I hope you don't mind that I began this tribute edito-rial to Tom Brennan here on his page. I know you read this magazine from the back to the front. Tom always knew. This is where he has been doing Random Thoughts. He never bragged about it, though. He never really mentioned it, but he knew we all started reading each issue by turning to Random Thoughts first. We could guess that Fire Engineering is the only magazine in America read routinely from the back to the front, because that was where Brennan was. The cover and this month's Random Thoughts are about our good and loyal friend Tom Brennan. Tom was taken from us on April 20 by cancer. Tom fought as courageously as he lived and never really let on just how much pain he was in. It seems fitting and proper that we say a last farewell to Tom on his page. Tom would have wanted it this way. But just so you know, I asked Janet Brennan, Tom's wife, and she said Tom would be honored that I am writing this. I hope so.
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