10/17/23 Brooklyn All Hands Box 0845

[UnitWithTheUrgent]

Address: 2055 Fulton St. off Rockaway Ave.

Fire on the roof of a 3 story 20x60 mixed occupancy

Box loaded up due to calls - 14:29

B-44: 10-75 - 14:32

H&L-175 FAST

B-44: All Hands - Fire on the roof - Water on the fire - 14:38

D-15: 2 L/S, 1 L/O - 14:45

D-15: PWH - 14:50

D-15: Under Control - 14:54

Duration: 27 Min.

Maybe:
E-233, 231, 227, 332
L-176, 120, 175F
B-44, 37
R-2
SQ-252
D-15
RAC-2

Relocations:
E-235 to E-231
E-309 to E-233
L-146 to L-120

 

[AuxWarYearsCapt]

Address: 2055 Fulton St. off Rockaway Ave.

Fire on the roof of a 3 story 20x60 mixed occupancy

Box loaded up due to calls - 14:29

B-44: 10-75 - 14:32

H&L-175 FAST

B-44: All Hands - Fire on the roof - Water on the fire - 14:38

D-15: 2 L/S, 1 L/O - 14:45

D-15: PWH - 14:50

D-15: Under Control - 14:54

Duration: 27 Min.

Maybe:
E-233, 231, 227, 332
L-176, 120, 175F
B-44, 37
R-2
SQ-252
D-15
RAC-2

332 / 175. On the box

Address: 2055 Fulton St. off Rockaway Ave.

Fire on the roof of a 3 story 20x60 mixed occupancy

Box loaded up due to calls - 14:29

B-44: 10-75 - 14:32

H&L-175 FAST

B-44: All Hands - Fire on the roof - Water on the fire - 14:38

D-15: 2 L/S, 1 L/O - 14:45

D-15: PWH - 14:50

D-15: Under Control - 14:54

Duration: 27 Min.

Maybe:
E-233, 231, 227, 332
L-176, 120, 175F
B-44, 37
R-2
SQ-252
D-15
RAC-2

Relocations:
E-235 to E-231
E-309 to E-233
L-146 to L-120

332 / 175. On the box

 

[68jk09]

I would think 227 before 231.

 

[ta176]

Distance wise 231 is closer than 227. I have the old assignment card and 227 was assigned before 231. 231 is almost 1/2 the distance that 227 has to travel. I guess back then everybody was running so much 1 box more or less didn't matter. In fact 123 was assigned before 120 on the card, 175 on NJ ave. was 2nd due.

 

[E812]

Can you take a picture and send it over the site? I always marvel at the assignment changes

 

[ta176]

The assignment card I have is dated 8/71. Back then the 2 sections of 233 were 1st & 2nd due and 232 was 3rd due. TCU 732 was 1st and 175 was 2nd due. Not many of our boxes at 233 had both sections responding and only 1st & 2nd due and high life hazard was the consideration for that. This box 845 was a train station stop on Fulton St. & Rockaway Ave., so hence the two 233's responded.

 

[1261Truckie]

The assignment card I have is dated 8/71. Back then the 2 sections of 233 were 1st & 2nd due and 232 was 3rd due. TCU 732 was 1st and 175 was 2nd due. Not many of our boxes at 233 had both sections responding and only 1st & 2nd due and high life hazard was the consideration for that. This box 845 was a train station stop on Fulton St. & Rockaway Ave., so hence the two 233's responded.

Ah, da good old days! Second sections and TCU’s.

 

[kidfrmqns]

The assignment card I have is dated 8/71. Back then the 2 sections of 233 were 1st & 2nd due and 232 was 3rd due. TCU 732 was 1st and 175 was 2nd due. Not many of our boxes at 233 had both sections responding and only 1st & 2nd due and high life hazard was the consideration for that. This box 845 was a train station stop on Fulton St. & Rockaway Ave., so hence the two 233's responded.

What about a train station stop made it special that both 233's would respond? Love learning the history of the 60's, 70's and 80's.

 

[ta176]

Back then the subways were so crowded usually standing room only. Everyone commuted to Manhattan for work and they were safe to ride. So if there was a fire in the subway you had evacuation problems with the hordes of people and of course the fire. The second section was disbanded on Nov. 24, 1972, reorganized L176 with most of the men coming from E233-2. Their response to that box, L176, was only 5 blocks, so now we had a truck and engine very close on the box. And of course 232 was right there also. The Tin House with 232 &176 was on Rockaway Ave. & Bergen St..

 

[kidfrmqns]

Back then the subways were so crowded usually standing room only. Everyone commuted to Manhattan for work and they were safe to ride. So if there was a fire in the subway you had evacuation problems with the hordes of people and of course the fire. The second section was disbanded on Nov. 24, 1972, reorganized L176 with most of the men coming from E233-2. Their response to that box, L176, was only 5 blocks, so now we had a truck and engine very close on the box. And of course 232 was right there also. The Tin House with 232 &176 was on Rockaway Ave. & Bergen St..

Never realized that 233-2 was at Hull St and was disbanded to create 176. I thought 176 was formed from a TCU. Great info, thanks!

 

[ta176]

I think that was thought of the TCU members, that were to become 176. We did get 4 guys from TCU and 7 from other Companies. I thought there was some kind of problem with John T. O'Hagan and them, that's why they were disbanded. The other problem we had was that we needed Truck Chauffeurs so we received 4 regular drivers that were in TCU and then started training in the company.

 

[ta176]

On Nov. 24, 1972 8 other companies were disbanded. It wasn't like FDNY was slowing down, because runs and workers continued to increase in numbers. We were in between 120 & 123 and doing 5000 runs each. We were only 4 blocks from either company.