E326 was organized on W 8th St on 8/16/1939 and was disbanded on 10/1/1952 and reorganized as Engine 251 in Queens.
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7/26/21 Brooklyn 4th Alarm Box 3534
- Thread starter Signal73
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Engines 244, 245, 326, 318What were the four engines and one ladder?
Ladder 161
Battalion 43
Weren't E-318 and L-166 established together?Engines 244, 245, 326, 318
Ladder 161
Battalion 43
Yes, they were organized 11/1/1929.Weren't E-318 and L-166 established together?
Sorry - CI had 4 engines, 2 trucks and a BC. Sorry for not including L 166.Weren't E-318 and L-166 established together?
Engines 244, 245, 326, 318
Ladder 161, 166
Battalion 43
Old Engine 244 firehouse on W 15th Street - disbanded 1968 just in time for the War Years and CI fires. This was an old BFD firehouse (E 44 BFD)
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Old quarters for E 245, E 326, L 161, B 43 - old volunteer FH to left was original quarters of E 245 - current W 8th Street firehouse built on site in 1971 (E 245 relocated to E 318, E 326 was disbanded, L 161 relocated to empty fire house of disbanded Engine 244, B 43 relocated to E 246 while current firehouse was built 1968-1971.
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CI used to have 4 engines, 1 H&L, 1 battalion chief.
CI had 4 engines, 2 trucks and a BC. CI had a history of huge year round crowds, large hotels, amusement parks, bath houses and frequent multiple alarms. It also had one of the city's high pressure water systems which an engine could hook up to and operate a line from. This system, with its "stubby" fire hydrants, would be manually turned on for working fires by request of the Bklyn dispatcher and was operational into the 1970s.