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William Brandon Lewis's Blog – November 2017 Archive (1)

The Vacant Mindset

Abandoned structures are a part of almost every community in this country. But abandoned and vacant are two very different things. If you work in any urban, and most metro areas, you have more than likely heard something similar to this statement on your radio. “Fire reported in a vacant house.” To some firefighters, like me, this statement means absolutely nothing. I step off the truck with the mindset that every tenable space within that…

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Added by William Brandon Lewis on November 9, 2017 at 2:02pm — No Comments

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