Engine 34/Ladder 21 (continued)
Engine 34 organized:
Ladder 21 history:
Ladder 21 By Captain Michael T. Farrell
1890 - At the meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners the Chief of Department recommended that Ladder 21 be established. On June 1st
Ladder 21 was organized and located at 432 West 36 street.
1890 - Ladder 21 had 147 runs and 76 workers. The truck had a three (3) horse team, two (2) of which were purchased for $300.00 each. Ladder
21's first job was on June 5th at box 454 located at 10 avenue and West 37 street @ 0330 hours. A second alarm (2-2) was transmitted @ 0332
hours.
1891 - Water Tower 3 was organized and assigned to Ladder 21
1901 - Water Tower 3 was moved to Ladder 24
1902 - Ladder 21 designated a double company on June 1st
1939 - Ladder 21 reverted back to single company. Because of construction of the Lincoln Tunnel their quarters had to be destroyed. On September 1, 1937, Ladder 21 with Engine 34 moved into their new quarters at 440 West 38 street.
Original Members of Ladder 21, June 1, 1890
FM George S. Searle
AF James J. McCartney
FR Pierce English
FR Thomas R. Godfrey (note - LODD May 23, 1892
FR Thomas Larkin #1
FR William H. Kleinfelder
FR Henry E. Hanley
FR James R. Fogarty
FR Michael F. Power
FR Andrew Clarey
FR Thomas Kehoe
FR John J. Kane
Members who made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Thomas R. Godfrey L 21 Fireman May 23, 1892
Thomas Behan L 21 Fireman September 12, 1921
Henry P. Reinhardt L 21 Fireman March 5, 1922
William Kostinec, Jr. L 21 Lieutenant March 22, 1932
THEY SHOULD AND WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!
Ladder Co. 21 was assigned a Tower Ladder in 1985 as a result of the major fire that destroyed Rescue 1's quarters on West 43 Street (formerly the quarters of Engine 2). The first three trucks responding to this fire, Ladder 21, Ladder 4 and Ladder 24 were all 100' aerial ladders.
The current members of Tower Ladder Co. 21
Captain Michael T. Farrell
Lieutenant Michael N. Fodor
Matthew Moog
Peter Campanelli
Fireman
Gerald Atwood (note - LODD WTC September 11, 2001)
Frank Chara
Gerard Duffy
Brian Eagers
Gerard Gavin
Thomas Hammerton
Michael Harris
Henry Lombardi
Edward Luciani
John Marr (note - died from WTC-related illness April 7, 2020)
Juan Marrero
Frederick McKeon
James McNally
Kevin Meehan
Thomas Merenyi
Paul Nugent
Thomas Oswald
Vincent Prisco
James Rosinsky
Clinton Schmitterer
James Shannon
John Sheehan
Leo Skorupski
Bryan Weckmann
Robert Wheeler
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