FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section
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ENGINE 162/LADDER 82/BATTALION 23 (CONTINUED)
FIRES/EVENTS
1928 TOTTENVILLE STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT (SIRT) TERMINAL FIRE
December 28, 1928 – Richmond Box 22-471 - Tottenville Staten Island Rapid Transit terminal fire. E 162 and L 82 first fire – 2nd due engine and truck. Both platforms of the station were destroyed.
Tottenville Main Street - SIRT Terminal located to right of Perth Amboy Ferry
1929 TOTTENVILLE SIRT TERMINAL FIRE
1929 NEW HOSE WAGON
October 12, 1929 Engine 162 received a new Seagrave hose wagon.
FIRES/EVENTS
1928 TOTTENVILLE STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT (SIRT) TERMINAL FIRE
December 28, 1928 – Richmond Box 22-471 - Tottenville Staten Island Rapid Transit terminal fire. E 162 and L 82 first fire – 2nd due engine and truck. Both platforms of the station were destroyed.
Tottenville Main Street - SIRT Terminal located to right of Perth Amboy Ferry
1929 TOTTENVILLE SIRT TERMINAL FIRE
1929 NEW HOSE WAGON
October 12, 1929 Engine 162 received a new Seagrave hose wagon.
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ENGINE 162/LADDER 82/BATTALION 23 (CONTINUED)
FIRES/EVENTS
1930 23 BATTALION ORGANIZED
January 1, 1930 – Battalion 23 organized 256 Nelson Avenue.
1930 OAKWOOD BRUSH FIRE
March 30, 1930 – 300 acres burned – 10 engines and fireboat responded.
1930 5TH ALARM – OAKWOOD
May 3, 1930 – Brush fire destroyed 102 bungalows, restaurant, pharmacy, 2 hotels, department store and other shops. Engine 162, Ladder 82, Bn 23 – 1st due. 50 fires fought on SI May 3. A 5th alarm for a brush fire in Rossville, another 3rd alarm in Oakwood for brush and 18 additional fires were fought the following day, May 4, 1930.
FIRES/EVENTS
1930 23 BATTALION ORGANIZED
January 1, 1930 – Battalion 23 organized 256 Nelson Avenue.
1930 OAKWOOD BRUSH FIRE
March 30, 1930 – 300 acres burned – 10 engines and fireboat responded.
1930 5TH ALARM – OAKWOOD
May 3, 1930 – Brush fire destroyed 102 bungalows, restaurant, pharmacy, 2 hotels, department store and other shops. Engine 162, Ladder 82, Bn 23 – 1st due. 50 fires fought on SI May 3. A 5th alarm for a brush fire in Rossville, another 3rd alarm in Oakwood for brush and 18 additional fires were fought the following day, May 4, 1930.
ENGINE 162/LADDER 82/BATTALION 23 (CONTINUED)
FIRES/EVENTS
1930 SI AIRPORT FIRE
August 29, 1930 – Richmond Avenue vicinity Fresh Kills. Two planes and a hanger were destroyed by fire. Engine 162, Ladder 82, Bn 23 – 1st due.
1931 NEW CITY SERVICE LADDER APPARATUS
March 27, 1931 Ladder 82 received a Mack city service ladder truck. Ladder 82 then received a 1921 White/Pirsch city service ladder truck later in 1931.
Ladder 82 - 1921 Mack
1932 HOUSE FIRE
March 13, 1932 – 2083 Richmond Road – house fire – Engine 159, Engine 162, Ladder 81.
FIRES/EVENTS
1930 SI AIRPORT FIRE
August 29, 1930 – Richmond Avenue vicinity Fresh Kills. Two planes and a hanger were destroyed by fire. Engine 162, Ladder 82, Bn 23 – 1st due.
1931 NEW CITY SERVICE LADDER APPARATUS
March 27, 1931 Ladder 82 received a Mack city service ladder truck. Ladder 82 then received a 1921 White/Pirsch city service ladder truck later in 1931.
Ladder 82 - 1921 Mack
1932 HOUSE FIRE
March 13, 1932 – 2083 Richmond Road – house fire – Engine 159, Engine 162, Ladder 81.
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ENGINE 162/LADDER 82/BATTALION 23 (CONTINUED)
FIRES/EVENTS
1939 2ND ALARM
March 12, 1939 – Fire on excursion boat, two other boats and pier at Tottenville Ship Yard. Engine 162 2nd alarm company. Two firefighting tug boats from Port Socony assisted at fire. Two FDNY fireboats (Strong and Gaynor) special called.
Tottenville shipyard approx 1918
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1939 2ND ALARM
March 12, 1939 – Fire on excursion boat, two other boats and pier at Tottenville Ship Yard. Engine 162 2nd alarm company. Two firefighting tug boats from Port Socony assisted at fire. Two FDNY fireboats (Strong and Gaynor) special called.
Tottenville shipyard approx 1918
ENGINE 162/LADDER 82/BATTALION 23 (CONTINUED)
FIRES/EVENTS
1947 NEW APPARATUS
May 23, 1947 - Engine 162 received a new 1947 American LaFrance pumper.
1962 NEW APPARATUS
April 18, 1962 – Ladder 82 received a 1938 FWD 85 ft. aerial ladder with a 1947 Ward LaFrance tractor. The truck came from Ladder 85.
FIRES/EVENTS
1947 NEW APPARATUS
May 23, 1947 - Engine 162 received a new 1947 American LaFrance pumper.
1962 NEW APPARATUS
April 18, 1962 – Ladder 82 received a 1938 FWD 85 ft. aerial ladder with a 1947 Ward LaFrance tractor. The truck came from Ladder 85.
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ENGINE 162/LADDER 82/BATTALION 23 (CONTINUED)
FIRES/EVENTS
1963 SI BRUSH FIRES
April 20, 1963 – Major brush fires swept across several parts of SI due to high winds and very dry conditions. 121 homes and businesses were destroyed. Fires were simultaneous in Tottenville, Pleasant Planes, Princes Bay, Huguenot, Annadale and Mariners Harbor. 1500 firefighters and 100 fire companies operated at these fires to include Jersey City mutual aid engine companies.
Photos: 'Black Saturday' scorched Staten Island 50 years ago: April 20, 1963
Updated Jan 03, 2019; Posted Apr 20, 2013
By Dean Balsamini | balsamini@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islanders will never forget Black Saturday, which occurred exactly 50 years ago today.
Three large brush fires, one starting in Rossville, one in Tottenville and another in Mariners Harbor, destroyed 100 houses and left more than 500 homeless. The fires caused more than $2 million in damage.
April 20, 1963, began as a dry and windy spring day, but ended in steam, soot and tears. Flames consumed brush and forest, taking the Island homes with it and leaving behind "the heavy smell of smoke and the gloom of desolation," in the words of an Advance reporter.
Although residents referred to it simply as "The Fire," the conflagration came in three parts, two on the South Shore and one in Mariners Harbor.
The largest began around 10 a.m., raging from Arthur Kill Road in Rossville into Annadale and Huguenot, fanned by westerly winds gusting at 50 mph. Spreading north to Arden Avenue and south to Bloomingdale Road, it marched eastward, leaped Drumgoole Boulevard, then Amboy Road, and moved as far as Hylan Boulevard.
The second blaze erupted at almost the same time near the Tottenville beachfront. It swept eastward along Hylan Boulevard and along Page Avenue, consuming homes, a restaurant, a filling station and the South Shore Swim Club as it advanced. It stopped near Mount Loretto.
Meanwhile, in Mariners Harbor, a blaze erupted at about noon, destroying 11 homes between South and Western avenues as a single fire company tried to hold it in check. It burned south to Forest Avenue and north to Richmond Terrace.
Although homes, businesses, sheds, cars, livestock and pets were destroyed by the blazes, only 36 people were treated at hospitals; five were admitted. No deaths were reported. As the embers cooled 10 hours later, residents crowded shelters and blasted the city for poor water pressure conditions on the South Shore. Throughout the blaze, firefighters often stood helplessly when no water came from the hydrants.
"Some firemen cried as the houses burned down," one woman lamented. "There wasn't any water. The firemen stood by and couldn't do a thing."
FIRES/EVENTS
1963 SI BRUSH FIRES
April 20, 1963 – Major brush fires swept across several parts of SI due to high winds and very dry conditions. 121 homes and businesses were destroyed. Fires were simultaneous in Tottenville, Pleasant Planes, Princes Bay, Huguenot, Annadale and Mariners Harbor. 1500 firefighters and 100 fire companies operated at these fires to include Jersey City mutual aid engine companies.
Photos: 'Black Saturday' scorched Staten Island 50 years ago: April 20, 1963
Updated Jan 03, 2019; Posted Apr 20, 2013
By Dean Balsamini | balsamini@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islanders will never forget Black Saturday, which occurred exactly 50 years ago today.
Three large brush fires, one starting in Rossville, one in Tottenville and another in Mariners Harbor, destroyed 100 houses and left more than 500 homeless. The fires caused more than $2 million in damage.
April 20, 1963, began as a dry and windy spring day, but ended in steam, soot and tears. Flames consumed brush and forest, taking the Island homes with it and leaving behind "the heavy smell of smoke and the gloom of desolation," in the words of an Advance reporter.
Although residents referred to it simply as "The Fire," the conflagration came in three parts, two on the South Shore and one in Mariners Harbor.
The largest began around 10 a.m., raging from Arthur Kill Road in Rossville into Annadale and Huguenot, fanned by westerly winds gusting at 50 mph. Spreading north to Arden Avenue and south to Bloomingdale Road, it marched eastward, leaped Drumgoole Boulevard, then Amboy Road, and moved as far as Hylan Boulevard.
The second blaze erupted at almost the same time near the Tottenville beachfront. It swept eastward along Hylan Boulevard and along Page Avenue, consuming homes, a restaurant, a filling station and the South Shore Swim Club as it advanced. It stopped near Mount Loretto.
Meanwhile, in Mariners Harbor, a blaze erupted at about noon, destroying 11 homes between South and Western avenues as a single fire company tried to hold it in check. It burned south to Forest Avenue and north to Richmond Terrace.
Although homes, businesses, sheds, cars, livestock and pets were destroyed by the blazes, only 36 people were treated at hospitals; five were admitted. No deaths were reported. As the embers cooled 10 hours later, residents crowded shelters and blasted the city for poor water pressure conditions on the South Shore. Throughout the blaze, firefighters often stood helplessly when no water came from the hydrants.
"Some firemen cried as the houses burned down," one woman lamented. "There wasn't any water. The firemen stood by and couldn't do a thing."
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Correct, Chief Jack. Broolyn box 2125 at Linden Blvd and Rockaway Avenue, I believe. Remember going out there via the Church Avenue bus. Many blocks of fire; started in a lumber yard and extended via airborne acetylene tanks. Earlier in the day, Engine 248 was relocating to SI when they came upon smoke pushing from a 6 story OMD on the corner of Church and Ocean Avenues. They stopped and it went to a fifth alarm. The fire on Linden Blvd had companies from all over Brooklyn and Queens. I have a audio tape of Brooklyn dispatch for the Linden Blvd. fire.
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280 was one of the first arriving units at Linden & Rockaway
Well said "Spanner". I think there's a lot more guys here besides myself, who would Strongly Agree with you.
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Spring brush season 1960s - engine companies from off-Staten Island staging at Engine 164/Ladder 84 (23 Bn) for busy brush day. Firehouse to right of first engine in picture. No Engine 167, no Engine 168, limited hydrants and water supply, unmarked streets, overgrown dirt roads, inaccurate maps, no brush units. SI engine companies also used their 2nd piece hose wagon as 2nd section engine company staffed with OT.
