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155 Mercer St1865 157 E 67th St1877 1 Centre St1914 110 Church St1971 250 Livingston St, BK1982 9 Metro Tech, BK1997

Commercial laundry. Became firehouse in 1944.

E14 was assigned to Box 488 at 0841. They were on the 2nd 5th alarm assignment to Box 9998 for #2 WTC from there.

The boro call system ended in 1981, while the last telegraph response was in 1983. (Brooklyn 5-7-438) Running cards, multiple alarm levels, and relocations could be initiated simultaneously for many companies by transmission of a single bell sequence. If a boro call is defined as the...

Knickerbocker Ave & Bleeker St, Brooklyn July 1977 77-767-66-33-678

Circa 1983 when the telegraph bells were discontinued. Last actual boro call was in 1977. Concept was used on 9-11 for staging at entry points to Manhattan.

On 1/11/68 - multiple multiples At 1238 44-2503 At 1304 33-3137 for which a Dispatchers 44 was sent, Queens sent 7 engines and 1 ladder for coverage At 1503 33-2848 for which a Dispatchers 44, then a Dispatchers 55, then boro call 66-22-937 were sent On 2/25/1968 At 1741 2456 At 1750 22-2456...

January 11, 1968 from Manhattan to Bronx 66-55-2848-66-22-937 February 25, 1968 from Queens to Bronx 66-55-2456-99-33-4356 June 6, 1968 from Manhattan to Bronx 66-55-2381-66-22-1622

January 5, 1962 41 Ave & Frame Pl Simultaneous (not Boro) Call 99-9404-66-937 3 engines only

at E250 1930, 1951 at E240 1948 at E242 1975 at E330 1991

~2005

Phonetic alphabet (1st names) for 1st due engine boxes A = E1 C = E3 D = E4 etc

Wonder if E15 moved at all since Boston Ave was covered.

Originally known as Hydrant Service Units One per Division numbered 1 to 15. No #6 and no #9 as those Divisions did not exist at the time In service 1934/1936 to 1957 In 1957 replaced by Thawing Apparatus 61 to 65.

29-31 Elliot St 2237 Box 395 E1, E10, E15, E8 L6, L2 Tac DC1 2241 Working Fire E9 E7 (Rehab) DC2 C6 2250 2nd Alarm E2, E5, E11* L3 *redirected to another call Relocations E16-1 L4-6