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^^^^^^ Initially when we first moved into the then new Firehouse on 8-9-71 there were water problems in the basement (actually every time we stopped by to watch the hole being dug during construction they were pumping out water ) it turned out that there was an underground Spring that actually fed the old Breweries in the area & the natural path was disturbed by the excavating of the block long sized combination Firehouse & Police Station....the water not only crept into the new bldg but also ran down the Subway tracks....the City did some waterproofing adding a thick 2 to 3 inch layer to the cellar floor & up several feet all around the inside of the whole bldg & additional drainage was provided in the Subway as the redirected water from around the bldg wound up on the tracks.
 
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^^^^^^ Initially when we first moved into the then new Firehouse on 8-9-71 there were water problems in the basement (actually every time we stopped by to watch the hole being dug during construction they were pumping out water ) it turned out that there was an underground Spring that actually fed the old Breweries in the area & the natural path was disturbed by the excavating of the block long sized combination Firehouse & Police Station....the water not only crept into the new bldg but also ran down the Subway tracks....the City did some waterproofing adding a thick 2 to 3 inch layer to the cellar floor & up several feet all around the inside of the whole bldg & additional drainage was provided in the Subway as the redirected water from around the bldg wound up on the tracks.
But of course! The breweries would locate near an underground spring, free source of water. Although I am unfamiliar with that neighborhood I bet that goes back to the 1800s. Thanks for that great bit of history Chief.
 
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Thank you very much Chief for passing this entire collection of the FDNY onto us, as we all look back
 
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I remember a few times in the 80's when a truck went OOS and there where no spares. The company got a pick up truck
 

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Engine 36 - Disbanded 2003

ENGINE 36 MANHATTAN ORG. 1849 Park Ave. FQ SBE-36 (Jan. 1, 1868) RELOC. 104 E. 126th St. (Temp.) (Aug. 31, 1893) NQTRS. 1849 Park Ave. (May 31, 1894) RELOC. 120 E. 125th St. FQ L-14 (Apr. 17, 1975) RELOC. 2282 3rd Ave. At E-35 (Sep. 18, 2000) RQTRS. 120 E. 125th St. (Dec. 15, 2000) DISB. (May 25, 2003)

1849 Park Avenue firehouse 1894-1975:

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120 E 125th Street firehouse (former quarters Ladder 14, Battalion 12, Battalion 12-2) - Engine 36 quarters 1975-2003:
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Engine 36 Runs and Workers 1975-2002:

Year Engine Runs EMS Workers OSW
1975 36 4280 0 3087 0
1976 36 4420 0 3265 0
1977 36 3996 0 2856 0
1978 36 3686 0 2469 0
1979 36 2579 0 1387 0
1980 36 2887 0 1607 0
1981 36 2625 0 1359 0
1982 36 2430 0 1326 0
1983 36 2319 0 1275 258
1984 36 2231 0 1197 0
1985 36 2278 0 1265 270
1986 36 2166 0 1176 215
1987 36 2392 0 1212 204
1988 36 2685 0 1442 255
1989 36 2643 0 1427 269
1990 36 2850 0 1430 213
1991 36 2898 0 1479 226
1992 36 3148 0 1531 333
1993 36 3004 0 1441 311
1994 36 2808 0 1232 264
1995 36 2698 0 1372 248
1996 36 2457 151 1409 188
1997 36 2859 626 1644 239
1998 36 2891 687 1703 219
1999 36 2960 691 1763 230
2000 36 2932 699 1700 213
2001 36 2845 690 1580 172
2002 36 2759 768 1669 194


Engine 36 medals:

FF Dennis Ryer Engine 36 - James Gordon Bennett Medal 1894:


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FF Harry A. Leech, April 10, 1935 Prentice Medal

CAPT Theron A. Bingham, January 18, 1962, Johnson Medal

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Engine 36:

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Engine 36 LODDs

FF John Banks, March 31, 1894

FF Andrew B George, January 3, 1939


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FF Emile A Steiner, May 22, 1944

FF Elbert Hardman, January 9, 1945


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FF Nelson L Tuite, January 9, 1945

Killed w/ FF Hardman when caught under a collapsing wall while operating a deck gun in front of a burning 6-story warehouse involved in a 4-alarm fire. The hose wagon was destroyed.


FF Philip C Smith, October 5, 1968

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RIP. Never forget.
 

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Civil Defense Pumper being used as a Spare on a Harlem Sunday morning.... note Wooden Scaling Ladder on top & the Loftus Suction Collector mounted on the running board....all CD Pumpers carried the Collector.... (photo by Paul Thayer provided by RET FF Mike Higham) ... www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=484361310059989&set=gm.2128466823977555&__cft__[0]=AZXCmJXq5oCdeSG7mhwAyejIn3mngdoiCGcF5fJ6Ev_U_OhSVGPJaYxNUzXo7LvKtUJPQvdeQxf7V0eNHp90BW8TLVdiXUf2SnlOi8A8FhYKi1G3sMkap2Ue8LYIs4DMZ2qWNvbJmyQl5RVti2T9UBIZtIEvgm7Y_pDrr_qK3SOVZw-BcAM2XmOpLhwXV8SjVc8&__tn__=EH-R
 
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^^^^^^
^^^^^^^ The Loftus Suction Collector1646518627986.pngwas designed by Chief Peter Loftus who was a former COD in the FDNY ( a Relative of Joe & Mike Loftus)....it was primarily a WW2/post WW2 appliance which could be used if there was an attack on US soil that crippled the water mains....as in the name "collector" it collected any available lines w/water no matter how low the pressure was into a Pumper intake as a water source .....the CD pumper's were never used during an actual attack (which never occurred here in the US) but were around for many years & by the '60s became a valuable resource as part of (or maybe a majority of the FDNY spare pool)... the early models of these Rig's themselves had no muffler & were very loud plus Buckeye "exhaust whistle equipped".....many ENG's had these models as there regular Rig aside from the bunch that were designated as CD (Civil Defense) Pumpers.... the CD Pumpers certainly were FDNY workhorses in the late '50s/early'60s.
 
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