One thing for sure. No Big Micky Ds lookin like that one these days. I think they were 19 cents back then.
FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section
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One thing for sure. No Big Micky Ds lookin like that one these days. I think they were 19 cents back then.
Thanks Scoobyd. Brooklyn Dodger Manager Chuck Dressen and pitcher Joe Black visit Engine 249/Ladder 113 1950s.
Companies were 1st due and in walking distance to Ebbets Field.
Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Engine 249/Ladder 113 history - events in news 1896-2000s:
New apparatus 1896:
Rogers Avenue firefighters honored by volunteers 1896:
New Foreman 1896:
Lieutenant Hughes 20 year badge 1902:
Summer meals 1933:
Firehouse thief 1946:
Ladder 113:
Engine 249/Ladder 113 history - events in news 1896-2000s:
New apparatus 1896:
Rogers Avenue firefighters honored by volunteers 1896:
New Foreman 1896:
Lieutenant Hughes 20 year badge 1902:
Summer meals 1933:
Firehouse thief 1946:
Ladder 113:
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Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Engine 249/Ladder 113 fires:
11/19/2014 Brooklyn Box 22-2446
(Engine 249 4th due/Ladder 113 FAST)
nypost.com
Man dies, 15 injured after blaze tears through Brooklyn apartment building
By BARRY PADDOCK, RYAN SIT and TINA MOORE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
NOV 20, 2014 AT 9:30 AM
A Brooklyn dad died Wednesday and 15 others were injured — six critically — when a raging fire sent tenants fleeing in the darkness from an illegally subdivided building, authorities said.
The lone fatality was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital after neighbors saw the badly burned man lying on the sidewalk outside the smoldering three-story residence at 1434 Flatbush Ave.
Six people were hospitalized in critical condition, including a teenage boy, a 50-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man, police sources said.
Other residents escaped in dramatic fashion from the building that was cited in September by city officials for the dangerous conversion of the upstairs apartments.
Flatbush Avenue @ Farragut Road
Fire out 3 windows
Engine 255 / Tower Ladder 157 First Due
Probably: E255, 248, E281, E249
T157, L147, L113F (Designated the FAST truck)
RS02, SQ01
Bn. 41, 33
Engine 284 w/ SAT
2nd Alarm E310, E240, E 276
L156, s/c L114 act 147, s/c L159
Car 6, D015, Bn 38
Ladder 168 acting 156
B-33 Safety, 58 RUL, 38 FF
E-284 w/ Sat 3
FC, RB, SB
Command Tactical
Car 6, Car 17
-B41 is EMS responding? we have 2 10-45s ATT (BD to B41...EMS is responding) 00:47 8 mins
-B41 corrected address is 1434 Flatbush Ave. Exposure 2 is a 3-story similar 00:48 9 mins
-CIDS-SRO Vacated Irregular. Strong possibility of collapse under fire conditions. Interior operations only with extreme caution. Consider exterior operations
-Via HTs...10-45 on the top floor and fire in the front room, I need a hand 00:52
-D15 2 additional 10-45s 00:53 14 mins
-Via HTs...R2 1 additional 10-45s on the top floor. Get a line up, we have members leaning out the window. They're moving a line up now 00:54
-Via HTs...D15 I have 2 10-45s out here. How many more coming down? B38 there are at least 3 more coming out now. B48 we have no signs of collapse potential ATT 00:57
-D15 we need 2 more trucks (L114a147 and TL159). We also have 1 or 2 more 10-45s 00:59
-D15 we have a total of 5 10-45s 01:00 22 mins
-Via HTs...we have another 10-45 on the top floor(6 10-45ncs). Need a bucket. L174 we are coming down in 157s bucket notify EMS now. 281 can we take a blow, who's gonna take over on this line? 01:01
-Via HTs...B48 the roof looks good up here, doesn't look like it'll collapse. B38 E255 is good here 01:07
-BD to D15...we spoke to OEM, DOB will not respond until the fire is Under Control 01:08
-D15 we have 6 10-45c2s 01:09
-Via HTs...RUL to E250 where are you and who you with? E250 we're on the second floor. L147? is in the front of the building. L174 we checked the exposure, there's no extension at this time. B38 primary on the 2-floor is negative 01:10
-Car6 10-84 01:12
-Via HTs...B58 to L174 we still have live wires up here. B48 to Command I'm gonna need a fresh truck up here on the 3-floor for overhaul. L174 I shut off all the breakers I had in the basement there must be something else up in the Church. E255 we still have sparking wires. L174 I'm in the basement of the fire building and shut down 4 breaker boxes, this power is comnig from somewhere else. Command to 157Bucket stay away from the front wall. B48? The floors inside look good 01:15
- Via HTs...L157 is gonna open up with the bucket to hit some of the plywood that's still smoldering. Command to B48 there's a guy in the middle window, tell him to be careful that whole wall is burnt away 01:22
-FC transmit an additional 10-45c4 for a total of 8 10-45s, 2-Code 4 and 6-Code 2 (BD to FC DSNY has been notified for a sander) 01:23
-FC size-up is a 20x60 frame PD. Exposures(1-street, 2-similar attached, 3-unknown, 4-similar attached). All visible fire ext 3LSO primi of 123 floors complete and negative. DOubtful 01:28 49 mins
-RB 10-8 01:52
-FC as per Car6...all searches of the fire building and exposures 2 and 4 are negative with the exception of the previous 8 10-45s. UC. Have buildings respond to check the stability of the facade 01:54 1 hour 16 mins
-D15 transmit an additional 10-45c4. A total of 9 10-45c4s 02:20
B41, D15
Engine 249/Ladder 113 fires:
11/19/2014 Brooklyn Box 22-2446
(Engine 249 4th due/Ladder 113 FAST)
1 dead, 16 injured after fire rips through Brooklyn building
One person was dead and 16 others injured — including six critically — when a raging fire swept through a Brooklyn building early Wednesday, officials said. The blaze broke out in the three-story a…
nypost.com
Man dies, 15 injured after blaze tears through Brooklyn apartment building
By BARRY PADDOCK, RYAN SIT and TINA MOORE
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |
NOV 20, 2014 AT 9:30 AM
A Brooklyn dad died Wednesday and 15 others were injured — six critically — when a raging fire sent tenants fleeing in the darkness from an illegally subdivided building, authorities said.
The lone fatality was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital after neighbors saw the badly burned man lying on the sidewalk outside the smoldering three-story residence at 1434 Flatbush Ave.
Six people were hospitalized in critical condition, including a teenage boy, a 50-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man, police sources said.
Other residents escaped in dramatic fashion from the building that was cited in September by city officials for the dangerous conversion of the upstairs apartments.
Flatbush Avenue @ Farragut Road
Fire out 3 windows
Engine 255 / Tower Ladder 157 First Due
Probably: E255, 248, E281, E249
T157, L147, L113F (Designated the FAST truck)
RS02, SQ01
Bn. 41, 33
Engine 284 w/ SAT
2nd Alarm E310, E240, E 276
L156, s/c L114 act 147, s/c L159
Car 6, D015, Bn 38
Ladder 168 acting 156
B-33 Safety, 58 RUL, 38 FF
E-284 w/ Sat 3
FC, RB, SB
Command Tactical
Car 6, Car 17
-B41 is EMS responding? we have 2 10-45s ATT (BD to B41...EMS is responding) 00:47 8 mins
-B41 corrected address is 1434 Flatbush Ave. Exposure 2 is a 3-story similar 00:48 9 mins
-CIDS-SRO Vacated Irregular. Strong possibility of collapse under fire conditions. Interior operations only with extreme caution. Consider exterior operations
-Via HTs...10-45 on the top floor and fire in the front room, I need a hand 00:52
-D15 2 additional 10-45s 00:53 14 mins
-Via HTs...R2 1 additional 10-45s on the top floor. Get a line up, we have members leaning out the window. They're moving a line up now 00:54
-Via HTs...D15 I have 2 10-45s out here. How many more coming down? B38 there are at least 3 more coming out now. B48 we have no signs of collapse potential ATT 00:57
-D15 we need 2 more trucks (L114a147 and TL159). We also have 1 or 2 more 10-45s 00:59
-D15 we have a total of 5 10-45s 01:00 22 mins
-Via HTs...we have another 10-45 on the top floor(6 10-45ncs). Need a bucket. L174 we are coming down in 157s bucket notify EMS now. 281 can we take a blow, who's gonna take over on this line? 01:01
-Via HTs...B48 the roof looks good up here, doesn't look like it'll collapse. B38 E255 is good here 01:07
-BD to D15...we spoke to OEM, DOB will not respond until the fire is Under Control 01:08
-D15 we have 6 10-45c2s 01:09
-Via HTs...RUL to E250 where are you and who you with? E250 we're on the second floor. L147? is in the front of the building. L174 we checked the exposure, there's no extension at this time. B38 primary on the 2-floor is negative 01:10
-Car6 10-84 01:12
-Via HTs...B58 to L174 we still have live wires up here. B48 to Command I'm gonna need a fresh truck up here on the 3-floor for overhaul. L174 I shut off all the breakers I had in the basement there must be something else up in the Church. E255 we still have sparking wires. L174 I'm in the basement of the fire building and shut down 4 breaker boxes, this power is comnig from somewhere else. Command to 157Bucket stay away from the front wall. B48? The floors inside look good 01:15
- Via HTs...L157 is gonna open up with the bucket to hit some of the plywood that's still smoldering. Command to B48 there's a guy in the middle window, tell him to be careful that whole wall is burnt away 01:22
-FC transmit an additional 10-45c4 for a total of 8 10-45s, 2-Code 4 and 6-Code 2 (BD to FC DSNY has been notified for a sander) 01:23
-FC size-up is a 20x60 frame PD. Exposures(1-street, 2-similar attached, 3-unknown, 4-similar attached). All visible fire ext 3LSO primi of 123 floors complete and negative. DOubtful 01:28 49 mins
-RB 10-8 01:52
-FC as per Car6...all searches of the fire building and exposures 2 and 4 are negative with the exception of the previous 8 10-45s. UC. Have buildings respond to check the stability of the facade 01:54 1 hour 16 mins
-D15 transmit an additional 10-45c4. A total of 9 10-45c4s 02:20
B41, D15
Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Engine 249/Ladder 113 fires:
60 CLARKSON AVE
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 @12:05 PM
Residents Believe Faulty Wiring May Have Sparked 3-Alarm Fire In Flatbush
JUSTIN HICKS
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 @12:05 PM
FLATBUSH – A three-alarm fire broke out at 60 Clarkson Avenue (between Flatbush & Bedford Avenues) shortly after 4pm Thursday afternoon. Residents say they believe it was due to faulty electrical wiring in a recently remodeled apartment.
“It’s kind of mind-boggling that there was an electrical fire in one of the apartments they were remodeling,” Brian Nicholas said.
Nicholas rushed over to the building after his mother, a resident of 60 Clarkson, called him with news of the fire.
Charlene Fisher, a resident of the building, believes the fire may have started in her top-floor apartment. When the electricity stopped working in her bedroom, she called the superintendent. It was sometime around then that she began smelling smoke.
“I smelled the smoke. It smelled like plastic smoke,” she said.
According to her, the super alerted the fire department and moments later they were breaking through her roof with pike poles. She and other residents were safely evacuated from the six-story building and stood on the street to stare up at the ladders stretching to their roof and windows from the fire trucks below. While clutching their pets and children, many residents worried about their belongings still inside.
“I feel hurt because they were breaking in my roof,” she said. “I don’t have nothing on me. No personal documents, nothing.”
Neighbors also looked on as firefighters swarmed the block. Many expressed their relief that nobody was seriously injured and then wondered aloud what they’d do if fire struck them.
“If there was a fire at my house I’d be in trouble,” Greta Niles, a nearby resident said. “If it was myself, I’d think, ‘What the heck am I going to do?'”
Others expressed disgust for what they believed to be negligent wiring inspections in the building.
“The facts are, the city needs to be on point – and stop pretending they’re on point – with renting these places out without making sure that, at least, electricity is [the] number one check priority,” Denise Williams, a long-time resident of a neighboring building, said.
All were amazed at the outpouring of response from the fire department.
“We’ve never had this many fire trucks on Clarkson,” Williams said. “The fire department is doing a heck of a job.”
The FDNY had the fire under control by approximately 5:50pm. Two patients were taken to Kings County Hospital for minor injuries, a FDNY spokesperson said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
https://bklyner.com/residents-believe-faulty-wiring-may-sparked-3-alarm-fire-flatbush/
11/2/2017 Brooklyn 3rd Alarm Box 1550
Address: 60 Clarkson Avenue - between Bedford and Flatbush Avenue
Fire on the 6th floor, cockloft, and roof of a 6 story 100x200 MD.
1624 - Bn. 41 - Using 2x2, investigating a haze on the top floor. One precautionary line stretched.
1640 - Bn. 41 - 10-75 the box. Companies still trying to locate the fire.
1642 - Bn. 41 - All Hands
1643 - Bn. 41 - Fire in the cockloft and on the roof of the middle wing of a 6 story MD. 2 L/S, not in operation. DWH
1650 - Bn. 41 - Transmit the 2nd Alarm. Fire through the roof. Fire has come through the ceiling of Apt. 6E & 6F.
1653 - Bn. 41 - 2 L/S/O, water on the fire. DWH
1707 - Div. 15 - MBFKD. Primaries are negative in the fire apartments.
1710 - FC - Transmit the 3rd Alarm.
1716 - FC - We had fire above 3 apartments. Cockloft nozzle was used. AVFKD. DWH
1749 - FC - The fire is extinguished. Secondaries are negative. Under Control
Maybe:
E-249, 248, 240, 281, 280 s/c
L-113, 132, 157F, 147 s/c
B-41, 48
S-1
R-2
D-15
RAC-2
2nd alarm:
E-281, 310, 234
L-132
E-284 w/ Sat. 3.
B-38 FF, 57 RUL, 58 Safety
SB, RB, FC, FCB, Tac 2
E-207 w/ Sat. 6
E-279 Communication
Car 11
3rd Alarm Maybe:
E-219, 250, 283
L-122, 176
B-33
E-222 was s/c for watch line.
Some relocations:
E-205 to E-280
E-246? to E-284
TL-161 to TL-157
TL-1 to L-122
B-28 to B-38
Engine 249/Ladder 113 fires:
60 CLARKSON AVE
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 @12:05 PM
Residents Believe Faulty Wiring May Have Sparked 3-Alarm Fire In Flatbush
JUSTIN HICKS
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 @12:05 PM
FLATBUSH – A three-alarm fire broke out at 60 Clarkson Avenue (between Flatbush & Bedford Avenues) shortly after 4pm Thursday afternoon. Residents say they believe it was due to faulty electrical wiring in a recently remodeled apartment.
“It’s kind of mind-boggling that there was an electrical fire in one of the apartments they were remodeling,” Brian Nicholas said.
Nicholas rushed over to the building after his mother, a resident of 60 Clarkson, called him with news of the fire.
Charlene Fisher, a resident of the building, believes the fire may have started in her top-floor apartment. When the electricity stopped working in her bedroom, she called the superintendent. It was sometime around then that she began smelling smoke.
“I smelled the smoke. It smelled like plastic smoke,” she said.
According to her, the super alerted the fire department and moments later they were breaking through her roof with pike poles. She and other residents were safely evacuated from the six-story building and stood on the street to stare up at the ladders stretching to their roof and windows from the fire trucks below. While clutching their pets and children, many residents worried about their belongings still inside.
“I feel hurt because they were breaking in my roof,” she said. “I don’t have nothing on me. No personal documents, nothing.”
Neighbors also looked on as firefighters swarmed the block. Many expressed their relief that nobody was seriously injured and then wondered aloud what they’d do if fire struck them.
“If there was a fire at my house I’d be in trouble,” Greta Niles, a nearby resident said. “If it was myself, I’d think, ‘What the heck am I going to do?'”
Others expressed disgust for what they believed to be negligent wiring inspections in the building.
“The facts are, the city needs to be on point – and stop pretending they’re on point – with renting these places out without making sure that, at least, electricity is [the] number one check priority,” Denise Williams, a long-time resident of a neighboring building, said.
All were amazed at the outpouring of response from the fire department.
“We’ve never had this many fire trucks on Clarkson,” Williams said. “The fire department is doing a heck of a job.”
The FDNY had the fire under control by approximately 5:50pm. Two patients were taken to Kings County Hospital for minor injuries, a FDNY spokesperson said. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
https://bklyner.com/residents-believe-faulty-wiring-may-sparked-3-alarm-fire-flatbush/
11/2/2017 Brooklyn 3rd Alarm Box 1550
Address: 60 Clarkson Avenue - between Bedford and Flatbush Avenue
Fire on the 6th floor, cockloft, and roof of a 6 story 100x200 MD.
1624 - Bn. 41 - Using 2x2, investigating a haze on the top floor. One precautionary line stretched.
1640 - Bn. 41 - 10-75 the box. Companies still trying to locate the fire.
1642 - Bn. 41 - All Hands
1643 - Bn. 41 - Fire in the cockloft and on the roof of the middle wing of a 6 story MD. 2 L/S, not in operation. DWH
1650 - Bn. 41 - Transmit the 2nd Alarm. Fire through the roof. Fire has come through the ceiling of Apt. 6E & 6F.
1653 - Bn. 41 - 2 L/S/O, water on the fire. DWH
1707 - Div. 15 - MBFKD. Primaries are negative in the fire apartments.
1710 - FC - Transmit the 3rd Alarm.
1716 - FC - We had fire above 3 apartments. Cockloft nozzle was used. AVFKD. DWH
1749 - FC - The fire is extinguished. Secondaries are negative. Under Control
Maybe:
E-249, 248, 240, 281, 280 s/c
L-113, 132, 157F, 147 s/c
B-41, 48
S-1
R-2
D-15
RAC-2
2nd alarm:
E-281, 310, 234
L-132
E-284 w/ Sat. 3.
B-38 FF, 57 RUL, 58 Safety
SB, RB, FC, FCB, Tac 2
E-207 w/ Sat. 6
E-279 Communication
Car 11
3rd Alarm Maybe:
E-219, 250, 283
L-122, 176
B-33
E-222 was s/c for watch line.
Some relocations:
E-205 to E-280
E-246? to E-284
TL-161 to TL-157
TL-1 to L-122
B-28 to B-38
Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Ladder 113 medals:
ROBERT H. BOSTON FF. LAD. 113 NOV. 1, 1964 1965 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
Fireman 1st Grade Robert H. Boston of Ladder 113 for heroic work at Great Personal Risk, in effecting the rescue of a child from a fire at the premises, 1028 New York Avenue., Brooklyn Box 7-5-3897, 1:34 A.M. on Nov. 1, 1964.
DENIS J. DRISCOLL FF. LAD. 113 AUG. 6, 1984 1985 TUTTLEMONDO
Firefighter 1st Grade Denis J. Driscoll of Ladder 113 for the heroic work in Unusual Personal Risk, in the rescue and removal of two drowning victims from
Prospect Park Lake, Brooklyn Box 1094, on August 6, 1984, at 1412 hours.
PAUL BORGIA FF. LAD. 113 JUN. 26, 1984 1985 BROOKMAN
Firefighter 1st Grade Paul Borgia of Ladder 113 for heroic work at Extreme Personal Risk, in the rescue of Mr. & Mrs. Kim from a fire at the premises, on Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn on June 26, 1984, at 0636 hours.
Ladder 113 medals:
ROBERT H. BOSTON FF. LAD. 113 NOV. 1, 1964 1965 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
Fireman 1st Grade Robert H. Boston of Ladder 113 for heroic work at Great Personal Risk, in effecting the rescue of a child from a fire at the premises, 1028 New York Avenue., Brooklyn Box 7-5-3897, 1:34 A.M. on Nov. 1, 1964.
DENIS J. DRISCOLL FF. LAD. 113 AUG. 6, 1984 1985 TUTTLEMONDO
Firefighter 1st Grade Denis J. Driscoll of Ladder 113 for the heroic work in Unusual Personal Risk, in the rescue and removal of two drowning victims from
Prospect Park Lake, Brooklyn Box 1094, on August 6, 1984, at 1412 hours.
PAUL BORGIA FF. LAD. 113 JUN. 26, 1984 1985 BROOKMAN
Firefighter 1st Grade Paul Borgia of Ladder 113 for heroic work at Extreme Personal Risk, in the rescue of Mr. & Mrs. Kim from a fire at the premises, on Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn on June 26, 1984, at 0636 hours.
Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Ladder 113 medals:
DANIEL J. TOWMEY, JR. FF. LAD. 113 JAN. 16, 1985 1986 PULASKI
Awarded to Firefighter Daniel J. Towmey, Jr. of Ladder 113, now a Lieutenant, covering in the 40th Battalion, for his selfless and heroic actions at Unusual Personal Risk in the rescue of a young girl and a man from a third alarm fire at 5 Linden Blvd., Brooklyn Box 1551, on January 16, 1985 at 0026 hours.
ROBERT P. MIUCCIO LT. LAD. 113 NOV. 11, 1987 1988 STEUBEN
Award to Lieutenant Robert P. Miuccio of Ladder 113, for showing dedication and bravery in risking his own safety in the rescue of Frank Purcell from the four floor of a particle building collapse at 1430 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn Box 925 on November 11, 1987 at 0925 hours.
LAWRENCE W. BRENNAN CAPT. LAD. 113 JAN. 26, 1989 1990 LAUFER
To Captain Lawrence W. Brennan of Ladder 113, for his selfless and heroic action at Extreme Personal risk in the rescue of Edward Connolly from a fire at the premises at 1435 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, Box 1573 on January 26, 1989 at 0703 hours.
Ladder 113 medals:
DANIEL J. TOWMEY, JR. FF. LAD. 113 JAN. 16, 1985 1986 PULASKI
Awarded to Firefighter Daniel J. Towmey, Jr. of Ladder 113, now a Lieutenant, covering in the 40th Battalion, for his selfless and heroic actions at Unusual Personal Risk in the rescue of a young girl and a man from a third alarm fire at 5 Linden Blvd., Brooklyn Box 1551, on January 16, 1985 at 0026 hours.
ROBERT P. MIUCCIO LT. LAD. 113 NOV. 11, 1987 1988 STEUBEN
Award to Lieutenant Robert P. Miuccio of Ladder 113, for showing dedication and bravery in risking his own safety in the rescue of Frank Purcell from the four floor of a particle building collapse at 1430 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn Box 925 on November 11, 1987 at 0925 hours.
LAWRENCE W. BRENNAN CAPT. LAD. 113 JAN. 26, 1989 1990 LAUFER
To Captain Lawrence W. Brennan of Ladder 113, for his selfless and heroic action at Extreme Personal risk in the rescue of Edward Connolly from a fire at the premises at 1435 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, Box 1573 on January 26, 1989 at 0703 hours.
Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Ladder 113 medals:
THOMAS F. SULLIVAN, JR FF. LAD. 113 SEP. 9, 1989 1990 PRENTICE
Awarded to Firefighter 1st Grade Thomas F. Sullivan Jr. of Ladder 113 for Extreme Personal Risk in the rescue of an infant, Gregory Williams from a fire in the premises at 1776 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, Box 1084 on September 9, 1989.
RAYMOND M. BROWN, JR. LT. LAD. 113 NOV. 2, 1994 1995 COMPANY OFFICERS
Awarded to Lieutenant Raymond M. Brown Jr. of Ladder 113 for at Unusual Personal Risk in the rescue of a man from a fire in the premises at 345
Montgomery Street, Brooklyn Box 75-1060 on November 2, 1994 at 1452 hours.
BERNARD K. DUFFY FF. LAD. 113 JAN. 7, 1995 1996 KENNY
Awarded to Firefighter 1st Grade Bernard K. Duffy of Ladder 113 for displaying Great Courage and skill in the rope rescue of Anna Marie Jeanty from a fire at the premises of 474 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn Box 75-1043, on January 7, 1995 at 1402 hours.
Ladder 113 medals:
THOMAS F. SULLIVAN, JR FF. LAD. 113 SEP. 9, 1989 1990 PRENTICE
Awarded to Firefighter 1st Grade Thomas F. Sullivan Jr. of Ladder 113 for Extreme Personal Risk in the rescue of an infant, Gregory Williams from a fire in the premises at 1776 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, Box 1084 on September 9, 1989.
RAYMOND M. BROWN, JR. LT. LAD. 113 NOV. 2, 1994 1995 COMPANY OFFICERS
Awarded to Lieutenant Raymond M. Brown Jr. of Ladder 113 for at Unusual Personal Risk in the rescue of a man from a fire in the premises at 345
Montgomery Street, Brooklyn Box 75-1060 on November 2, 1994 at 1452 hours.
BERNARD K. DUFFY FF. LAD. 113 JAN. 7, 1995 1996 KENNY
Awarded to Firefighter 1st Grade Bernard K. Duffy of Ladder 113 for displaying Great Courage and skill in the rope rescue of Anna Marie Jeanty from a fire at the premises of 474 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn Box 75-1043, on January 7, 1995 at 1402 hours.
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Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Engine 249 LODD:
FIREFIGHTER MATTHEW MILLER ENGINE 249 January 30, 1908
While returning from a two-alarm fire at 80 East 38th Street, Flatbush, Fireman Matthew Miller, forty years old of 1417 Bedford Avenue, driver of Engine 149 (now Engine 249), housed on Rogers Avenue near Midwood Street, was hurled from his seat, run over and killed instantly in an effort to get the engine out of a series of ruts in Canarsie Avenue, just off Snyder Avenue, where the street was in bad shape. The front wheel of the engine passed over Miller’s neck, breaking his spinal cord.
The fireman fought the blaze from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The other apparatus left and Miller, who was somewhat numb from the cold, mounted his engine and swung into Canarsie Avenue on the homeward trip. He had not driven beyond Snyder Avenue when the front wheels struck a particularly deep rut and the engine was stuck there. The three horses were unable to pull it out and Miller unstrapped himself and got down to help push the spokes of the wheel. The engine was finally lifted out of the rut in which it had stuck. Miller jumped to his seat and as the horses got a good start, he seized the reins and urged them on, not stopping to secure himself with the strap which engine drivers fasten around themselves to prevent just such an accident as happened to him.
After bumping over the hollows and ridges for a few feet, the front wheels hit another very deep rut. Miller was hurled from his seat, descending headfirst directly behind the horses. Two firemen stood beside the front wheel of the engine and tried to catch Miller as he fell. It happened so suddenly that he landed on the ground with his neck directly in the path of the wheel. The horses were pulling hard, taking the suddenly loosened reins as a signal for even a greater effort before either of the firemen could get to their heads or pull Miller from his dangerous position. The horses drew the engine out of the rut and over Miller’s neck. -from "The Last Alarm"
RIP. Never forget.
Engine 249 LODD:
FIREFIGHTER MATTHEW MILLER ENGINE 249 January 30, 1908
While returning from a two-alarm fire at 80 East 38th Street, Flatbush, Fireman Matthew Miller, forty years old of 1417 Bedford Avenue, driver of Engine 149 (now Engine 249), housed on Rogers Avenue near Midwood Street, was hurled from his seat, run over and killed instantly in an effort to get the engine out of a series of ruts in Canarsie Avenue, just off Snyder Avenue, where the street was in bad shape. The front wheel of the engine passed over Miller’s neck, breaking his spinal cord.
The fireman fought the blaze from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The other apparatus left and Miller, who was somewhat numb from the cold, mounted his engine and swung into Canarsie Avenue on the homeward trip. He had not driven beyond Snyder Avenue when the front wheels struck a particularly deep rut and the engine was stuck there. The three horses were unable to pull it out and Miller unstrapped himself and got down to help push the spokes of the wheel. The engine was finally lifted out of the rut in which it had stuck. Miller jumped to his seat and as the horses got a good start, he seized the reins and urged them on, not stopping to secure himself with the strap which engine drivers fasten around themselves to prevent just such an accident as happened to him.
After bumping over the hollows and ridges for a few feet, the front wheels hit another very deep rut. Miller was hurled from his seat, descending headfirst directly behind the horses. Two firemen stood beside the front wheel of the engine and tried to catch Miller as he fell. It happened so suddenly that he landed on the ground with his neck directly in the path of the wheel. The horses were pulling hard, taking the suddenly loosened reins as a signal for even a greater effort before either of the firemen could get to their heads or pull Miller from his dangerous position. The horses drew the engine out of the rut and over Miller’s neck. -from "The Last Alarm"
RIP. Never forget.
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Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Engine 249 LODD:
LIEUTENANT JOHN H. MARTINSON ENGINE 249 January 3, 2008
FIREHOUSE FDNY Lieutenant Killed in High-Rise Blaze
Lt. John H. Martinson died after he became trapped in a smoky blaze in a Brooklyn high-rise.
NEW YORK-- A fire officer died last night after he became trapped in a smoky blaze in a Brooklyn high-rise.
Lt. John H. Martinson, 40, a decorated former NYPD cop, went into cardiac arrest in a smoke-filled 14th-floor unit at the Ebbets Field Apartments in Crown Heights.
A grim Mayor Bloomberg, who rushed to Kings County Hospital, called Martinson "somebody that we really should use the word 'hero' for."
Martinson was with the first company at the scene.
As the smoke grew more intense, his colleagues retreated from the apartment when they began to lose air, but he was unable to escape.
The fallen firefighter was found unconscious 10 to 15 feet inside the apartment by two members of another unit sent as reinforcements. Officials said Martinson had not broadcast a distress call.
Martinson suffered burns, but it's not clear why his heart failed - sources said he may have also lost his oxygen supply.
The firefighters who pulled him out suffered minor burns. Two other firefighters and six civilians also had minor injuries.
"I saw [firefighters] carried out on stretchers, with oxygen masks, and they were carrying them across the courtyard," said a 24th-floor resident.
Martinson - who served as a cop on Staten Island where he won a meritorious-service medal - died at the hospital. The son of a longtime firefighter, Martinson leaves a wife, Jessica, who was expecting their second child. They have a 22-month-old son, John Patrick.
"There was one thing the wife wanted me to say and it was the one thing I can't say - I can't bring back her husband," Bloomberg said.
Martinson, of Staten Island, was a 14-year FDNY veteran assigned to Ladder 249 in Flatbush and was a police officer for four years.
More than 100 firefighters answered the alarm, and the blaze, which started shortly after 7:15 p.m., took less than an hour to extinguish.
Still, residents said, it was powerful while it lasted.
Kadiatu Darri, 41, said she and her three children were trapped inside their apartment, next to the one that was ablaze.
"My son saw fire under the door," she said. "He started yelling, 'Mommy, the fire is coming!' I opened the front door, and all I saw was black smoke.
"I shut the door and called 911. I was so happy when the firemen came."
The terrified mom said the firefighters told her to stay inside. Other residents, uncertain what to do, did likewise.
"There was a lot of smoke coming in because of the draft," said a 60-year-old man who lives on the 21st floor. "If you opened the window, smoke gushed in; if you opened the door, smoke gushed in."
A 19th-floor tenant said, "I put on my coat and stood near the window. I have a fan. I turned it on and pointed it at the window."
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. It was not considered suspicious.
The building has had several fires in recent years, with the most dramatic in March 2006, when a firefighter had to be lowered from the roof to save a woman trapped on the ledge of a 25th-floor window.
Martinson is the first firefighter to die in the line of duty since two died of cardiac arrest when flames tore through the gutted Deutsche Bank building across from Ground Zero five months ago.
Republished with permission of The New York Post.
https://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/fallen-fdny-firefighter-was-johnny-nice-guy/
RIP. Never forget.
Engine 249 LODD:
LIEUTENANT JOHN H. MARTINSON ENGINE 249 January 3, 2008
FIREHOUSE FDNY Lieutenant Killed in High-Rise Blaze
Lt. John H. Martinson died after he became trapped in a smoky blaze in a Brooklyn high-rise.
NEW YORK-- A fire officer died last night after he became trapped in a smoky blaze in a Brooklyn high-rise.
Lt. John H. Martinson, 40, a decorated former NYPD cop, went into cardiac arrest in a smoke-filled 14th-floor unit at the Ebbets Field Apartments in Crown Heights.
A grim Mayor Bloomberg, who rushed to Kings County Hospital, called Martinson "somebody that we really should use the word 'hero' for."
Martinson was with the first company at the scene.
As the smoke grew more intense, his colleagues retreated from the apartment when they began to lose air, but he was unable to escape.
The fallen firefighter was found unconscious 10 to 15 feet inside the apartment by two members of another unit sent as reinforcements. Officials said Martinson had not broadcast a distress call.
Martinson suffered burns, but it's not clear why his heart failed - sources said he may have also lost his oxygen supply.
The firefighters who pulled him out suffered minor burns. Two other firefighters and six civilians also had minor injuries.
"I saw [firefighters] carried out on stretchers, with oxygen masks, and they were carrying them across the courtyard," said a 24th-floor resident.
Martinson - who served as a cop on Staten Island where he won a meritorious-service medal - died at the hospital. The son of a longtime firefighter, Martinson leaves a wife, Jessica, who was expecting their second child. They have a 22-month-old son, John Patrick.
"There was one thing the wife wanted me to say and it was the one thing I can't say - I can't bring back her husband," Bloomberg said.
Martinson, of Staten Island, was a 14-year FDNY veteran assigned to Ladder 249 in Flatbush and was a police officer for four years.
More than 100 firefighters answered the alarm, and the blaze, which started shortly after 7:15 p.m., took less than an hour to extinguish.
Still, residents said, it was powerful while it lasted.
Kadiatu Darri, 41, said she and her three children were trapped inside their apartment, next to the one that was ablaze.
"My son saw fire under the door," she said. "He started yelling, 'Mommy, the fire is coming!' I opened the front door, and all I saw was black smoke.
"I shut the door and called 911. I was so happy when the firemen came."
The terrified mom said the firefighters told her to stay inside. Other residents, uncertain what to do, did likewise.
"There was a lot of smoke coming in because of the draft," said a 60-year-old man who lives on the 21st floor. "If you opened the window, smoke gushed in; if you opened the door, smoke gushed in."
A 19th-floor tenant said, "I put on my coat and stood near the window. I have a fan. I turned it on and pointed it at the window."
The cause of the fire was not immediately known. It was not considered suspicious.
The building has had several fires in recent years, with the most dramatic in March 2006, when a firefighter had to be lowered from the roof to save a woman trapped on the ledge of a 25th-floor window.
Martinson is the first firefighter to die in the line of duty since two died of cardiac arrest when flames tore through the gutted Deutsche Bank building across from Ground Zero five months ago.
Republished with permission of The New York Post.
https://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/fallen-fdny-firefighter-was-johnny-nice-guy/
RIP. Never forget.
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Engine 249/Ladder 113 (continued):
Prospect Lefferts Gardens:
en.wikipedia.org
Flatbush:
"Flatbush" name origin - named V’lacke Bos, or “a plain with woods” by Dutch settlers in reference to the land’s heavy timber covering.
en.wikipedia.org
Ocean Avenue Line Trolley:
Ran from Sheepshead Bay to Crown Heights. Route was Ocean Avenue/Rogers Avenue. Stopped operating 1951. Replaced by bus.
Prospect Lefferts Gardens:
Prospect Lefferts Gardens - Wikipedia
Flatbush:
"Flatbush" name origin - named V’lacke Bos, or “a plain with woods” by Dutch settlers in reference to the land’s heavy timber covering.
Flatbush - Wikipedia
Ocean Avenue Line Trolley:
Ran from Sheepshead Bay to Crown Heights. Route was Ocean Avenue/Rogers Avenue. Stopped operating 1951. Replaced by bus.
