VARIOUS NEWS REPORTS.....
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On 9-27-25.... REST IN PEACE BROTHER....THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE BOTH MILITARY (US NAT. GUARD) & FDNY. .....his Son In Law is a LT OTJ.
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I would say ......1st photo .....skid pump (about the size of a wood pallet is in a trailer behind 258s Pumper
2nd photo.....possibly a much later era FDNY Communication's Unit pieece of equipment
Some 708 Box history.....Prior to the demolition of the area to build the Bushwick / Hylan Houses on a 16 acre site Box 708 was Bushwick Ave & Moore St.....Box 701 was Morrell & Moore Sts.....after clearing the area Morrell St ( which ran several blocks from Flushing Ave to Siegel St.) was...
SQ*1 ...1980 AMERICAN LA FRANCE .... the first experimental painting of the Crew Cab portion of the roof white to reduce heat .......
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ENG*232 ..1975 MACK outside the BKLYN TIN HOUSE Rockaway Ave & Bergen St ......232 disbanded 1988....
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^^^ Not really ....moving farther North (Jackson Heights) or East (Corona) the workload would sstill have been heavy......what did happen at one point was BN*52 was given some of BN* 46's response area in the eastern part of Corona along Northern Blvd closer to Shea Stadium.
Some further observations of mine on BN*59.... Originally when BN*59 was placed at ENG*275 they were supposed to lighten up the workload of BN*50 & BN*54.....during the "supposed" fiscal crisis in 1975 the 59 was closed....to fill in somewhat BN*51 was moved from ENG*294 to ENG*308 ...this...
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