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68jk09 said:
Looks like ENG*207 destroyed at the A&S Dept store warehouse Multiple at Water & Jay Sts BKLYN on a Friday afternoon around Oct 1962 ...... www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-FDNY-Fire-Truck-Disaster-Picture-Photo/143323792013?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3Dbe571940fafe482cb409f54606966f32%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D312667212577%26itm%3D143323792013%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1
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  March 7, 1964 5th alarmer at Box 491.
 
guitarman314 said:
68jk09 said:
Looks like ENG*207 destroyed at the A&S Dept store warehouse Multiple at Water & Jay Sts BKLYN on a Friday afternoon around Oct 1962 ...... www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-FDNY-Fire-Truck-Disaster-Picture-Photo/143323792013?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160323102634%26meid%3Dbe571940fafe482cb409f54606966f32%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D312667212577%26itm%3D143323792013%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1
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  March 7, 1964 5th alarmer at Box 491.
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WOW Tom i would say you are right...i don't know why i thought it was earlier but i do remember it was a Friday afternoon. 
 
Box 491 was transmitted at 1025, Friday, March 6, 1964.  Full story by Assistant Chief Francis J. Love is in WNYF 2/1964.
 
CLAW TOOL.....this along with the Kelly Tool were carried together by the Irons Man back before the Halligan Tool was invented (& combined the facets of both tools into one)... www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Fire-Department-Halligan-Pry-Bar/193062670792?hash=item2cf36e91c8:g:Mb4AAOSwZ6VdX0~B


 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Hugh-A-Halligan-Tool-Bar/133150595656?hash=item1f0064da48:g:H4EAAOSwctxdYWwg
 
ANYBODY ON HERE IN THIS ?    https://www.ebay.com/itm/N-Y-Firefighters-Burn-Center-Foundation-Bronx-Picture-Framed-Fireman-FDNY/352691324064?hash=item521e0a84a0:g:-VsAAOSwxmldAr8g
 
35 yrs ago today 10-20-84.....  http://www.fdnysbravest.com/Div7NewsletterJuly2018.pdf  CONTINUED REST IN PEACE TO FF SHANDS ENG*297 & ALSO FF JOSEPH KANAVAN ENG*228 who was killed in a similar accident in BKLYN on 1-25-79.....as dangerous as being in a Fire bldg is .... being outside on the street is dangerous also ...remain alert at all times when out of the Rig for any reason even while backing into qtrs.


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the car fire in which tony shands was struck and killed generated the job to change car fires from a 10-19(one unit) to a 10-18(1E & 1L)
 
I also think this incident caused the removal of the rear booster line from future rigs, continue to Rest In Peace FF Shands
 
I was in 94 Engine in the Hunts Point section of the South BX in 1978 and we would have 4 guys on the back step. 2 SCBA?s in the hose bed and we were ready to go. I was coming back from Manhattan on the subway, going to the Firehouse. I have shorts, sneakers and t-shirt on. 94 is driving by, jump on back step with My Boys and go back to quarters...
 
FORMER FIRE SALVAGE 4 THEN & NOW.....  scroll through article.... https://ltvsquad.com/2015/09/10/flushing-airport-fire-salvage-and-the-only-nyc-fire-rig-to-ever-be-abandoned/?fbclid=IwAR1o7d6z4F4Ynu92bOZ5moG7wM_DwmWGwL0TRtNRxXWVYP_7DGGVj5wyLaM
 
68jk09 said:
FORMER FIRE SALVAGE 4 THEN & NOW.....  scroll through article.... https://ltvsquad.com/2015/09/10/flushing-airport-fire-salvage-and-the-only-nyc-fire-rig-to-ever-be-abandoned/?fbclid=IwAR1o7d6z4F4Ynu92bOZ5moG7wM_DwmWGwL0TRtNRxXWVYP_7DGGVj5wyLaM
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I believe Engine Co 38 also had a similar rig (as Eng 305).

I think Enging 38 later became Salvage 3, operating out of the former quarters of Engine Co 48 on Webster Ave.

When Salvage 3 was closed and the firehouse was vacant, I believe it was the scene of Two separate Second Alarm fires.
 
nfd2004 said:
68jk09 said:
FORMER FIRE SALVAGE 4 THEN & NOW.....  scroll through article.... https://ltvsquad.com/2015/09/10/flushing-airport-fire-salvage-and-the-only-nyc-fire-rig-to-ever-be-abandoned/?fbclid=IwAR1o7d6z4F4Ynu92bOZ5moG7wM_DwmWGwL0TRtNRxXWVYP_7DGGVj5wyLaM
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I believe Engine Co 38 also had a similar rig (as Eng 305).

I think Enging 38 later became Salvage 3, operating out of the former quarters of Engine Co 48 on Webster Ave.

When Salvage 3 was closed and the firehouse was vacant, I believe it was the scene of Two separate Second Alarm fires.
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ENG*91-2 had a new one in '69.....ENG*242 had one which became the original Rig when SQ*1 was re organized in BKLYN in December 1977.
 
Yes, the Goodyear blimps moored there during the 1965 World's Fair. PD aviation had a spot there also. To the local's it was known as 'Speeds' airport. Linden place was always flooded after 5 drops of rain it seemed and Queens Transit's Q25/34 came through Linden Place which curved into 23rd avenue on it's way to 5th avenue & 119 street in College Point, the last stop northbound. That was the 'Orange Bus' as opposed to the 'Green Bus' of the NYCTA.
 
The Mack R model in the airport was originally Engine 277's rig. It went elsewhere in 1972 when it was replaced by a CF model Mack.
 
OLD STATEN ISLAND FIREHOUSES.... https://www.silive.com/timecapsule/2016/03/vintage_photos_of_staten_islan_2.html
 
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