1/25/25 Brooklyn 4th Alarm Box 0155

HFN01 said:
Setting aside the rank issue, does anybody know why all of a sudden 13R is responding to (apparently) all multiple alarms?
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Besides being a Staff Chief, maybe they are a Citywide Tour Commander??
 
entropychaser said:
Actually, the firehouse was within the Wallabout Market which was torn down at the beginning of WWII and allowed expansion of the adjacent Brooklyn Navy Yard. You can see that the firehouse was built in the Walloon/Belgian/Dutch style of architecture to match the neighborhood.

On February 26, 1920 six members of Engine Company 251 were burned to death while operating at a Brooklyn Gas Light Co. facility on Kent Avenue. They were trapped in a pump house when an oil tank overflowed and exploded. Until 9/11, it was the largest loss of life in a single company at a fire.

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Food for Brooklyn: The Story of the Great Wallabout Market

Throughout Brooklyn’s history, a lot of things have come and gone, but one of the greatest losses has to be the Wallabout Market in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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That building caught fire in the early 1990’s I believe. Looked like a 5 story factory. There is a video of it collapsing. Never knew what that building was. Just googled the building and the address came up and sure enough it’s the same building.
 
A good question re Car 13R. I have posted Car numbers for a number of years ( told off for naming them lol) but never come across this Car Number. Can any senior members enlighten the group who or what is Car13R ?
 
alycidon said:
Car 1 (Fire Commissioner
Car 2C (Deputy Commissioner Public Information)
Car 3 (Chief of Department)
Car 4 (Chief of Fire Operations)
Car 11 (Chief of Special Operations Command)
Car 11A (Chief of Rescue Operations)
Car 12C (Safety Liaison)
Car 13R (Chief Fire Inspector)
Car 15A (Assistant Chief of Fire Training)DAC
Car-16J (Chief Dispatcher for Tech Services & Accreditation)
Car-22B (Fleet Director )
Car-23D (Duty Press Car)
Car-24 (Director Tech Services)
Car32 - (Medical Officer Bronx & Manhattan)
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Fire Inspectors are Civilians (that wear a uniform and trying to get uniformed status) that perform building inspections as part of the Bureau of Fire Prevention. Not sure why they have been added to multiple alarm rundowns except to have on hand from a Fire Prevention point of view. If cause of fire needs to be investigated, it is handled by the FDNY Fire Marshals.
 
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