Battalion 57 was organized during the War Years to split the area and the workload of the 34th Battalion in Bedford Stuyvesant. The two battalions both existed for 20 years until 1989 when Battalion 34 was disbanded.
Battalion 57
Organized
206 Monroe St, Brooklyn
1969
with Engine 235...
San Diego assigned 5 engines and 2 ladders per alarm.
National City, Coronado, and Chula Vista were also on the scene.
Federal FD had 10 engines and 2 ladders available to use (2 additional engines are on San Clemente Island)
San Diego was simultaneously working a major MVA response and a 1st...
Major port cities with a large US Navy presence use Navy resources for mutual aid. (San Diego, Bremerton, Norfolk)
The city of San Diego has not had a large fireboat for many years.
South Brooklyn, so named for being in the southern portion of the original City of Brooklyn and the Red Hook neighborhood, have had an organizational battalion presence from the inception of the Brooklyn Fire Department in 1869. Originally covered by the 1st District in Red Hook and the 2nd...
Battalion 8 is one of the original battalions that was organized when the career fire department was formed in 1869. While the east side of Midtown Manhattan can be characterized in many ways, high population density, affluence, commerce, transportation and government describe the key...
The objective (scientific) approach evaluates the potential impact of a company closure on the remaining companies. This involves considerable analysis, particularly if several different closures are being considered. The results are frequently 'counter intuitive' and often 'politically...
New York County (Manhattan) includes the East River to its eastern banks. Randalls and Roosevelt Islands, in the middle of the river, are in New York County. Engine 49, a combination engine and ladder company, was located on the island until disbanded in 1958. The island's population is...
On the northern tip of Manhattan Island, Battalion 13 is another geographically isolated battalion. The ridge which dominates its geography includes the highest land elevation on the island at 265 feet above sea level. Surrounded by parks, it includes the Inwood and Washington Heights...
Bronx South Division
Unlike most other FDNY units which generally remain in the same area, Divisions have been renumbered on several occasions, appearing to have moved in the process. In fact, the same basic ten geographic divisions have been relatively constant historically, only changing...
Among the smallest in area, Battalion 1 is also one of the most geographically isolated battalions. Home of one of the world's most significant financial centers (New York Stock Exchange, the World Trade Center, international banking institutions) and numerous government buildings, it is...
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