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Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
LT JAMES E. MC MANUS, ENG. 219, DEC. 22, 1914, 1915 HURLEY MEDAL
LT McManus was awarded the Hurley for the rescue of Mrs. Ella Deean at a tenement fire, 817 Dean Street.
CAPT GEORGE J. KLEIN, LAD. 105, OCT. 13, 1917, 1918 BROOKLYN CITIZENS MEDAL
CAPT Klein was awarded the Brooklyn Citizens Medal for heroic actions rescuing, with FF Brosnan and FF Dennin, Ladder 105, fire department members overcome by heat, smoke and gas at a 2nd alarm at 55-59 John Street, October 13, 1917.
FF FREDERICK B. BROSNAN, LAD. 105, OCT. 13, 1917, 1918 CRIMMINS MEDAL
FF Brosnan was awarded the Brooklyn Citizens Medal for heroic actions rescuing, with CAPT Klein and FF Dennin, Ladder 105, fire department members overcome by heat, smoke and gas at a 2nd alarm at 55-59 John Street, October 13, 1917.
FF JOHN S. DENNIN, LAD. 105, OCT. 13, 1917, 1918 HURLEY
FF Dennin was awarded the Brooklyn Citizens Medal for heroic actions rescuing, with CAPT Klein and FF Brosnan, Ladder 105, fire department members overcome by heat, smoke and gas at a 2nd alarm at 55-59 John Street, October 13, 1917.
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
LT JAMES E. MC MANUS, ENG. 219, DEC. 22, 1914, 1915 HURLEY MEDAL
LT McManus was awarded the Hurley for the rescue of Mrs. Ella Deean at a tenement fire, 817 Dean Street.
CAPT GEORGE J. KLEIN, LAD. 105, OCT. 13, 1917, 1918 BROOKLYN CITIZENS MEDAL
CAPT Klein was awarded the Brooklyn Citizens Medal for heroic actions rescuing, with FF Brosnan and FF Dennin, Ladder 105, fire department members overcome by heat, smoke and gas at a 2nd alarm at 55-59 John Street, October 13, 1917.
FF FREDERICK B. BROSNAN, LAD. 105, OCT. 13, 1917, 1918 CRIMMINS MEDAL
FF Brosnan was awarded the Brooklyn Citizens Medal for heroic actions rescuing, with CAPT Klein and FF Dennin, Ladder 105, fire department members overcome by heat, smoke and gas at a 2nd alarm at 55-59 John Street, October 13, 1917.
FF JOHN S. DENNIN, LAD. 105, OCT. 13, 1917, 1918 HURLEY
FF Dennin was awarded the Brooklyn Citizens Medal for heroic actions rescuing, with CAPT Klein and FF Brosnan, Ladder 105, fire department members overcome by heat, smoke and gas at a 2nd alarm at 55-59 John Street, October 13, 1917.
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF JOSEPH P. GERRITY, LAD. 105 FEB. 21, 1937, 1938 BROOKLYN CITIZENS MEDAL
FF Gerrity was awarded the 1938 Brooklyn Citizens Medal for rescuing Florence Linden who was trapped on the 4th floor in a burning apartment at 751 President Street. FF Gerrity, on an aerial ladder, caught Ms Linden when she jumped from the burning building. FF Heagan, Ladder 105, assisted FF Gerrity rescuing the young woman.
FF LEO P. J. HEAGEN, LAD. 105, FEB. 21, 1937, 1938 PRENTICE MEDAL
FF Heagan was awarded the 1938 Prentice Medal for assisting FF Gerrity, Ladder 105, with the rescue of Florence Linden who was trapped on the 4th floor in a burning apartment at 751 President Street. FF Gerrity, on an aerial ladder, caught Ms Linden when she jumped from the burning building and FF Heagan assisted. FF Heagan then rescued Hilda Linden from the same apartment.
FF ROBERT W. LANE, LAD. 105, OCT. 15, 1942, 1943 HUGH BONNER MEDAL
FF Lane was posthumously awarded the 1943 Hugh Bonner medal for heroic action at fire at 90 Lafayette Avenue rescuing Ms. Rose Kane who was trapped on the 3rd floor.
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FF Lane died April 9, 1943, from injuries received in the line of duty while responding to an alarm for fire March 20, 1943.
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF JOSEPH P. GERRITY, LAD. 105 FEB. 21, 1937, 1938 BROOKLYN CITIZENS MEDAL
FF Gerrity was awarded the 1938 Brooklyn Citizens Medal for rescuing Florence Linden who was trapped on the 4th floor in a burning apartment at 751 President Street. FF Gerrity, on an aerial ladder, caught Ms Linden when she jumped from the burning building. FF Heagan, Ladder 105, assisted FF Gerrity rescuing the young woman.
FF LEO P. J. HEAGEN, LAD. 105, FEB. 21, 1937, 1938 PRENTICE MEDAL
FF Heagan was awarded the 1938 Prentice Medal for assisting FF Gerrity, Ladder 105, with the rescue of Florence Linden who was trapped on the 4th floor in a burning apartment at 751 President Street. FF Gerrity, on an aerial ladder, caught Ms Linden when she jumped from the burning building and FF Heagan assisted. FF Heagan then rescued Hilda Linden from the same apartment.
FF ROBERT W. LANE, LAD. 105, OCT. 15, 1942, 1943 HUGH BONNER MEDAL
FF Lane was posthumously awarded the 1943 Hugh Bonner medal for heroic action at fire at 90 Lafayette Avenue rescuing Ms. Rose Kane who was trapped on the 3rd floor.
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FF Lane died April 9, 1943, from injuries received in the line of duty while responding to an alarm for fire March 20, 1943.
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF LEO H. KANGAS, LAD. 105, OCT. 4, 1956, 1957 SCOTT MEDAL
PROB FF JOHN J. BROWNE, JR., LAD. 105, NOV. 11, 1957, 1958 DOUGHERTY MEDAL
FF Browne was awarded the Dougherty Medal for rescuing a man trapped in a burning building November 11. FF Browne was a veteran of Korean War with the Marine Corps. He retired as a Captain with the FDNY and served in Ladder 105, Ladder 26 and Engine 44.
FF JOSEPH L. PETELEY, LAD. 105, FEB. 14, 1958, 1959 TREVOR-WARREN MEDAL
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF LEO H. KANGAS, LAD. 105, OCT. 4, 1956, 1957 SCOTT MEDAL
PROB FF JOHN J. BROWNE, JR., LAD. 105, NOV. 11, 1957, 1958 DOUGHERTY MEDAL
FF Browne was awarded the Dougherty Medal for rescuing a man trapped in a burning building November 11. FF Browne was a veteran of Korean War with the Marine Corps. He retired as a Captain with the FDNY and served in Ladder 105, Ladder 26 and Engine 44.
FF JOSEPH L. PETELEY, LAD. 105, FEB. 14, 1958, 1959 TREVOR-WARREN MEDAL
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
DECEMBER 16, 1960 MID-AIR PLANE COLLISION - PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
FF JOHN C. ROGAN, LAD. 105, DEC. 16, 1960, 1961 MC ELLIGOTT MEDAL
FF JOHN DAILEY, LAD. 105, DEC. 16, 1960, 1961 HUGH BONNER MEDAL
LT JAMES F. BUSH, LAD. 105, DEC. 16, 1960, 1961 PRENTICE MEDAL
FF JOHN J. BROWNE, JR., LAD. 105, DEC. 16, 1960, 1961 DELEHANTY MEDAL
LT Bush, FFs Browne, Dailey and Rogan of Ladder 105 were awarded medals for heroic actions as the 1st due ladder company at the December 16, 1960 mid-air plane crash in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn.
FDNY Plane crash in Brooklyn, Dec. 16, 1960
FDNY firefighters operate in the aftermath of an airplane crash at 7th Avenue and Sterling Place, Brooklyn, on Dec. 16, 1960.
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
DECEMBER 16, 1960 MID-AIR PLANE COLLISION - PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
FF JOHN C. ROGAN, LAD. 105, DEC. 16, 1960, 1961 MC ELLIGOTT MEDAL
FF JOHN DAILEY, LAD. 105, DEC. 16, 1960, 1961 HUGH BONNER MEDAL
LT JAMES F. BUSH, LAD. 105, DEC. 16, 1960, 1961 PRENTICE MEDAL
FF JOHN J. BROWNE, JR., LAD. 105, DEC. 16, 1960, 1961 DELEHANTY MEDAL
LT Bush, FFs Browne, Dailey and Rogan of Ladder 105 were awarded medals for heroic actions as the 1st due ladder company at the December 16, 1960 mid-air plane crash in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn.
FDNY Plane crash in Brooklyn, Dec. 16, 1960
FDNY firefighters operate in the aftermath of an airplane crash at 7th Avenue and Sterling Place, Brooklyn, on Dec. 16, 1960.
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
DECEMBER 16, 1960 MID-AIR PLANE COLLISION - PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
DECEMBER 1960 PLANE CRASH
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At 10:34, on a foggy morning, two planes collided over NYC. One plane crashed at Miller Field in Staten Island. The second plane, struggled to stay aloft only to crash into one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city: Park Slope in Brooklyn. A wing clipped an apartment house as the plane drove into the street and a row of buildings at Sterling Place and Seventh Avenue. An elderly man startled by the crash, pulled the fire alarm box sending Engines 269, 280 & 219 along with Ladders 105 & 132 to Box 1231. The first due units arrived quickly to find 11 buildings in flames. Within minutes Battalion 48 had transmitted a 2nd & 3rd alarms. Lt. Bush of L-105 split his men and tried to cover the flaming fuselage of the plane and a blazing apartment building. As the officer and his team crawled into the burning building, Firemen Rogan & Dailey entered the blazing plane armed with only extinguishers. As Dailey held back the flames, Rogan cut two people from their seats and pulled them from the blazing wreckage. Amazingly the passengers were still alive.
Inside the apartment, heavy fire was filling the first and fifth floors as jet fuel fed flames burned up the outside and in through broken windows and gaps in the damaged structure. Fireman Browne found an elderly woman and together with Lt. Bush carried her to safety. They then found and removed an injured man just as the flaming building collapsed. Within ten minutes of the initial alarm, a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th alarms and special calls for Rescue 1 & 4 had been transmitted. The plane?s fuselage crashed into the Pillar of Fire Church which was completely destroyed by the resulting fire and explosions. Engine companies stretched lines and began battling the row of buildings set ablaze by flaming jet fuel.
The neighborhood was now in a complete panic. Mothers and their children fled from their homes onto the snowy streets. Others opened their doors to a wall of flames and had to escape through the rear. Rumors a school with 1500 students inside had been hit, only increased the drama. (Luckily the school was okay).
Despite the intense heat, and tottering walls, Rescue, Squad and Laddermen moved into the blazing areas covered by attack lines. Team after team advanced across the shattered debris and into the raging fires. In all 38 lines were stretched and operated. Thirty one engines, six ladder companies, three rescue companies, and four special units operated at this fire.
When the smoke finally cleared, the toll was devastating: 84 passengers on the Brooklyn plane were killed. Six people on the ground were killed, fifteen civilians and seventeen firemen were injured. In Staten Island all 44 people on the plane had been killed.
In Brooklyn, 200 off-duty firemen responded and worked at the scene. The firefighting and recovery efforts at this, the worst commercial airline crash (at that time), would go on for several days. For the next several days members of the FDNY combed the wreckage of the crashed airliner, and searched the shattered neighborhood buildings. Pockets of fire were extinguished as the devastation left behind became evident. The six people killed on the ground were: an elderly church caretaker, a sanitation worker shoveling snow, two men selling Christmas trees on the sidewalk, a butcher in his shop and a man walking his dog. A total of 134 people had lost their lives. For their heroic rescues upon arrival, Lt. Bush, Firemen Browne, Dailey and Rogan of Ladder 105 were later awarded medals. John Rogan was also treated at the hospital for second degree burns.
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
DECEMBER 16, 1960 MID-AIR PLANE COLLISION - PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
DECEMBER 1960 PLANE CRASHby WEBADMIN
At 10:34, on a foggy morning, two planes collided over NYC. One plane crashed at Miller Field in Staten Island. The second plane, struggled to stay aloft only to crash into one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the city: Park Slope in Brooklyn. A wing clipped an apartment house as the plane drove into the street and a row of buildings at Sterling Place and Seventh Avenue. An elderly man startled by the crash, pulled the fire alarm box sending Engines 269, 280 & 219 along with Ladders 105 & 132 to Box 1231. The first due units arrived quickly to find 11 buildings in flames. Within minutes Battalion 48 had transmitted a 2nd & 3rd alarms. Lt. Bush of L-105 split his men and tried to cover the flaming fuselage of the plane and a blazing apartment building. As the officer and his team crawled into the burning building, Firemen Rogan & Dailey entered the blazing plane armed with only extinguishers. As Dailey held back the flames, Rogan cut two people from their seats and pulled them from the blazing wreckage. Amazingly the passengers were still alive.
Inside the apartment, heavy fire was filling the first and fifth floors as jet fuel fed flames burned up the outside and in through broken windows and gaps in the damaged structure. Fireman Browne found an elderly woman and together with Lt. Bush carried her to safety. They then found and removed an injured man just as the flaming building collapsed. Within ten minutes of the initial alarm, a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th alarms and special calls for Rescue 1 & 4 had been transmitted. The plane?s fuselage crashed into the Pillar of Fire Church which was completely destroyed by the resulting fire and explosions. Engine companies stretched lines and began battling the row of buildings set ablaze by flaming jet fuel.
The neighborhood was now in a complete panic. Mothers and their children fled from their homes onto the snowy streets. Others opened their doors to a wall of flames and had to escape through the rear. Rumors a school with 1500 students inside had been hit, only increased the drama. (Luckily the school was okay).
Despite the intense heat, and tottering walls, Rescue, Squad and Laddermen moved into the blazing areas covered by attack lines. Team after team advanced across the shattered debris and into the raging fires. In all 38 lines were stretched and operated. Thirty one engines, six ladder companies, three rescue companies, and four special units operated at this fire.
When the smoke finally cleared, the toll was devastating: 84 passengers on the Brooklyn plane were killed. Six people on the ground were killed, fifteen civilians and seventeen firemen were injured. In Staten Island all 44 people on the plane had been killed.
In Brooklyn, 200 off-duty firemen responded and worked at the scene. The firefighting and recovery efforts at this, the worst commercial airline crash (at that time), would go on for several days. For the next several days members of the FDNY combed the wreckage of the crashed airliner, and searched the shattered neighborhood buildings. Pockets of fire were extinguished as the devastation left behind became evident. The six people killed on the ground were: an elderly church caretaker, a sanitation worker shoveling snow, two men selling Christmas trees on the sidewalk, a butcher in his shop and a man walking his dog. A total of 134 people had lost their lives. For their heroic rescues upon arrival, Lt. Bush, Firemen Browne, Dailey and Rogan of Ladder 105 were later awarded medals. John Rogan was also treated at the hospital for second degree burns.
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF JOHN T. BURKE, LAD. 105, DEC. 21, 1968, 1969 HUGH BONNER MEDAL
FF Burke was awarded the 1969 Hugh Bonner Medal for rescuing Erna Herbs who was trapped on the 4th floor of a tenement at 43 Underhill Avenue. FF Burke was lowered by rope from the roof. He grabbed the woman and held her as they were lowered to the ground.
EDWARD GALLAGHER FF. ENG. 219 FEB. 25, 1968, 1969 CONRAN MEDAL
FF Gallagher was awarded the 1969 Conran Medal for heroic actions rescuing several people trapped at a 2nd alarm fire at 537 Vanderbilt Avenue. FF Gallagher suffered smoke inhalation.
FF FREDERICK W. POWERS, LAD. 105 APR. 17, 1968, 1969 FDR MEDAL
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF JOHN T. BURKE, LAD. 105, DEC. 21, 1968, 1969 HUGH BONNER MEDAL
FF Burke was awarded the 1969 Hugh Bonner Medal for rescuing Erna Herbs who was trapped on the 4th floor of a tenement at 43 Underhill Avenue. FF Burke was lowered by rope from the roof. He grabbed the woman and held her as they were lowered to the ground.
EDWARD GALLAGHER FF. ENG. 219 FEB. 25, 1968, 1969 CONRAN MEDAL
FF Gallagher was awarded the 1969 Conran Medal for heroic actions rescuing several people trapped at a 2nd alarm fire at 537 Vanderbilt Avenue. FF Gallagher suffered smoke inhalation.
FF FREDERICK W. POWERS, LAD. 105 APR. 17, 1968, 1969 FDR MEDAL
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF JOSEPH D. GROSSO, LAD. 105, APR. 12, 1969, 1970 DOUGHERTY MEDAL
FF Grosso proudly served in the US Marine Corps. He joined the FDNY in 1962. He was a firefighter in L156 and L105. He was a Lieutenant in E227, promoted to Captain, assigned to Ladder 4 and then became Battalion Chief of the 9th Battalion. He retired after 38 years of service.
FF JEREMIAH GORMAN, LAD. 105, JAN. 9, 1977, 1978 BROOKLYN CITIZENS MEDAL
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF JOSEPH D. GROSSO, LAD. 105, APR. 12, 1969, 1970 DOUGHERTY MEDAL
FF Grosso proudly served in the US Marine Corps. He joined the FDNY in 1962. He was a firefighter in L156 and L105. He was a Lieutenant in E227, promoted to Captain, assigned to Ladder 4 and then became Battalion Chief of the 9th Battalion. He retired after 38 years of service.
FF JEREMIAH GORMAN, LAD. 105, JAN. 9, 1977, 1978 BROOKLYN CITIZENS MEDAL
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
LT FRANK P. CRUTHERS, LAD. 105, JUN. 24, 1978, 1979 JOHNSTON MEDAL
Chief of Department:
Chief Cruthers was the first to serve two terms as FDNY Chief of Department - first in 1996 and again from 2002-2004. After graduating from the Fire Academy in 1968, he was assigned to Brooklyn, where he worked in Ladder Companies 110 and 120 for nine years before being promoted to Lieutenant and assigned to Ladder Company 105. He was promoted to Captain in 1983 and assigned to Ladder Company 143 in Queens.
Chief Cruthers continued to rise through the ranks, serving as Battalion Chief, Deputy Chief, Deputy Assistant Chief and Assistant Chief. He served as the commanding officer for the Fire Department's elite Special Operations Command, the Marine Division and as a Citywide Tour Commander. During his career, Chief Cruthers received a Fire Department medal and two other individual awards for meritorious acts of bravery. He is the son of the former Chief of Department Francis Cruthers, who held the position from 1978 to 1980, making them the only father and son to serve as Chief of Department in Fire Department history.
LT NEAL M. MCKENNA, LAD. 105, JUN. 7, 1982, 1983 AMERICAN LEGION MEDAL
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
LT FRANK P. CRUTHERS, LAD. 105, JUN. 24, 1978, 1979 JOHNSTON MEDAL
Chief of Department:
Chief Cruthers was the first to serve two terms as FDNY Chief of Department - first in 1996 and again from 2002-2004. After graduating from the Fire Academy in 1968, he was assigned to Brooklyn, where he worked in Ladder Companies 110 and 120 for nine years before being promoted to Lieutenant and assigned to Ladder Company 105. He was promoted to Captain in 1983 and assigned to Ladder Company 143 in Queens.
Chief Cruthers continued to rise through the ranks, serving as Battalion Chief, Deputy Chief, Deputy Assistant Chief and Assistant Chief. He served as the commanding officer for the Fire Department's elite Special Operations Command, the Marine Division and as a Citywide Tour Commander. During his career, Chief Cruthers received a Fire Department medal and two other individual awards for meritorious acts of bravery. He is the son of the former Chief of Department Francis Cruthers, who held the position from 1978 to 1980, making them the only father and son to serve as Chief of Department in Fire Department history.
LT NEAL M. MCKENNA, LAD. 105, JUN. 7, 1982, 1983 AMERICAN LEGION MEDAL
Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF WILLIAM S. STARK, LAD. 105, FEB. 13, 1990, 1991 COMPANY OFFICERS MEDAL
FF Stark was awarded the Company Officers Medal for the rescue of two people trapped in a 4-story tenement at 682 Washington Avenue.
FF PETER B. HESPE, LAD. 105, FEB. 13, 1990, 1991 TUTTLEMONDO MEDAL
FF Hespe was awarded the Tuttlemondo Medal for the rescue of two people trapped in a 4-story tenement at 682 Washington Avenue.
FF EDWARD X. COOPER, LAD. 105, FEB. 13, 1990, 1991 CONNELL MEDAL
FF Cooper was awarded the Connell Medal for the rescue of two people trapped in a 4-story tenement at 682 Washington Avenue.
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
FF WILLIAM S. STARK, LAD. 105, FEB. 13, 1990, 1991 COMPANY OFFICERS MEDAL
FF Stark was awarded the Company Officers Medal for the rescue of two people trapped in a 4-story tenement at 682 Washington Avenue.
FF PETER B. HESPE, LAD. 105, FEB. 13, 1990, 1991 TUTTLEMONDO MEDAL
FF Hespe was awarded the Tuttlemondo Medal for the rescue of two people trapped in a 4-story tenement at 682 Washington Avenue.
FF EDWARD X. COOPER, LAD. 105, FEB. 13, 1990, 1991 CONNELL MEDAL
FF Cooper was awarded the Connell Medal for the rescue of two people trapped in a 4-story tenement at 682 Washington Avenue.
Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
LT SHAUN M. REEN, LAD. 105, OFF DUTY, OCT. 17, 1990, 1991 SIGNAL 77 MEDAL
FF ROBERT P. STRAFER, LAD. 105, JUL. 4, 1993, 1994 LANE MEDAL
LT JOHN M. SPILLANE, LAD. 105, 2005 HONOR LEGION MEDAL
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
LT SHAUN M. REEN, LAD. 105, OFF DUTY, OCT. 17, 1990, 1991 SIGNAL 77 MEDAL
FF ROBERT P. STRAFER, LAD. 105, JUL. 4, 1993, 1994 LANE MEDAL
LT JOHN M. SPILLANE, LAD. 105, 2005 HONOR LEGION MEDAL
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
Brooklyn Box 990, 683 Dean Street, December 17, 2005. Ladder 105 saved 4 people trapped at a fire in a home for mentally disabled adults.
LADDER 105, DEC. 17, 2005, 2006 ELSASSER MEDAL
683 Dean Street:
Engine 219/Ladder 105 medals:
Brooklyn Box 990, 683 Dean Street, December 17, 2005. Ladder 105 saved 4 people trapped at a fire in a home for mentally disabled adults.
LADDER 105, DEC. 17, 2005, 2006 ELSASSER MEDAL
683 Dean Street:
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Engine 219/Ladder 105 (continued)
Engine 219/Ladder 105 LODD:
FF MICHAEL J. O'TOOLE, LADDER 105, DETAILED WATER TOWER 6, DECEMBER 26, 1902
Detailed to Water Tower 6. The first alarm came from Box 36 at Bridge and Plymouth Streets at 12:31 in the morning. The fourth alarm was sounded at 12:37 followed by a general alarm at 12:39 and a special call for five more engines at 1:08 and another special call for three more engines at 1:19. First arriving companies found fire throughout the five-story building. The fire had spread to a cork factory next door. Water Tower 6 was placed in front of the building under the direction of Chief Thomas S. Coppinger, Chief of the 23rd District (now Battalion 33). Chief Coppinger, age forty-two, was assigned to Water Tower 6 earlier in his career. Only operating for less than thirty minutes, the front wall bulged out and fell without warning. The wall destroyed the Water Tower and the men standing on it. Chief Coppinger was still breathing when pulled out from the rubble only to die on the way to the hospital. Assistant Foreman William F. Jeffrey, age fifty-four of Engine 126 (now Engine 226) who was detailed to Water Tower 6 and Fireman Michael J. O’Toole, age twenty-four of Ladder 55 (now Ladder 105), were killed instantly in the collapse. The fire was brought under control by 3:00 o’clock. Chief Coppinger had been a fireman since March 7, 1888 and left a wife and six children behind. Assistant Foreman Jeffrey was appointed on March 15, 1888 and Fireman O’Toole had been appointed only the previous June 19th. - from "The Last Alarm"
Additional LODDs:
BATTALION CHIEF THOMAS COPPINGER, BATTALION 23 (BECAME BATTALION 33), DECEMBER 26, 1902
ASSISTANT FORMAN WILLIAM F. JEFFREY, ENGINE 226 DETAILED WATER TOWER 6, DECEMBER 26, 1902
Water Tower 6:
RIP. Never forget.
Engine 219/Ladder 105 LODD:
FF MICHAEL J. O'TOOLE, LADDER 105, DETAILED WATER TOWER 6, DECEMBER 26, 1902
Detailed to Water Tower 6. The first alarm came from Box 36 at Bridge and Plymouth Streets at 12:31 in the morning. The fourth alarm was sounded at 12:37 followed by a general alarm at 12:39 and a special call for five more engines at 1:08 and another special call for three more engines at 1:19. First arriving companies found fire throughout the five-story building. The fire had spread to a cork factory next door. Water Tower 6 was placed in front of the building under the direction of Chief Thomas S. Coppinger, Chief of the 23rd District (now Battalion 33). Chief Coppinger, age forty-two, was assigned to Water Tower 6 earlier in his career. Only operating for less than thirty minutes, the front wall bulged out and fell without warning. The wall destroyed the Water Tower and the men standing on it. Chief Coppinger was still breathing when pulled out from the rubble only to die on the way to the hospital. Assistant Foreman William F. Jeffrey, age fifty-four of Engine 126 (now Engine 226) who was detailed to Water Tower 6 and Fireman Michael J. O’Toole, age twenty-four of Ladder 55 (now Ladder 105), were killed instantly in the collapse. The fire was brought under control by 3:00 o’clock. Chief Coppinger had been a fireman since March 7, 1888 and left a wife and six children behind. Assistant Foreman Jeffrey was appointed on March 15, 1888 and Fireman O’Toole had been appointed only the previous June 19th. - from "The Last Alarm"
Additional LODDs:
BATTALION CHIEF THOMAS COPPINGER, BATTALION 23 (BECAME BATTALION 33), DECEMBER 26, 1902
ASSISTANT FORMAN WILLIAM F. JEFFREY, ENGINE 226 DETAILED WATER TOWER 6, DECEMBER 26, 1902
Water Tower 6:
RIP. Never forget.
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