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Baltimore - 6 of 17 Ladder companies out of service, lack of apparatus, this past weekend

Per Houston Professional Fire Fighters Companies closed for Christmas weekend: Engines 1, 26, 60, 68 Ladders 16, 21, 26, 28, 34, 38, 51, 55, 59, 68, 69, 90, 102

Dallas Fort Worth now has five stations, Houston Bush has five and Chicago O'Hare has four, not including the military stations.

Thanks - Sta 35 was the second station organized after 24, then 40, 32, and 33.

Five - 24, 32, 33, 35, 40

Marine 7/Engine 77 Marine 9/Engine 51 The first fireboat was Engine 43. Fireboats were originally numbered as Marine Engines and retained their unit numbers as they moved from berth to berth. In 1922, new fireboats began assuming the unit numbers of the fireboats that they were replacing. This...

Assigning companies pre-determined by distance to respond on multiple alarms and having relocators assigned separately from beyond the 5th alarm was a clever solution to a simple problem. Prior to radio communications, once a company was assigned to respond or relocate via telegraph, they could...

2259 - 929 E South St, Anaheim * Anaheim E1, E12, E7, E3 - T1, T3 - HM6 - BC2 E5, E6, E26 - T2 - LA3 - BC1 E2, E8 - T8 Orange County (Garden Grove) E86 - T81 - BC11 Orange E6, E5, E3 - T1 - BC1 Fullerton E1, E5 - T6 - BC1 Brea T2 * unofficial

45. Station 30 built in 1991 -no mention of replacing it. Charlotte FD is still growing - Sta 44 and 45 are next up.

St Louis quints assigned only to engine companies (30). 4 ladder companies remained. Concept started to break up in 2014. Richmond, VA quints assigned to all engines, ladder companies eliminated. Concept started to break up in 2014 also. Numerous cities have all quint ladder companies.

The last brand new Engine was organized in 1914. What is most unusual is a new unit for fire duty rather than for EMS. It is also being established in the the city's newest firehouse which was moved over a mile from its original neighborhood less than 10 years ago.

Thank you for sharing your collection and its unique perspective of company culture. Clearly it is labor of love and respect for the subject and your generosity in offering it for the enjoyment of all.

In the early 1900's, the universal and rapid conversion of horse drawn, steam fire apparatus to motor driven apparatus was accomplished quickly due to the reduced cost of fueling and maintaining motorized equipment over the cost of feeding and caring for horses. Not only were motor engines...

DC was experiencing a crisis shortage of ladder apparatus at the time. They did not have enough apparatus to equip all 16 ladder companies consistently. On top of that, Truck 3 and Truck 4 were seriously damaged in a collision. Truck companies were out of service - lack of apparatus.

June 26, 1996 Box 145 15th & F Sts NW Treasury Building 1642 Box Alarm E16, E2, E23, E1 T2, T4 RS1 BFC6 1701 Special Alarm Aerial Tower 10 DC2 1712 Second Alarm E13, E7, E5, E11 T9, T7 HazMat, Metro Support Unit, FFA Canteen BFC1, Fire Chief NDW E41/16 T14/9 1739 Special Alarm E21 T14/9...

Side by side, there really isn't too much difference. Even if you get one wrong, the message will get through. There was less discussion about hose threads. Remember "C as in Ocean"?

The first???

https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies.14180/ Pages 12, 13, 15, 24, 28, 29, 61 https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies-2nd-section.50639/ Pages 15, 61, 134, 186-193

Numbers do not need phonetics Similar sounding letters do

FDNY first started using the phonetic alphabet in 1971.