Great job, had the pleasure of working there, great Firefighters and Fire Officers passed through Webster Ave. Thanks to Mike, Matt Daly and others for their outstanding photos, documenting the Brothers at work....... #2875, top photos are DC Tom Neville (RIP)....a great man and a pleasure to work with!
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Engine 48 former firehouse 2504 Webster Avenue collapse - 1990s. I think Turk132 also had a few fires in vacant firehouse before collapse.
http://northeastfirephotos.smugmug.com/FDNY/Bronx-Collapse-of-Engine-48s/13661967_TRFtZB#!i=997398018&k=xw9cj
http://northeastfirephotos.smugmug.com/FDNY/Bronx-Collapse-of-Engine-48s/13661967_TRFtZB#!i=997398018&k=xw9cj
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Anyone notice the Willy D NFD in red on the front of old 48s quarters?, but it's not in the original photo on Northeast Fire Photos site
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No Jack, that was ketchup on his shirt.
Gentlemen, apparently we have a "Willy D Impersonator" out there. The Red paint saying: "Willy D - NFD" is NOT mine. Maybe he wanted to be just like the Original Willy D, but he just couldn't cut it. It's not the first time it's happened, so this is NO SURPRISE to me.
Yes, it's TRUE, I was at Maggie Mays and Yes, I did spill ketchup on my shirt that night.
Yes, it is also TRUE that I was on the scene of that Second Alarm they had in that former Engine 48 Firehouse. And yes, maybe back then, Turk 182 of Engine 48, saw me there.
But without a doubt in my mind, I am NOT the guy who wrote "Willy D - NFD" on that cinder block wall of the front of that former firehouse.
I also strongly believe that we SHOULD have a full investigation into who it was that actually wrote that.
Yes, it is over the side entrance door to the firehouse in the parking lot. The members made a steel frame and bolted it to the firehouse to hold the stone.
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Battalion 42 covers largely residential, southwestern Brooklyn. The area was once the Town of New Utrecht and today has the neighborhoods of Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Fort Hamilton. The battalion was organized as the 12th District of the Brooklyn Fire Department in 1896, and transitioned into the FDNY as the 12th Battalion Brooklyn. (There was also a 12th Battalion in Manhattan.) Upon renumbering in 1898, it became the original Battalion 32 and was renumbered into the present day Battalion 42 in 1906.
Brooklyn Fire Department
FDNY Brooklyn
Battalion 32
Battalion 42
Brooklyn Fire Department
| District Engineer 12 | Organized | 8653 18th Ave | 1896 | with Engine 43 |
| District Engineer 12 | Annexed | as Battalion 12 FDNY Brooklyn | 1898 |
FDNY Brooklyn
| Battalion 12 | Organized | 8653 18th Ave | 1898 | with Engine 43 |
| Battalion 12 | Renumbered | as Battalion 32 | 1898 |
Battalion 32
| Battalion 32 | Organized | 8653 18th Ave | 1898 | with Engine 43 |
| Battalion 32 | Renumbered | as Battalion 42 | 1906 |
Battalion 42
| Battalion 42 | Organized | 8653 18th Ave | 1906 | with Engine 143 |
| Battalion 42 | Temporary | 1157 79th St | 1988 | with Engine 284 |
| Battalion 42 | Renovated | 8653 18th Ave | 1988 | with Engine 243 |
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Companies in Battalion 12
| 1896 - 1898 | E42 | E43 | E47 | E53 | L14 | L15 | L19 | L24 |
Companies in Battalion 32
| 1898 - 1900 | E42 | E43 | E47 | E53 | ||||||||
| 1900 - 1906 | E142c | E143c | E147c | E153c |
Companies in Battalion 42
| 1906 - 1913 | E142c | E143c | E147c | E153c | ||||||||
| 1913 - 1914 | E242c | E243c | E247c | E253c | E284 | |||||||
| 1914 - 1929 | E242 | E243c | E247 | E253c | E284 | L149 | ||||||
| 1929 - 1948 | E242 | E243 | E247 | E253 | E284 | L149 | L168 | |||||
| 1948 - 1951 | E242 | E243 | E247 | E250 | E253 | E284 | L149 | L168 | ||||
| 1951 - 1965 | E241 | E242 | E243 | E284 | L109 | L149 | L168 | |||||
| 1965 - 1969 | E241 | E242 | E243 | E284 | E330 | L109 | L149 | L168 | L172 | |||
| 1969 - 2003 | E242 | E243 | E247 | E284 | E330 | L149 | L168 | L172 | ||||
| 2005 - | E242 | E243 | E284 | E330 | L149 | L168 | L172 |
c = combination
Yes "8060rock", aka Dan K., the part you mention about the Salvage Unit - "What a Pleasure" (wink, wink), I've heard that before from others as well.
Not quite like the Fire Patrol Units as I've been told. In fact I know a few guys who worked among the various F.P. units. A lot went on to become career firefighters and officers.
Maybe "mack" and "fdhistorian" can do a history on both The Fire Patrol Units and the Fire Salvage Units, their differences, etc., if they haven't been done before.
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It's been done by 'mack' on the pages of his 'FDNY-and-NYC-Firehouses-and-Fire-Companies' threads (1st and 2nd sections).
For everything you might want to know about the Fire Patrol:
https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies.14180/page-20
(also pages 1, 2, 19, 37, 45)
https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/...-and-fire-companies-2nd-section.50639/page-53
(also pages 8, 12, 32)
For everything you might want to know about the Model Cities Salvage:
https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies.14180/page-102
(also pages 22, 24, 36)
https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies-2nd-section.50639/page-221
(also 8, 10, 37, 38, 43, 60)
'Johnny Gage' also reminisced about a detail to the Salvage Unit in 'Glory Days'
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