(9-28) Newark, NJ, Fourth Alarm Fire

Darrell · Tuesday at 8:32 AM

48, 48 1/2, and 50 MLK Blvd (MLK @ Bloomfield Ave)
Fire in a three story residential

First Alarm: (MAYBE)

E9, E15, E7, E28
L7, L6, L11F
B3, B1
D1
R1

Second Alarm: (Again, also Maybe)

E13, E5, E6
L5, L8
B5

Third Alarm: (Maybe)

E11, E10, E14
L4, L10
B4

Fourth Alarm:

E16, E27, E18
L12, L?
B?

Relocations:
Bloomfield E3 Act E?? - Told to continue in to the Box.

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ZombieFire · Tuesday at 8:50 AM

What I got from this IG post is 48, 48 1/2, and 50 MLK Blvd

entropychaser · Tuesday at 9:48 AM

From 1957:

Station 3148 Bloomfield Ave. and Webster Street

First Alarm
Engines 9, 23, 4, 5
Ladders 2, 7
BC 3, Dep 3 Salvage Wagon 1

Second Alarm
Engines 22, 2, 7, 28
Ladder 6
BC 1, Rescue Squad 1 Searchlight 1
Relocations E8 to 9, E17 to 15 L2 to 9

Third Alarm

Engines 13, 11, 20
Ladder 3
Relocators E10, 3 L4

Fourth Alarm

Engines 3, 1, 5
BC 2

Fifth Alarm
Engines 6, 12, 10
Ladder 11
BC 5

grumpy grizzly · Tuesday at 9:54 AM

entropychaser said:
From 1957:

Station 3148 Bloomfield Ave. and Webster Street

First Alarm
Engines 9, 23, 4, 5
Ladders 2, 7
BC 3, Dep 3 Salvage Wagon 1

Second Alarm
Engines 22, 2, 7, 28
Ladder 6
BC 1, Rescue Squad 1 Searchlight 1
Relocations E8 to 9, E17 to 15 L2 to 9

Third Alarm

Engines 13, 11, 20
Ladder 3
Relocators E10, 3 L4

Fourth Alarm

Engines 3, 1, 5
BC 2

Fifth Alarm
Engines 6, 12, 10
Ladder 11
BC 5

What is the Salvage Wagon? No Rescue response until the second alarm or were they unavailable on the initial alarm?

entropychaser · Tuesday at 11:14 AM

Grump, just like the dope who reads the news on TV, all I've got is the printed NFD fire alarm stations and assignments from 1957.

fdhistorian · Tuesday at 4:45 PM

Newark established Salvage Co 1 in 1951 when the Underwriters Protective Association was discontinued. The apparatus was listed as Engine 38.

Salvage Co 2 was established in 1957 and the apparatus was listed as Engine 39.

On 4 engine 1st alarms, Rescue responded on the 1st.
On 3 engine 1st alarms, Rescue responded on the 2nd.
Usually that is - Station 3148 was different

Skyler Fire · 2025-10-01T01:32:21-0400

As per the run card

Darrell · 2025-10-01T08:47:15-0400

Skyler Fire said:
As per the run card View attachment 52127

What is "FB" on the run card?

Skyler Fire · 2025-10-01T08:48:22-0400

Darrell said:
What is "FB" on the run card?

Fire Boat.

fdhistorian · 2025-10-01T10:35:37-0400

2025

1934

E9, E23, E4, E15, E22, E2, E7, E28, E13, E11, E20, E3, E1, E5, E6, E12, E10, E8, E14, E16, E27, E17, E18, E29, E21, E26, E19, E24, E32

T2, T7, T6, T3, T11, T1, T5, T8, T4, T9, T10, T12, T14, T13

BC3, BC1, BC2, BC5, BC4

Darrell · 2025-10-01T11:06:32-0400

fdhistorian said:
2025

View attachment 52135

1934

E9, E23, E4, E15, E22, E2, E7, E28, E13, E11, E20, E3, E1, E5, E6, E12, E10, E8, E14, E16, E27, E17, E18, E29, E21, E26, E19, E24, E32

T2, T7, T6, T3, T11, T1, T5, T8, T4, T9, T10, T12, T14, T13

BC3, BC1, BC2, BC5, BC4

Lot of Disbanded Co's over the years, what happened to L14 and L13? Can't find em on the list of Disbanded Co's.

fdhistorian · 2025-10-01T12:15:26-0400

Darrell said:
Lot of Disbanded Co's over the years, what happened to L14 and L13? Can't find em on the list of Disbanded Co's.

L13 and L14 were proposed in the late 1920's but never organized

Skyler Fire · 2025-10-01T12:45:53-0400

fdhistorian said:
L13 and L14 were proposed in the late 1920's but never organized

13 was supposed to go with E19? and where was 14 going?

fdhistorian · 2025-10-01T13:34:32-0400

The late 1920's proposal was for L13 with E21 which was going into a new station on 18th Ave in 1932. Instead L12 and E26 joined them.
L14 was proposed for E19.

In the 1960's, a ladder was again proposed at E19. This time it was L13, and again, it didn't happen.