
        }
        else if (charlie == 6)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1994:</b> 9 firefighters from <a href=x08144.html>Prineville, OR</a>, along with 5 other firefighters, died while fighting a wildfire on <a href=coglenwoodsprings.html#maclean>Storm King Mountain</a> in CO.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1944:</b> 169 people were killed when a fire broke out at the circus in <a href=x08012.html>Hartford, CT</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 7)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1978:</b> The founder of FireMemorials.com, a future Firefighter and Paramedic, is born.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1967:</b> The Doors \"Light My Fire\" hits number one on the charts.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 12)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1979:</b> Fire at a hotel in Zaragoza, Spain claims 16 lives.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1973:</b> A fire at the National Archives in St. Louis, MO destroyed 18 million personnel files.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 14)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1845:</b> A fire in New York, NY destroys 1,000 homes.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 16)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1967:</b> 37 Prisoners at the Jay Prison in Jay, FL were killed in a fire and riot started by the inmates themselves.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 18)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>64 AD:</b> The Great Fire of Rome started at night, burning for the next six days.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 19)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1921:</b> Los Angeles, CA retires its last piece of horse drawn fire equipment.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>64 AD:</b> The Great Fire of Rome enters its first full day after starting the night before.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 20)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>64 AD:</b> The Great Fire of Rome enters its second full day.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 21)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2004:</b> The television show \"Rescue Me\" debuted on the FX Network.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>64 AD:</b> The Great Fire of Rome enters its third full day.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 22)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2003:</b> Two wildland firefighters lost their lives repelling into a fire near <a href=x08020.html>North Fork, ID</a>.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>64 AD:</b> The Great Fire of Rome enters its fourth full day.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 23)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1971:</b> Fire on the 12th floor of a 17 story hotel in New Orleans, LA claims 6 lives.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>64 AD:</b> The Great Fire of Rome enters its fifth full day.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 24)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1931:</b> 48 people perished in the \"Pittsburgh Nursing Home Fire\" in PA.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>64 AD:</b> The Great Fire of Rome enters its sixth and final day.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 27)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1910:</b> Boston, MA purchased its first motorized fire apparatus.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 28)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1945:</b> A B-25 crashed into the Empire State Building in New York, NY, killing 14.</td></tr>");
        }
        else
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.<br><a href=mailto:contact@firememorials.com>Suggest an event to be added</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
    }
    else if (niel == 8)
    {
        if (charlie == 5)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1949:</b> The <a href=x08075.html>Mann Gulch Fire</a> broke out in the Helena Nation Forest in Montana, resulting in the death of 13 firefighters.</td></tr>")
        }
        else if (charlie == 9)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1965:</b> Searcy, AK: Fire breaks out in the silo of a Titan II rocket, killing 53 people.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1944:</b> \"<a href=firehistory.html#smokey>Smokey the Bear</a>\" made his debut on a poster promoting fire safety.<br>HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SMOKEY!</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 11)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1874:</b> A patent for the first automatic sprinkler head is granted to Henry S. Parmelee of New Haven, CT.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 13)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1966:</b> 29 people died in a hotel fire in Melbourne, Australia.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 24)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1814:</b> The White House and U.S. Capitol were burned by the British.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 27)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1892:</b> New York, NY: The Metropolitan Opera House catches fire during a performance.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 29)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2007:</b> Two Boston, MA Firefighters were killed when the roof collapsed at a restaurant fire.</td></tr>");
        }
        else
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.<br><a href=mailto:contact@firememorials.com>Suggest an event to be added</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
    }
    else if (niel == 9)
    {
        if (charlie == 1)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1894:</b> A wildfire in Hinkley, MN burns 200,000 acres and leaves 418 people dead.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 2)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1666:</b> The Great Fire of London started. It would burn for four days and leave nearly 80,000 residents homeless.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 3)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1991:</b> 54 people are killed when fire breaks out in the Hamlet Chicken Plant in Hamlet, NC.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1666:</b> The Great Fire of London entered its second day, eventually destroying 13,200 houses and 87 churches.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 4)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1666:</b> The Great Fire of London enters its third day. Tens of thousands were left homeless.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 5)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1881:</b> A second wildfire tore through Michigan ten years after another devastating fire. This one was the first disaster ever to receive aid from the Red Cross.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1666:</b> After four days, the Great Fire of London is finally extinguished. Nearly 80,000 people are left homeless and more than 13,000 buildings are in ruins.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 6)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1869:</b> A mine fire in Avondale, PA kills 179.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 7)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1943:</b> The Gulf Hotel Fire in Houston, TX claimed the lives of 55.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 8)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1838:</b> US Patent 909 is issued to John Jordan for a wooden fire hydrant.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 10)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1910:</b> Idaho lost 3 million acres of timber in a massive wildfire.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 11)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><img align=right border=0 src=pics/ny/ribbon.gif><b>2001:</b> The United States suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history. A total of 2,998 people were killed -343 of which were FDNY firefighters- in three different locations. The Pentagon (in <a href=vaarlington.html>Arlington, VA</a>) and the Twin Towers (in <a href=nyny.html>New York City</a>) were two of the targets struck by three hijacked passenger airplanes. A fourth hijacked plane was taken over by the passengers themselves in forced to crash in a field in Shanksville, PA.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href=nyny.html#911>Click here for more information.</a></td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 12)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1966:</b> A fire in the Lane Hotel in Anchorage, AK claimed the lives of 14.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 17)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1972:</b> The hit television show \"M*A*S*H\" debuted on 20th Century Fox.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1872:</b> The U.S. granted the first patent to a fire sprinkler system to Philip W. Pratt of Abington, MA.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 20)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1902:</b> A church burns in Birmingham, AL, killing 115.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 21)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1776:</b> A fire started in the early morning hours in New York, NY that consumed one quarter of the city.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 22)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1776:</b> A fire started the previous day in New York, NY finished consuming nearly 500 buildings.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 23)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1999:</b> The television show \"Third Watch\" debuted on NBC.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 24)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1889:</b> A wildfire ignites in San Diego and Orange County, CA. It will last for three days and destroy 800,000 acres.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1983:</b> A broken water main in Boston, MA causes a surge in the gas line. Pilot lights throught the city grow as tall as a foot. Several fires resulted, however there were no injuries reported.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 25)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1889:</b> A wildfire in San Diego and Orange County, CA enters its second day.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 26)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1889:</b> 800,000 acres of San Diego and Orange County, CA are left in ruins as a wildfire enters its third and final day.</td></tr>");
        }
        else
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.<br><a href=mailto:contact@firememorials.com>Suggest an event to be added</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
    }
    else if (niel == 10)
    {
        if (charlie == 1)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1989:</b> Billy Joel's \"We Didn't Start the Fire\" was released by Columbia Records.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1964:</b> An abandond factory in Boston, MA collapses during a fire, killing 5 firefighters and a civilian photographer.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 8)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1988:</b> Fire in Seattle's Space Needle forces evacuation. There is no loss of life.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1871:</b> The <a href=x08021.html>Great Chicago Fire</a> began in IL, eventuall taking the lives of 300.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1871:</b> A massive wildfire also swept through Michigan destroying entire cities and towns and claiming more than 200 victims.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 9)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1871:</b> The <a href=x08021.html>Great Chicago Fire</a> in IL raged for its second day, eventually claiming the lives of 300.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 10)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1871:</b> The <a href=x08021.html>Great Chicago Fire</a> in IL raged for its third and final day, finally claiming the lives of 300.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 11)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1911:</b> The first Fire Prevention Day was observed. It is presently observed as Fire Prevention Week.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 12)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1918:</b> Wildfire rages in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin. 25 Communities are lost and an estimated 800 people are killed.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 13)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2001:</b> Houston, TX lost <a href=x08163.html>Capt. Jay Jahnke</a> as he attempted to rescue a trapped civilian from a smoke-filled apartment building.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 17)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1989:</b> The Loma Prieta Earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area the night of Game 3 of the World Series. Widespread fires and building collapse resulted.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1966:</b> F.D.N.Y. lost 12 firefighters when the floor of a building collapsed during operations, making it the highest loss of firefighter lives in <a href=nyny.html>New York City</a> until <a href=nyny.html#911>September 11, 2001</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 22)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1999:</b> The movie \"Bringing Out the Dead\" was released.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 27)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1895:</b> The Rotunda at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville burned.</td></tr>");
        }
        else
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.<br><a href=mailto:contact@firememorials.com>Suggest an event to be added</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
    }
    else if (niel == 11)
    {
        if (charlie == 1)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1859:</b> Boston, MA puts the department's first steam engine into service as Engine 8.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1623:</b> Fire breaks out in Plymouth, MA, destroying many buildings.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 4)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2004:</b> China reports that they have finally extinguished a coal mine fire that began in 1874.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 5)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1973:</b> The Indianapolis Fire Department was called to a fire on East Washington St. The fire ultimately burned for days, destroying 15 buildings and ruining 84 businesses.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 6)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1939:</b> LAFD lost two firefighters fighting a fire in the Gray Street Building. The fire was also the LAFD's fist opportunity to use several new trucks including a 100 foot arial.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1896:</b> The National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA) was born at a meeting between fire insurance agencies in New York.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1850:</b> The first fire engine in Hawaii enters service.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 7)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2001:</b> The Longbay Fire started in Horry County, SC. The fire burned for seven days and consumed more than 1900 acres.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 9)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1872:</b> A warehouse fire in Boston, MA results in the destruction of 776 buildings.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 10)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1872:</b> A warehouse fire in Boston, MA burns for its second and final day. In the end, nearly 65 acres of Boston's Downtown had burned.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 11)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2000:</b> More than 150 skiers are killed when fire breaks out in an underground rail that was transporting them to the top of a mountain in the Austrian Alps.");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1890:</b> D. McCree patented a portable fire escape.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 12)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1955:</b> Los Angeles FD lost a firefighter during the La Tuna Canyon Fire. The fire was in its final day after burning for six days.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 14)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2001:</b> The Longbay Fire in Horry County, SC was finally extinguished on its seventh day after burning more than 1900 acres.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 15)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1938:</b> W2XBT in <a href=nyny.html>New York, NY</a> becomes the first station to telecast an unscheduled event when it covers a fire in the city.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 18)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1963:</b> A fire in the Surfside Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ claimed 25 victims.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1740:</b> The first U.S. fire insurance agency to be put out of business was the result of a massive fire in Charleston, SC on this date.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 19)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>2008:</b> The Worcester Fire Department in Massachusetts opens a new station at the site of the tragic <a href=x08068.html>Cold Storage Fire</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 20)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1992:</b> Fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, home of Queen Elizabeth.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 21)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1980:</b> Las Vagas, NV: An electrical fire at the MGM Grand Hotel kills 85.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 23)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1966:</b> Commissioner Lowery (FDNY) became the first African American to serve as the fire commissioner of a major U.S. city.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1963:</b> The Golden Age Nursing Home in Fitchville, OH burned, killing 63.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 25)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1982:</b> A fire in a department store in Minneapolis, MN destroyed an entire city block on Thanksgiving Day. There were no fatalities.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 26)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1978:</b> A fire at the Holiday Inn in Rochester, NY claims 10 lives.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 28)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1942:</b> The <a href=x08042.html>Cocoanut Grove Fire</a> in Boston, MA claimed the lives of 492.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 30)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1936:</b> London's Crystal Palace (built in 1851) burns down.</td></tr>");
        }
        else
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.<br><a href=mailto:contact@firememorials.com>Suggest an event to be added</a>.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Plan a place outside of your house for your family to meet if there is a fire.</td></tr>");
        }
    }
    else if (niel == 12)
    {
        if (charlie == 1)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1958:</b> The <a href=x08024.html>Our Lady of the Angels School</a> in Chicago, IL burned, killing 95.</tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 2)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1866:</b> This was the last day that San Francisco was protected by a volunteer fire department. At midnight, protection was handed over to the new paid department.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 3)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1999:</b> Six Firefighters lost their lives in Worcester, MA while searching for possible victims in a fire at an abandond <a href=x08068.html>Cold Storage Building</a>.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 5)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1876:</b> The <a href=x08116.html>Brooklyn Theater Fire</a> claims 300 lives in Brooklyn, NY.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 7)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1946:</b> The <a href=x08019.html>Winecoff Hotel Fire</a> in Atlanta, GA claimed 119 victims.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 11)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1934:</b> The Hotel Kerns burned in <a href=x08071.html>Lansing, MI</a>, killing 34 and injuring 14 firefighters. The hotel was the first in the state to have running water in every room.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1934:</b> On the same day, Lansing firefighters battled temperatures as low as 10 degrees below zero fighting a fire in a State office building.  An arsonist caused $8 million in damages.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 13)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1825:</b> 33 buildings are destroyed and 150 people are left dead as fire rips through Brunswick, ME. The temperature was 13 degrees <b>below</b> zero.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 15)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1969:</b> The San Francisco Fire Department trades in its leather helmets for plastic ones.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 16)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1835:</b> Fire breaks out in a warehouse in New York, NY. The fire will burn for two days and claim at least 17 city blocks.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1737:</b> 30 firefighters were appointed as on-call firefighters in New York, NY in exchange for exemption from jury and militia duty.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 17)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1835:</b> As fire from the day before continues to threaten New York City, Marines blow up buildings in its path in order to create a fire break. The fire finally claimed 17 city blocks.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 18)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1794:</b> New Orleans, LA lost 212 buildings to a fire in the famous French Quarter.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 19)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1960:</b> Fire breaks out aboard the USS Constellation while under construction at a Brooklyn shipyard. 50 are killed.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 20)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1970:</b> 28 are killed in a fire at the Pioneer International Hotel in Tucson, AZ.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 24)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1924:</b> Fire tore through a school in Babb's Switch, OK killing 36.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1851:</b> A fire in the Library of Congress destroys an estimated 35,000 volumes.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 26)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1971:</b> A hotel fire in Seoul, South Korea leaves 166 dead.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1811:</b> The Richmond Theater Fire claims the lives of 72 in Richmond, VA.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 29)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1976:</b> The Trammps release their hit song \"Disco Inferno\" on Atlantic Records.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1963:</b> Jacksonville, FL: A fire in the Hotel Roosevelt kills 22.</td></tr>");
        }
        else if (charlie == 30)
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%><b>1903:</b> The <a href=x08023.html>Iroquois Theater Fire</a> in Chicago, IL claimed 602 lives.</td></tr>");
        }
        else
        {
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Nothing entered on this date yet.<br><a href=mailto:contact@firememorials.com>Suggest an event to be added</a>.</td></tr>");
        document.write("<tr><td valign=top width=3%><img src=pics/ops/bull.jpg></td><td width=97%>Plan and practice an emergency escape plan with your family.</td></tr>");
        }
    }
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