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Water Tender Unit 1 Organized 1592 Richmond Rd, Staten Island 6/9/1962 with Engine 159 Water Tender Unit 1 Disbanded 4/23/1970 Water Tender Unit 2 Organized 1400 Richmond Ave, Staten Island 1/19/1970 with Engine 166 Water Tender Unit 2 Disbanded 6/19/1970

Was the sprinkler system operational? Were the conditions under which it was designed unchanged?

Compiled from earlier posts since 2009. Super Pumper, Tender, 3 Satellites organized 10-01-1965 Super Pumper, Tender lose staff, cross staffed by Engine 207 07-01-1975 2000 gpm pumpers assigned to 5 Satellite engines and Engine 207 1979 Super Pumper last response 4-24-1982 Super Pumper...

You can find articles and photos of the Superpumper and Maxi Water Systems on the following pages: https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies-2nd-section.50639/page-146...

02/26/1993 World Trade Center bombing Garage B-2 23 alarms + 2-2 Rockaway Blvd, Queens at 1254 and 2-2 Hancock St, Brooklyn at 1518 66-55-69 (Respond to 3 WTC) 1218 69 E10, E6, E7 L10, L1 R1 BC1 1220 10-75 BC2, DC1 1223 10-45 (2 badly injured civilians) 1224 10-76 E33, E18 L6, L20...

Mutual aid assignments February 2, 2022 Station 02 Carroll County Pleasant Valley E63 acting E2 Station 04 Cecil County Cecilton R1 acting E4 Annapolis City T39 acting T29 Station 05 Annapolis City E371 acting E5 Washington County Longmeadow Q27 acting T3 Baltimore Washington International...

The Winter/Spring 2022 edition of IFBA's Turn Out magazine is posted on the ifba.org website and is free for downloading. https://ifba.org/turnout-magazine/

Information on the joint annual convention of the IFBA (International Fire Buff Association) and SPAAMFAA (Society for the Preservation & Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America), to be held this June in Woburn, Massachusetts, is linked below...

https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/video-1960-plane-crash-in-park-slope-u-s-s-constellation-navy-yard-fire.2148/ Click on the thread link

1981 - E1, E11, E12, E25, E26, E34, E36, E40, E43, E45, E50, E54, L5, L8, L13, L20, L22, L30, L31, Aerial Tower, RS2, Marine Unit, District 2 E49, E50, RS2, Marine Unit have been reorganized.

June 17, 1980 40 Western Ave, Allston Box 5221 1st 9 alarm fire 3 Special Calls for 2 additional engines, each

0456 Box 414 851 Park Street, 5 story, ordinary, apartment building, occupied, fire on 4th floor E8, E1, E11 L6, L5 Tac DC1 0459 Multiple calls E5 0500 Working fire E15 RIT DC2 0501 2nd Alarm E2, E9, E14 L2 Relocations E16-1 L4-6

More photos and info on this earlier thread. https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/emergency-utility-1.59307/

8853 Garland Ave, Silver Spring 0356 E716, E701, E702, E834 L716, TL719, L812 RS801 BC701, BC802 A716, A834 Task Force E719, E844 TL718 BC884 M712, A844 MSU716 2nd Alarm E712, E754, E811 TL807 MSU733

NYC used combination companies as interim measures until separate staffing could be provided. The initial use of combination companies was to replace volunteer companies that had operated engines, hose wagons and ladder trucks. This approach was prevalent as FDNY expanded to villages in the...

The origins of the truckless triangle reach back even earlier. Engine 285 and Ladder 133, planned for 1196 Metropolitan Ave, were delayed due to budgetary/construction issues in 1913. Engine 206, which was being disbanded from Pearl Street in downtown Brooklyn, took 285's new firehouse...

Second section companies, both engine and ladder companies, were originally established during the days of horse drawn apparatus to increase the availability of companies in high fire challenge areas of the city such as lower Manhattan. Both sections had the same response area but usually not...

Combination companies - Engines 38, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 61, 62, 68, 69, 70, 75, 82, 96, 151, 311 Brooklyn FD - Engines 40/240, 41/241, 42/242, 43/243, 44/244, 46/246, 47/247, 48/248, 50/250, 53/253, 55/255, 57/257, 164/264, 176/276 Combination Fire Companies - 121, 131, 151

New units established on the same day that a 2nd section company was disbanded. Early 1900's Engine 27-2 became Engine 301 Engine 72-2 became Ladder 146 Engine 80-2 became Engine 293 Ladder 28-2 became Ladder 142 Ladder 35-2 became Ladder 143 Mid 1900's Engine 245-2 became Engine 326 Engine...

War Years 2nd sections Engine 046-2 Disbanded 1969 Engine 225-2 Disbanded 1969 Engine 070-2 Disbanded 1971 Engine 088-2 Disbanded 1972 Engine 217-2 Disbanded 1972 Engine 233-2 Disbanded 1972 Engine 041-2 Disbanded 1974 Engine 050-2 Disbanded 1974 Engine 091-2 Disbanded 1974 Ladder 027-2...