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Yes it is, and until the 1970s Box 3505 Baileyy Avenue at Albany crescent) brought only a two and two on the initial first alarm response... 81 75. 46 33. Bn 19 E79 on the All Hands 7-5 signal 95 48 43. 37. Bn 15 on the 2d alarm Of course some of these units have moved since then. Bn 27...

E38 was never assigned anywhere near 3d due at this box. As I said, third or fourth alarm for them. I don't know what Barb would have to do with this. I agree that Barb messed things up in a lot of instances, but not in this case. That E38 was assigned third due was just an indication of a lot...

Not sure I understand what you are saying here.

That was my point. Must have been a lot going on for E38 to be assigned 3d due. I'm guessing but they probably wouldn't go until the third or fourth alarm.

Must have been a lot of stuff going on at the same time. E38 third due? Many companies out of sequence...43, 75, 79, 95, 52, 88, 62, etc. Same with the truck companies. Queens companies taking up residence in the Bronx these days.

Iona and Bryant (in Rhode Island) also have gone Big U in recent years.

My high school was over at Lincoln center. Never had much to do with the east side. So if Manhattan companies "respond" via the subway is there equipment available on the island for them to man, like for governors Island? Just curious how this operates.

I went to high school in Manhattan. Never heard of a subway to welfare Island. What did I miss?

From some of the newsreels it looked like cars in the 52nd precinct fleet were also flooded. Any info on this?

This should have been the box that went out for the water main break that happened earlier in the week. The old physical red alarm box was located on Webster Avenue where where Botanical Square, east 201st Street, and East Moshslou Parkway South all converge at Frisch Field. Before the War...

And 27-2 went into 27s old quarters on 176th Street as Ladder 58 awaiting their own quarters to be completed adjacent to engine 45.

Thanks guys for verifying my memory of what my dad told me. Guess I haven't lost it all yet.

Was the signal 5-5-5-5 ever actually transmitted over the telegraph bells? I was never present at a firehouse to actually hear that signal but swear I recall seeing it on the chalkboard. I believe I was told that when it was sent the watch man was to listen to WNYF radio (or the rig radios...

That Walsh guy, they always said he was clairvoyant. Or maybe it snowed in August 1944?

Entropy, This is a terrific post. So much history to read between the lines. These journals were not an account of Firehouse goings on but rather an official record of company operations. Those with military experience will recognize them as the CQ or officer of the day journals, upon which...

It was VE day. The war in Europe was over. The recall for continuous duty was nothing more than all hands on deck for the coming celebrations. I am not privy to the details of the "confidential orders" but do know the FDNY had many operational plans not of public knowledge based on the...

Sure that wasn't L27 fast rather than 37?

Lieutenant John J. Kelly #7 (I believe there were nine of them at one point) later worked in Rescue 5 on Staten Island (I believe he helped organize it), Captain of Ladder 5 down in the village, and Chief of Battalion 14 back in this firehouse. Worked all through the war years, retiring in 1969...

Fast work by the East Bronx Brothers. 9 minutes from 10-75 to AVFND. The response pattern looks like something out of Brooklyn. Three out of four first alarm companies are single engines. Long haul for Ls 61 and 41; their partner engines Way down on the second alarm. L47 unavailable?