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A new firehouse was built on Roosevelt Island in 1981, after 49 was disbanded, potentially for 260, and was never assigned a regular engine or ladder.

NYC has vast experience with double companies (second sections, TCU's, the original Squads). In many instances (post horse drawn apparatus), the closure of a double company was used to establish a new unit where demands were increasing. Double companies are not automatically targeted for...

Photos and stories about The Jamaica Big House appeared on these pages of Mack's threads. https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies.14180/page-66 https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies.14180/page-73...

Directly behind their present station at 503 W 139th St.

Chicago is replacing three single bay firehouses, two being over 100 years old, one over 90 years old, each one with fire and ems apparatus parked in tandem in the single bay. The new combined station will bring Truck 24 south to improve ladder coverage, while retaining Engine 75 which is...

Companies in the Brownsville Battalion Brooklyn District Engineer 14 1897 - 1898 District Engineer 14 E27 E31 E57 FDNY Brooklyn Battalion 14 1898 - 1898 Battalion 34 E27 E31 E57 Battalion 34 1898 - 1900 Battalion 34 E27 E31 E57...

The Brownsville Battalion was the last battalion organized in the Brooklyn Fire Department. District Engineer 14 came into existence a mere six weeks prior to consolidation into the FDNY. Numerically it progressed from Battalion 14 Brooklyn, to original Battalion 34, and then to Battalion 44...

Ladder 126 was organized in 1907, as Ladder 76, at 98 Irving Place (97-22 Cresskill Place), in the former quarters of Jamaica H&L 3, organized in 1849. They were in this station until 1931.

https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/ss-normandie-fire-1942-any-record-of-response-of-fdny-units-specific-cos.57722/ posted by 811, 6-13-2019 NORMANDIE RUNDOWN ? MANHATTAN BOX 852 ? FEBRUARY 9, 1942 TIME SIGNAL ENGINE LADDER CHIEF OTHER 1449 3-852- E2 E34 E54 E85* L4 L21 BC9 BC25 1500 75-852...

Companies in original Battalion 51, Jamaica 1907 - 1908 Battalion 51 H4 H5 H6 H7 L77 1908 - 1909 Battalion 51 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 L76 L77 Companies in original Battalion 50, Richmond Hill 1907 - 1908 Battalion 50 E170 H2 H3 L75 L76 1908 - 1909...

The Richmond Hill battalion was organized in 1907 as Battalion 50. Two years later, it was consolidated with the Jamaica battalion, which had originally been numbered as Battalion 51. The consolidated battalion was numbered as Battalion 50. In 1915, the Richmond Hill battalion was...

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643 Broad St 0756 E8, E5, E1, E11 L6, L5 Tac DC1 Working Fire/Rehab 0759 E2 DC2 2nd Alarm 0804 E15, E10, E14 L3 Relocations E9-1, E7-2, E16-11, L2-6, L4-3

Division 8 was disbanded from 1975 to 1990. They were reorganized with the three Staten Island battalions and Division 12 moved to E330. In 1995, when the divisions were renumbered 1 - 8, Divisions 8 and 12 were combined as Division 8. In 1997, BC33 moved to Division 15 (divisions renumbered...

209 was part of BC34 until 1989. It was part of BC57 until they were disbanded. BC57 was formed to split the area of BC34 in 1969. In 1989 BC34, one of the original battalions in Brooklyn from 1869, was closed after 120 years. BC57, newly organized in 1969, was retained.

The composition of units in a battalion for organizational administrative functions is not necessarily comparable with the location of battalions for emergency responses. If you measure the driving distances to 238/106, you will see that BC45, BC35, and even BC8 are closer than BC28. On the...

Companies in Battalion 35 Williamsburg Brooklyn FD District Engineer 5 1869 - 1885 District Engineer 5 E11 E13 L04 L05 1872 - 1873 District Engineer 5 E11 E13 E16 L04 L05 1873 - 1885 District Engineer 5 E11 E13 L04 1885 - 1887 District Engineer 5...

Battalion 35 - The Williamsburg battalion. This densely populated neighborhood is rich in cultures, languages, customs and ethnicities. Although the battalion's number has changed as the city has grown, it has always been based in Williamsburg. Brooklyn Fire Department District Engineer 5...

Companies in Battalion 53 1930 - 1931 Battalion 53 E295 E306 E313 L144 L152 L164 1931 - 1952 Battalion 53 E295 E306 E313 E320 L144 L152 L164 L167 1952 - 1956 Battalion 53 E251 E295 E306 E313 E320 L144 L152 L164 L167 1956 - 1961 Battalion 53 E251 E306 E313 E320...

Battalion 53 serves in northeastern Queens and in the neighborhoods surrounding Little Neck Bay. Among them are Bayside, Oakland Gardens, Douglaston, Bay Terrace, Little Neck and Glen Oaks. Battalion 53 Organized 40-18 214th Pl, Queens 1930 with Engine 306 Battalion 53 Relocated...