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- 1 2 What is a fire buff? - excerpt from Robert W. Masters: "Pictorial History of Firefighting", 1967
- ↑ "Sacramento Fire Buff Club Rehab Service". Archived from the original on 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ Some question role of fire buff, The Boston Globe, June 11, 2005
