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Battalion 58 was initially organized as the second section of Battalion 44 in Brownsville. In 1969, Battalion 44-2 was renumbered as Battalion 58 to cover the Canarsie neighborhood with companies reassigned from Battalions 33, 41, and 44.

Battalion 44-2Organized107 Watkins St, Brooklyn1965with Engine 231
Battalion 44-2Disbandedto organize Battalion 581969
Battalion 58Organized107 Watkins St, Brooklyn1969with Engine 231, from Battalion 44-2
Battalion 58Relocated5105 Snyder Ave, Brooklyn1971with Engine 310
Battalion 58Relocated1361 Rockaway Pkwy, Brooklyn1995with Engine 257
 
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Battalion 58 was initially organized as the second section of Battalion 44 in Brownsville. In 1969, Battalion 44-2 was renumbered as Battalion 58 to cover the Canarsie neighborhood with companies reassigned from Battalions 33, 41, and 44.

Battalion 44-2Organized107 Watkins St, Brooklyn1965with Engine 231
Battalion 44-2Disbandedto organize Battalion 581969
Battalion 58Organized107 Watkins St, Brooklyn1969with Engine 231, from Battalion 44-2
Battalion 58Relocated5105 Snyder Ave, Brooklyn1971with Engine 310
Battalion 58Relocated1361 Rockaway Pkwy, Brooklyn1995with Engine 257

Companies in Battalion 58

1969 - 1973Battalion 58E257E310E323L170L174
1973 - 1976Battalion 58E257E283E310L170L174Sq4
1976 - 1979Battalion 58E257E283E310L170L174
1979 -Battalion 58E257E283E310E323L170L174
 
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Engine 239 medals:


JACOB J. FERBER FF. ENG. 239 FEB. 26, 1921 1922 JAMES GORDON BENNETT


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FF Ferber was awarded the 1922 James Gordon Bennett Medal for heroic rescues at a 3-story tenement fire at 571 Union Street. FF Ferber was driving the Battalion Chief Gaw. On arrival, FF Ferber could not gain access to a trapped family on the 3rd floor because the stairs were burning. FF Ferber went to the rear of the building and improvised access, tearing a shutter off the building and using it to reach a window ledge. He then worked his way to the roof of the adjoining building and used a ladder there to reach the 3rd floor and the trapped family. FF Ferber then moved them back to the ladder through the smoke. He then passed them to another firefighter over the ladder to reach safety. FF Ferber received burns during the rescue.

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FRANCIS J. MC LAUGHLIN FF. ENG. 239 JAN. 29, 1968 1969 BROOKLYN CITIZENS

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ROBERT W. SURREY FF. ENG. 239 JAN. 29, 1968 1969 TREVOR-WARREN

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Engine 239 medals:


GREGORY J. DONNELL FF. ENG. 239 OFF DUTY OCT. 4, 1985 1986 DE FRANCO


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KEVIN M. O'ROURKE FF. ENG. 239 SQD-1 NOV. 22, 1987 1988 FIRE MARSHALS

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LODD - FF Kevin M. O'Rourke, Rescue 2, lost his life at the WTC, September 11, 2001.

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Engine 239 medals:

NEIL MALONE FF. ENG. 239 2007 DOUGHERTY


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Firefighter Neil Malone of Engine Company 239 in Brooklyn won the Thomas Dougherty Medal for digging through bricks, dirt and concrete slabs after a construction accident in June 2006, saving the life of a construction worker trapped beneath the rubble.


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Engine 239 rescue - Thanksgiving Day 2011:



Hero firefighters who saved infant from Thanksgiving blaze caused by lit cigarette tell their stories

By JOHN DOYLE and MATTHEW LYSIAK AND TRACY CONNOR
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
NOV 26, 2011 AT 1:21 AM

Scorched interior of apartment on President St. after a Thanksgiving Day blaze. Eight-month-old Josiah Alexis was rescued from the inferno by four of the Bravest.


The baby hadn't taken a breath for 51/2 minutes and there was no heartbeat.

Firefighter Neil Malone, who had given the infant mouth-to-mouth to no avail, knew the difference between life and death would be measured in seconds.

"I was working against the clock," he said. "It didn't look good."

Yet Malone and the paramedics did not give up on the tiny boy whose lungs had been filled with smoke from a Thanksgiving Day inferno.

And then, in the cramped confines of an FDNY ambulance, just before the six-minute mark, came twin miracles: a pulse and a small snortlike cough.

"It's like a song to your ears to hear that baby get its breath on its own," Malone said.

"It was the best Thanksgiving I ever had."

The boy, 8-month-old Josiah Alexis, was still fighting for his life on Friday as Malone and his Bravest brothers recounted the heroic efforts to save him from the fire.

A cigarette touching a mattress sparked the blaze on President St. in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The residents tried to drag it out and wound up trapped in a hell of heat and smoke.

Firefighter Richard Myers of Rescue 2 arrived on the scene to find one injured man on an awning after he fled the flames — and a woman retreating inside from a third-floor window.

He grabbed a ladder off the truck and climbed up. Inside, the woman, Justine Alexis, 20, was sitting on a bed, staring at him.

"She said, 'My baby is inside! My baby is inside!' " Myers recalled. "I cleared the glass and grabbed her. She was bleeding bad. I lowered her onto the ladder.

"I put on my mask and climbed through the window. . . . There was a guy on the floor at the base of the bed, unconscious."

He lifted up the man and passed him off to a firefighter in a bucket.

Meanwhile, members of Squad 1 charged up the stairs with a hose and extinguished the flames consuming the back rooms.

Firefighter Dave Newbery , 39, of Rescue 2, followed them through the apartment into the front room, where the baby was found, unconscious, in a corner.

Newbery grabbed the soot-covered child and ran for the stairs.

"I was doing mouth-to-mouth on the baby on the way down," he recalled.

He handed off the baby to Firefighter Andrew Hartshorne, who normally works at Ladder 110 in downtown Brooklyn but was assisting a battalion chief on the holiday. Malone, who was treating a bleeding man on the sidewalk, got someone else to tend to the man and hurried to help Hartshorne resuscitate the baby.

"The baby was limp. He was not breathing. He was in cardiac arrest," said Malone, 54, who was driving the truck for Engine 239.

The 28-year veteran used his mouth to force little puffs of air into Josiah's lungs, then switched to an air bag that did it mechanically. Hartshorne, 36, rhythmically pressed down on the tot's chest.

"It was chaotic without a doubt," the nine-year veteran said.

Newbery, Hartshorne and Malone got the child onto a stretcher and wheeled it toward an ambulance down the street. Malone knew that brain cells begin to die after five minutes without oxygen — and Josiah had stopped breathing before that.

"Every second, every minute is crucial," he said.

He got into the ambulance with the limp child.

"The baby was unresponsive," he said. "He had no heartbeat, no respirations."

Fewer than 30 seconds later, Malone finally heard the baby's cough — proof that Josiah was alive.

In fact, everyone had survived, thanks to the speed, bravery and determination of uniformed rescuers working on a day most people spend with family. Later, Hartshorne said he had only done what he does every day.

"You have a lifeless 1-year-old and you do what your training taught you to do," he said.

Myers said he didn't mind working the holiday, and the outcome of the rescue was thanks enough for him.

"I'm just glad it all worked out," he said. "Knowing they are all alive — it felt good."






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Engine 239 rescue - May 9, 2009:



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A city firefighter jumped into the polluted waters of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn to save a driver from his sinking car. Richard Staiti needed a hepatitis shot after his time in the canal, notorious for industrial pollution. He had gone in to get the driver of a Volvo that went in the water early Saturday.

Staiti ended up spending more time in the water than necessary, after he was told there had been children in the car. That turned out not to be true.
Police charged the car’s operator with drunken driving.

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Firefighters from Engine 239 rescued a man from a car sinking in the Gowanus Canal on May 9.

The members were called to the scene at Bond and Degraw streets in Brooklyn at 12:32 a.m. The vehicle had crashed through the guard rail and fallen into the canal about 30 to 50 feet from the shore.

Upon arrival, firefighters from Engine 239 saw a man submerged up to his neck in the water and waving for help. Firefighter Richard Staiti removed his bunker coat and was secured to a tether by Firefighter Darrell Couch, who then entered the water up to his waist to ensure Firefighter Staiti was not pulled away by the strong current. Wearing his bunker pants, but no diving gear, Firefighter Staiti swam to the victim and pulled him to shore.
Once they reached safety, the man indicated there were other victims in the car, so Firefighter Staiti returned to the car, broke a window and conducted a search of the vehicle and surrounding area.

Members of Squad 1 then arrived to assist with the search, which turned up negative.

This was the first water rescue for Firefighters Staiti and Couch.

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Members of Engine 239 after rescuing a man from the Gowanus Canal on May 9. (L to R) FF Darrell Couch, FF Frank Staiti from Engine 151, FF Richard Staiti, Capt. Edward Watt, FF Neil Malone, FF Robert Tomasulo, FF John Dearruda and Deputy Chief Michael Halderman of Div. 8.






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New York firefighter injury lawyer news: Veteran FDNY fireman swims toxic Brooklyn canal saving car crash victim!

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New York, NY(Justice News Flash )–A veteran New York firefighter jumped into the highly polluted and toxic Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn on Saturday to pull a driver from the waters after a car crash. As reported by the New York Daily News, after pulling the injured driver from the dangerously polluted canal waters, the heroic fireman, Richard Staiti, of Engine 239 in Park Slope, swam the water in search of children the driver claimed were passengers in the wrecked car.

The driver of the sinking Volvo, 30 year-old Elio Campa, crashed his car into the putrid canal at about 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. Staiti swam the waters for 20 minutes in search of the “kids” in the car. Campa was disoriented and rambling at the crash scene and Staiti discovered no children or any other passengers were in the car at the time of the automobile accident. NYPD police say Campa, a Queens courthouse security guard in Jamiaca, had left a visitation with his daughter in Starrett City some time before he crashed the car into the canal

The driver was transported by emergency medical personnel to New York Methodist Hospital for treatment of his head injury. He was later charged with drunk driving by NYPD motor vehicle collision (MVC) officers. The veteran Brooklyn firefighter had to go through an hour long decontamination process and receive two shots because he swallowed the toxic canal water in his rescue efforts. The Gowanus Canal is known for its high levels of cancer causing PCBs, raw sewage, venereal bacteria, and is being considered, by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), www.epa.gov a Superfund designation. The federal government’s Superfund list is for the most toxic environmental areas in the nation. Superfund designated sites require immediate clean-up attention by state and federal regulators and the companies responsible for the harmful pollution because they pose a serious injury threat to area residents and consumers.

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Engine 239 news fires events:



1901 - collision w/truck responding - horse hurt:

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1908 - rescue:


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1913 - driver injured returning to quarters:

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1932 - mascot slides pole:

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Engine 239 news fires events:



1932 - Engine 239 member rescues 5:

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1942 - barge fire w/injuries:

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1943 - original Engine 239 member death - 42 years as Engine 239 driver:

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Engine 239 LODD:


FIREFIGHTER ALFRED BAUMAN ENGINE 239 OCTOBER 22, 1896


FF Alfred Bauman died in the line of duty at a multiple alarm factory fire on October 22, 1896. FF Bauman was advancing a hoseline with his Foreman and company members. A collapsed occurred followed by a backdraft. FF Bauman was severely burned and blown out a window into the street. He died in a hospital shortly later. FF Bauman was a member of the Brooklyn Fire Department for two years. He had previously been a soldier in the US Army serving in the Cavalry and Light Artillery. He was wounded in action while in the Army.


Fire:

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Family learns of death:

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Funeral:

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Fund for family:

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Veteran:

FF Bauman was a US Army veteran - Cavalry and Light Artillery.

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Engine 239 LODD:


FIREFIGHTER JAMES DAWE ENGINE 239 November 29, 1902


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Fireman James Dawe of Engine 139 (now Engine 239) lost his life after falling from a fire escape. He was at work on a fourth floor fire escape on the side of the building trying to get in a window when he missed his footing and fell headfirst. The force of his fall was stayed somewhat by his body striking Assistant Foreman William Schiebel of Engine Company 124, who was at work on the fire escape directly below him. The blow was a glancing one and while it nearly caused the Assistant Foreman to lose his hold and go headlong to the courtyard below, did not prevent the fireman from striking the ground with great force. Dawe fell about forty feet. He died from his injuries at Seney Hospital soon after arriving. He was married and the father of a child. The fire at 724 Carroll Street did $8,000 in damage. -from "The Last Alarm"


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Engine 239 LODD:


FIREFIGHTER JOSEPH MCNAMARA ENGINE 239 October 17, 1937


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Firefighter Joseph McNamara, Engine 239, died from smoke inhalation fighting a fire at 311 8th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, October 17, 1937.


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Park Slope/Gowanus:


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Park Slope name origin:

Park Slope's name refers to the upward sloping of the area’s streets toward Prospect Park. Back in the late 19th century, when the area was more or less nameless, a variety of titles were considered, all of them taking into account the park and the slope.

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Gowanus name origin:

Gowanus neighborhood and canal are thought to be named after a long-passed resident and Native American chief, the Canarsee sachem Gouwane. The late leader’s name is often translated as “sleep” or “the sleeper.”

Another possibility is that the neighborhood was named for the Dutch word gouwee, meaning bay.




Park Slope history:




Gowanus history:


 
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