Deputy Fire Chief William McCrann can recall when firefighters made $168 a week, drove roofless trucks and went into burning buildings without radios or air packs. “We used to go to mattress fires all the time — there were no smoke detectors back then,” said McCrann, 71, who will put in his last...

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