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Speaker 1: For a while, if firefighters from North Reading, Middleton, and

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Speaker 1: Lynfield needed to respond to an emergency in Willis Woods,

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Speaker 1: they would cross a bridge over the Ipswich River, but

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Speaker 1: North Writing fire chief Don Stats said they eventually learned

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Speaker 1: it was not certified for that kind of use.

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Speaker 2: We couldn't bring or would risk bring a heavy structural

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Speaker 2: pumper across like we had in the past to provide water.

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Speaker 1: Fire departments from each community then approached the private company Bostick,

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Speaker 1: which owns the main access point into the woods.

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Speaker 2: Bostick basically paid for the improvements to the improvements on

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Speaker 2: their property.

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Speaker 1: The public private partnership ensures a safer response for first

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Speaker 1: responders in North Andover. James Rojas w b Z, Boston's

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Speaker 1: news radio