FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section

[guitarman314]

  Look carefully and notice E283 firehouse was a half-sized version of E284/L149 firehouse.

 

[mack]

  Look carefully and notice E283 firehouse was a half-sized version of E284/L149 firehouse.

E 284/L 149                  E 283:

 


E 284/L 149 current:



Thanks Gman.

 

[memory master]

214 BRISTOL ST bet SUTTER & BLAKE AVES.... https://www.facebook.com/paul.hashagen.author/photos/a.409580105813416/1694346187336795/?type=3&theater

214 Bristol Street firehouse:

   

Take a close look and see how clean the street was. Times sure have changed and, of course, not for the better.

 

[mack]

Engine 283/Division 15  firehouse  885 Howard Avenue  Brownsville, Brooklyn  Division 15, Battalion 58 ?Brownsville?

    Engine 283 organized 214 Bristol Street                                                1913
    Engine 283 new firehouse 885 Howard Avenue                                      1973

    Engine 283-2 organized 214 Bristol Street at Engine 283                        1931
    Engine 283-2 disbanded                                                                      1946

    Squad 4 organized 107 Watkins Street at Engine 231                            1955
    Squad 4 moved 214 Bristol Street at Engine 283                                    1956
    Squad 4 new firehouse 885 Howard Avenue w/Engine 283                      1973
    Squad 4 disbanded                                                                              1975
    Squad 4 reorganized 885 Howard Street at Engine 283                          1975
    Squad 4 disbanded                                                                              1976

    Division 15 located at 214 Bristol Street at Engine 283                      1949-1956
    Division 15 located at 885 Howard Avenue                                      1978-1995
    Division 15 became Division 7                                                              1995
    Division 15 reorganized 885 Howard Avenue at Engine 283                      1999

    Hydrant Service 15 moved 214 Bristol Street at Engine 283              1949-1957

    Ambulance 2 organized 365 Jay Street at Rescue 2                                1938
    Ambulance 2 moved 489 St. Johns Place at Engine 280                          1949
    Ambulance 2 moved 1336 60th Street at Engine 247                              1963
    Ambulance 2 moved 1361 Rockaway Parkway at Engine 257                  1967
    Ambulance 2 moved 489 St. Johns Place at Engine 280                          1968
    Ambulance 2 moved 885 Howard Avenue at Engine 283                          1977
    Ambulance 2 became Mobile Medical Unit 2                                            1987
    Mobile Medical Unit 2 moved 32 Ralph Avenue at Engine 222                  1990
    Mobile Medical 2 became Rehab 2                                                          1995
   
    Battalion 44 located at 855 Howard Avenue at Engine 283                1995-1996

    Decon Unit 283 organized 885 Howard Avenue at Engine 283                  2003


Engine 283 organized - November 17, 1913:

   


Engine 283 - 1913 Department Orders:

   

   


Engine 283 at 214 Bristol Street:

   

   


885 Howard Avenue:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


Engine 283 1913 steamer:

   


Engine 283 1913 hose wagon:

   

   


Engine 283 1934:

   


Engine 283 ? ?Busiest in Brooklyn? ? 1934:

  http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59988943/?terms=engine+283+firehouse


1964 - Runs & Workers:

   

 

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Engine 283 (continued)

Engine 283 Mack:

   


Engine 283 WLF CD spare 1950s:

   


Engine 283 1962 Mack w/FRA (Friction Reducing Agent) tank and injection:

   


Engine 283 1968 Mack:

   


Engine 283 1975 Mack:

   


Engine 283 1983 ALF:

   


Engine 283 Ferrara "Spirit of Louisiana" pumper:

   

   

   

   

Engine 283:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

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Engine 283 (continued)

Engine 283/Division 15:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXER8lGp4GA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e73e6fgDLRE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSoubqGyM2Q

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIT4CYX5ask


Engine 283 Centennial:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLuMEk5UxBk&t=342s

 

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Engine 283 (continued)

Engine 283 medals:

    THOMAS J. MONAGHAN CAPT. ENG. 283 1928 1929 STEPHENSON

         

          1929 Stephenson Medal awarded to Captain Thomas J. Monaghan for best FDNY company for administration during 1928.

    BENJAMIN AARONSON LT. ENG. 283 JUN. 4, 1942 1943 KENNY

         

         

          LT Benjamin Aaronson apprehended an armed hold-up suspect on Church and Flatbush Avenues June 4, 1942.

    JAMES P. CHRISTY LT. ENG. 283 NOV. 22, 1950 1951 SCOTT

    SALVATORE F. INGRASSIA FF. ENG. 283 DEC. 26, 1970 1971 COLUMBIA

    RAYMOND H. NURNBERGER LT. ENG. 283 FEB. 24, 1974 1975 BROOKMAN

    MICHAEL J. LOFTUS FF. ENG. 283 AUG. 13, 1980 1981 KRIDEL

         

          FF Michael J. Loftus awarded the 1981 Kridel Medal for rescue efforts at Brooklyn Box 1672, August 13, 1980 following collapse which claimed the life of BC Frank T. Tuttlemondo, Battalion 44.
   

Engine 283 LODD:

    LIEUTENANT GEORGE P. OATES ENGINE 283 March 3, 1949

          LT George P. Oats died as a result of injuries received on duty.

    FIREFIGHTER VINCENT MORELLO LADDER 35 (ASSIGNED ENGINE 283) SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

          FF Vincent Morello was killed at the World Trade Center.

         

          http://www.qchron.com/editions/central/firefighter-remembered-with-warm-smiles-and-fond-memories/article_ef5af56e-073b-5491-b5f7-589659242ab2.html
     
          http://bravestmemorial.net/html/members/morello_vincent_fr_l035.html


          RIP.  Never forget.


Brownsville:

   

   

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownsville,_Brooklyn

    http://theweeklynabe.com/2012/06/15/brownsville-brooklyn-and-the-curse-of-geography/

 

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Squad 4  firehouses  107 Watkins Street, 214 Bristol Street and 885 Howard Avenue  Brownsville, Brooklyn  15th Division, 44th Battalion                                                                                      DISBANDED

    Squad 4 organized 107 Watkins Street at Engine 231                                1955
    Squad 4 moved 214 Bristol Street at Engine 283                                        1956
    Squad 4 moved 885 Howard Avenue at Engine 283                                    1973
    Squad 4 disbanded                                                                                  1975
    Squad 4 reorganized 885 Howard Avenue at Engine 283                              1975
    Squad 4 disbanded                                                                                  1976

Squad 4 organization ceremony, November 15, 1955, at Engine 231/Ladder 120/Battalion 44, 107 Watkins Street:

   

   

   


107 Watkins Street firehouse 1955-1956:

   

   


214 Bristol Street 1956-1973:

   


885 Howard Avenue 1974-1975, 1975-1976:

   


Squad 4 apparatus:

   

   

   

   


Squad 4 Runs and Workers:

              Year          Runs          Workers
          1955-1958    N/A              N/A                       
              1959        2272            468
              1960        2859            371
              1961        3362            314
              1962        4056            459
              1963          N/A              N/A
              1964        3651            539
              1965        6240            817
              1966        7483          1139
              1967        8623          1434
              1968        7866          2075
              1969        8277          2308
              1970        9791          3098
              1971        8952          2765
              1972        5965          2112
              1973        3958          1852
              1974        4332          2259
              1975        4686          2606
              1976            Disbanded     


Squad 4 medals:

    CARMINE F. CELLA FF. SQUAD 4 JUL. 1, 1961 1962 THIRD ALARM

         

    HENRY J. WHITE FF. SQUAD 4 JAN. 10, 1964 1965 PRENTICE

         

    ROBERT J. CHEESEMAN FF. SQUAD 4 FEB. 8, 1971 1972 EMERALD

         

    WILLIAM M. HEALY LT. SQD. 4 E-286 NOV. 10, 1972 1973 HOLY NAME


Squad 4 LODD:

    FF Lorenzo Warlick, January 1, 1967

         

          Fireman Lorenzo Warlick of Squad 4 and another fireman were treated for smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion. Both were taken to the hospital. Fireman Warlick was placed on medical leave and assigned to Fire Communications, Fire Prevention and District Office 13. He suffered a fatal heart attack on January 5, 1967. He was thirty-five years old. (From "The Last Alarm")


    RIP.  Never forget.

 

[mack]

Engine 283 and Squad 4 were previously in the 44th Battalion.

1948:

   

1955:

   

1962:

   

1966:

   

 

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Squad 8 firehouse 3730 Victory Blvd  Travis, Staten Island  Special Operations Command

    Squad 8 organized 3730 Victory Boulevard                    December 10, 2018


   

   

    https://www.silive.com/news/2018/07/fdny_staten_islands_first_squa.html


3730 Victory Boulevard:

   

   

   

   

   

   



Squad 8:

   

   

   

   

   


Squad 8:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2A3aYD0xpY


Squad 8 - December 10, 2018:

   

   

    https://www.silive.com/news/2018/12/first-day-on-the-job-for-staten-islands-new-fdny-squad-co-8.html


Location:

   

   


Neighborhood - Travis, Staten Island:

    https://www.oldstatenisland.org/travis.html

    http://forgotten-ny.com/2006/03/travis-staten-island/





Congratulations and good luck - Squad 8.

 

[mack]

Squad 8

Captain Thomas Gardner:

   

 

[mack]

Engine 154  Firehouse  3730 Victory Blvd  Travis, Staten Island  8th Division, 22nd Battalion    "Splendor in the Grass"  DISBANDED

    Engine 204 organized 44 Sarah Ann St SI (former quarters of volunteer Niagara Engine 5)  1905
    Engine 204 address changed to 44 VanDuzer St                                                              1910
    Engine 204 changed to Engine 154                                                                                  1913
    Engine 154 new firehouse 60 Hannah St                                                                          1913
    Engine 154 new firehouse 3730 Victory Blvd                                                                    1972
    Engine 154 disbanded                                                                                                    1975
    Engine 154 reorganized                                                                                                  1975
    Engine 154 disbanded                                                                                                    1975
    Engine 154 reorganized                                                                                                  1981
    Engine 154 disbanded                                                                                                    2018

    Relay Hose Wagon SI moved from Engine 31 to 60 Hannah St at Engine 154                      1965
    Relay Hose Wason SI moved to 345 Annadale Rd at Engine 167                                        1972

    Foam 84 organized 3730 Victory Blvd at Engine 154                                                        1984
    Foam 84 became Foam 154                                                                                            1998
   
    Brush Fire Unit 530 organized 3730 Victory Blvd at Engine 154                                        1996
    Brush Fire Unit 530 became Brush Fire Unit 4                                                                  1997

    Division 8 located at 60 Hannah St w/Engine 154                                        1939-1940, 1941-1951


44 VanDuzer Street (former firehouse on left):

   


60 Hannah St Engine 154 firehouse - Tompkinsville, SI:

   

   

   


60 Hannah St former firehouse:

   

   

    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/realestate/17habi.html?_r=0


3730 Victory Blvd firehouse:

   

   

   

   


Engine 154:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


Engine 154 members:

   

   


Relay Hose Wagon:

   


Foam 154:

   

   

   

   


Brush Fire Units:

   

   

   


BFU 4 damaged by hurricane Sandy

   


Engine 154 Medal:

    LT Frank Pelligrino, March 24, 1996,  Tuttlemondo Medal

       


Engine 154 LODD:

    Captain William O'Keefe, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001

         

          http://www.silive.com/september-11/index.ssf/2010/09/william_okeefe_48_runner_newly.html

          http://bravestmemorial.net/html/members/okeefe_william_cpt_div015.html


    RIP.  Never forget.


60 Hannah St firehouse MLB baseball history:

    There is a piece of baseball history associated with this firehouse.  Bobby Thompson, the baseball player who hit the famous "Shot Heard Around the World" home run to win the 1951 pennant for the NY Giants, lived on Staten Island.  He went to this firehouse to celebrate immediately after he won the NL championship at the Polo Grounds.

    The walk off home run, one of the most famous in baseball, won the third game of a rare NL pennant playoffs (no playoff system back then). The Giants, were down 13 1/2 games in August and were trailing 4-1 in the 9th inning. It became the "Miracle of Coogan's Bluff."  After he hit the walk off home run, Thompson took the SI ferry to celebrate with his brother Jim, who was on duty with E154.  Jim Thompson's son, Jimmy, also became an FDNY captain.


Travis, Staten Island:

    Engine 154 protects a large area of western SI.  It is first due in the Travis and Bulls Head sections of SI. Travis was originally called Linoleumville - the site of America's first linoleum factory in the 1860s.  It was the location of a ferry to NJ at the end of Victory Blvd.  The area was renamed Travis in 1930 after an original area settler. 

      1981 movie scenes from "Splendor in the Grass" were filmed in Travis, vicinity of E 154 quarters

    http://forgotten-ny.com/2006/03/travis-staten-island/


Bulls Heads, Staten Island:

      Neighborhood was named after a 1700s tavern at intersection of Richmond Ave and Victory Blvd:

   



   

   

   

   

 

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Engine 248/Battalion 41 firehouses


2261 Church Avenue - 1896-1972:

   

   

   


2900 Snyder Avenue - 1972-present:

   

   

 

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Engine 224  firehouse  274 Hicks Street  Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Division 11, Battalion 32    ?The Hick St. Hicks? 

    Engine 24 BFD organized 153 Furman Street                        1886
    Engine 24 BFD became Engine 24 FDNY                              1898
    Engine 24 became Engine 124                                            1899
    Engine 124 moved to new firehouse 274 Hicks Street            1904
    Engine 124 became Engine 224                                          1913

    Engine 224-2 organized 274 Hicks Street at Engine 224        1917
    Engine 224-2 disbanded                                                    1918

    Smoke Ejector 2 organized 274 Hicks Street at Engine 224    1945
    Smoke Ejector 2 disbanded                                                1957

    Engine 205 located 274 Hicks Street at Engine 224          1925-1929


Engine 24 BFD at 153 Furman St:

 


?OUR FIREMEN : THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE BROOKLYN FIRE DEPARTMENT? - ENGINE COMPANY NO. 24

Not until after the great fire at Harbeck's stores, which occurred on the morning of Thursday, July 19, 1883. did the necessity of having an engine-company located on Furman Street, in the heart of the great warehouse district, become a matter of grave discussion, the outcome of which was the formation of Engine Company No. 24, now located at Nos. 153-155 Furman
Street, midway between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue.  The residents of Brooklyn, with but few exceptions, still remember that at this fire, notwithstanding the untiring efforts of the Fire Department, three ships with their cargoes, two lighters and a dock shed 350 feet long by 60 feet wide were totally destroyed, and thirteen brave firemen who risked their lives in discharge of their duty were severely injured.

Long before this fire occurred Commissioner Partridge saw the necessity of having An engine-company located on Furman Street, and to further this object, he had a resolution introduced in the Board of Aldermen on Dec. 1882, which provided for the fitting up of an engine-house on the present premises in which he proposed to station Engine No. 6, then located on High Street, which at the time of the fire at Harbeck's stores was the nearest apparatus, although nearly three-quarters of a mile  away.  The resolution was referred to the Law Committee of the Board, but it never came out of the committee.  Among those who favored the proposition of Commissioner PARTRIDGE were Richard LACY, who owned twenty vessels engaged in the Calcutta  trade; Franklin WOODRUFF, J. J. PIERREPONT, and a committee of the Board of Underwriters.  Dr. OTTERSON, and Mr. HARDENBERGH, the carpet man, made no objection to the idea of having an engine-house on Furman Street, but they strenuously objected to transferring Engine No. 6 from its quarters on High Street to the new house on Furman Street, because their property was in the immediate vicinity of No. 6's quarters.

    PROTECTORS OF THE WATER FRONT WAREHOUSES

On the morning after the great fire, Thomas B. JONES, president of the Nassau Fire Insurance Company, and Peter NOTMAN, president of the New York Board of Underwriters, in company with Commissioner PARTRIDGE called at the Mayor's office in the City Hall and urged that immediate action be taken for the protection of property on the river-front.  It was not until Jan. 18,
1886, however, that Engine No. 24 was formed, and established in the quarters selected by Commissioner PARTRIDGE.  The building is a four-story brick structure, but only two floors are used by the company. The City pays $500 a year rental for the portion of the building used by the company and its apparatus.

The new company realized at once that millions of dollars worth of property were in their keeping to defend and protect from ravages of fire.  Within a stone's-throw in either direction of their quarters are the Knickerbocker Ice Company's buildings and wharves, the Brooklyn Needle Works, McKinney's Iron Works, the Fulton Iron Foundry, Martin's stores, the New York and
Baltimore Coffee Polishing Company, the Nassau Coffee Company, the Holland Coffee Company, Watson's Stores, the Greenwood Iron Works, Harbeck's Stores, Roberts' Stores, the Mediterranean Stores, the Pierrepont Stores, the Central grain elevator, Prentice's stores, the Empire Stores. Robinson's Stores, and Dowd's grain elevator.  Alarms of fire from any of these buildings are responded to by the company on the first call.  On a second and third alarm at any point between the Erie Basin and Red Hook Point, the company is required to respond with equal promptness.  They are equipped for this service with a first-class steamer, which at the outset was a self-propeller.  It is now run by horses. When the engine is not in use, the water is kept hot in the boiler by a Paragon burner, heated by gasoline.  There is a two-wheeled hose-cart which carries twenty-six lengths of hose.  "Ton" " John " and " Paddy," three of the finest horses in the Department, take great delight in dragging the apparatus at high speed to the scene of a fire, and they are credited with getting into harness quicker than any three horses in the service. Since the formation of the company, the members have taken an active part at many disastrous fires, and with no little risk to their lives.


Engine 24 BFD - department horse hitching record - 1887:

   


274 Hicks Street firehouse built 1904:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

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Engine 224 (continued)

Engine 224:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


Engine 224 at Bronx 5th alarm - 1992:

    *** FDNY *** OLD STUFF *** E224 & L124 Tonka Truck ON SCENE, 1992.


Engine 224 responding Washington Heights Riots - 1992:

    *** FDNY*** ALF PUMPER E224 RIDE ALONG TO WASHINGTON HEIGHTS RIOTS - JULY 1992.


1992 Washington Heights Riots - 1992:

    Washington Heights Protest, Pt. 2 (July 1992)


Engine 224:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG2ci4lpWpI

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUndjzTRR5M

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zreNhCu3Ag

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0mNVEKx1o

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Y50oRYqMI


Smoke Ejector 2:

   

   

    Smoke Ejector units were former city service ladder trucks converted by Shops to reduce smoke in buildings during pre-mask era.  Two units were converted and were in service until all companies carried self contained breathing apparatus.  Units also carried foam powder.


Engine 224 mascots:

   

 

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Engine 224 (continued)

274 Hicks Street - Brownstoner - "A Gilded Age Mansion for Brooklyn Heights Firefighters"
    Architecture Brooklyn Heights Oct 22, 2018 ? 10:00am by Suzanne Spellen (aka Montrose Morris)


   

   


    An upscale neighborhood like Brooklyn Heights deserves an upscale fire house, and this one certainly fits the bill. It?s a Gilded Age mansion for New York?s Bravest, and an excellent example of how civic architecture, done well, can enrich a neighborhood, as well as provide a public service. This particular fire house at 274 Hicks Street was built pretty late in Brooklyn?s Heights? architectural history, much later than all of the buildings around it, but adds so much to the streetscape, with great presence, and it decorates well for the holidays, too.

    The firehouse was designed by the firm of Adams & Warren in 1903. William Adams, (1871-1956) was primarily known for his work on Long Island, where he designed large, year-round estates for the wealthy, most in the Colonial Revival or Tudor Revival style. He often partnered with Charles Peck Warren (1868-1918) and the two men were in partnership from 1900 until 1914.

    Their homes were mostly on the south shore of Long Island, and were low, rambling estates, prized for Adams? ability to make the most of the landscape they were in, fitting well within the environment in both a practical and picturesque way.

    Charles Warren was a Brooklyn boy, and received his higher education at Columbia University, in both undergrad and architecture school. He later taught at the same institution, where his specialty was construction and architectural engineering. He was known amongst his colleagues as an exacting architect, a fine engineer, and an excellent teacher, as well. Sadly, he died at the age of 49. He is not the Warren of the better known firm of Warren and Wetmore, the architects of Grand Central Terminal. That was Whitney Warren.

    The firehouse is a grand Renaissance Revival structure, which stands out from its neighbors, which include groups of carriage houses next door and across the street. It is also next door to a group of fine William Tubby designed Queen Anne houses built in 1885, among the latest houses on that block.

    It?s quite a stately presence, and aside from its functional large entryway, could easily pass for one of the Beaux-Arts mansions of the Upper East Side, with handsome patinated copper-clad dormers and tiles on the upper story, and a fine limestone and iron balcony below. Every fire house should look this good.

    (Photos by Susan De Vries - https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/brooklyn-architecture-brooklyn-heights-274-hicks-street-engine-224/)


FDNY 150th Anniversary:

    http://heightspress.com/2015/05/04/fdnys-150th-anniversary-draws-brooklyn-neighbors-to-local-firehouse/

 

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Engine 224 (continued)

Engine 224 medals:

    TIMOTHY J. FITZPATRICK ENGINEER ENG. 224 JUN. 5, 1919 1920 HUGH BONNER

         

         

    JAMES R. HUSSEY FF. ENG. 224 MAY 30, 1939 1940 DEPARTMENT

    WILLIAM G. WACEWIZ CAPT. ENG. 224 1946 1947 STEPHENSON

         

          Awarded the Stephenson Medal for command of the best company in the Department for administration.

    HUGH M. MCCABE FF. ENG. 224 JAN. 25, 1957 1958 BROOKLYN CITIZENS

         

          FDNY Awards Medals - 09/01/1964

              Mayor Robert F. Wagner and Fire Commissioner Edward Thompson presented medals for heroism in 1963 to 24 members of the New York Fire Department and to the next of kin of seven other valiant fire fighters who died in the line of duty. The ceremonies were held at the Firemen?s Monument, Riverside Drive and 100th Street, on June 9th.  Mayor Wagner presented the medals and also the Leon Lowenstein cash award of $250 to Captain Hugh M. McCabe, Division of Fire Prevention, in recognition of his capable and dedicated supervision of this unit


CAPTAIN JOHN ASMUS, ENGINE 24 BFD:

    DIED DECEMBER 1, 1897 FROM INJURIES RECEIVED AT A BAKERY FIRE

         

         

         

    RIP.  Never forget.


Brooklyn Heights:

   

   

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Heights

 

[t123ken]

I've always noticed the "Engine 224" on that house is very high.
I don't recall seeing a company's identification that high on any other quarters.
Anyone know of others?

 

[guitarman314]

I've always noticed the "Engine 224" on that house is very high.
I don't recall seeing a company's identification that high on any other quarters.
Anyone know of others?

    17 HOOK & LADDER 17 

 

[t123ken]

I've always noticed the "Engine 224" on that house is very high.
I don't recall seeing a company's identification that high on any other quarters.
Anyone know of others?

    17 HOOK & LADDER 17 

Thanks, you're right, it's even higher than 224's, although there are also company I.D.s added over the apparatus doors.