FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section

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guitarman314 said:
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South Bronx

    November 9, 1981
    22-2243

Hey Mack, box number was 2343 @Third Ave. & 161st for 2nd alarmer at B & L Auto Parts, 3217 3rd Ave. & 162nd St.  ;)

Done - Thanks Gman.
 

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E 234/TL33/Squad 41/Rescue 3 member - Ret FF Garrett Lindgren - aka "69 Mets":

   

   


    Father (Ret) DC Robert Lindgren - RIP:

   
 
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mac8146 said:
Not sure of when This happened thinking late 80?s early 90?s but TL29 switched rigs with L50 who had a rearmount. Maybe other members can be more specific as to reasons, also remember that TL50 had received a 95? tower and swapped that rig with TL51 due to turning radius out of quarters being tight so they became a 75? tower again.
Did any other Ladder Companies revert to aerial ladders after having tower ladders, like L29?
 
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fdhistorian said:
mac8146 said:
Not sure of when This happened thinking late 80?s early 90?s but TL29 switched rigs with L50 who had a rearmount. Maybe other members can be more specific as to reasons, also remember that TL50 had received a 95? tower and swapped that rig with TL51 due to turning radius out of quarters being tight so they became a 75? tower again.
Did any other Ladder Companies revert to aerial ladders after having tower ladders, like L29?
Yes,
L84 on Staten Island
 
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fdhistorian said:
mac8146 said:
Not sure of when This happened thinking late 80?s early 90?s but TL29 switched rigs with L50 who had a rearmount. Maybe other members can be more specific as to reasons, also remember that TL50 had received a 95? tower and swapped that rig with TL51 due to turning radius out of quarters being tight so they became a 75? tower again.
Did any other Ladder Companies revert to aerial ladders after having tower ladders, like L29?
Also LAD*103-1 had a TL for a short period then when the Second Section was disbanded they got their RM.
 
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Also in the mid 1980's, 21 Truck in Hell's Kitchen switched from a rear-mount to a tower ladder.
 

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guitarman314 said:
fdhistorian said:
mac8146 said:
Not sure of when This happened thinking late 80?s early 90?s but TL29 switched rigs with L50 who had a rearmount. Maybe other members can be more specific as to reasons, also remember that TL50 had received a 95? tower and swapped that rig with TL51 due to turning radius out of quarters being tight so they became a 75? tower again.
Did any other Ladder Companies revert to aerial ladders after having tower ladders, like L29?
Yes,
L84 on Staten Island

Ladder 84 had a tower ladder until 2001.

   

TL 76 (Tottenville), TL 84 (Huguenot), TL 85 (New Dorp), TL 86 (Bulls Head) and TL 87 (Annadale) - were all tower ladders and covered more than half of SI with then only non-tower ladder was L 82 (Great Kills), which had a rearmount.  Ladder 84 was assigned a 2001 Seagrave rearmount.



 

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Engine 84/Ladder 34  Firehouse 513 W. 161st Street  Washington Heights, Manhattan  7th Division, 13th Battalion  "Where Harlem Reaches the Heights"

    Engine 84 organized 513 W 161st Street w/Ladder 34          1907

    Ladder 34 organized 513 W 161st Street w/Engine 84          1907

    Battalion 13 located at 513 W 161st Street at Engine 84    2001-2003

    Purple K Unit 84 organized 513 W 161st Street at Engine 84  2007


513 W 161st Street firehouse:

   

   

   

   

   


513 W 161st Street firehouse design and history - Landmarks Preservation Commission 1997

      - http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1997FireEngineCo84.pdf


Engine 84:

   

   

   

   

   


Ladder 34:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


Purple K Unit 84:

   

   


Engine 84/Ladder 34 videos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MogukThZwY4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBH2AynbHuE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-iwWXSq020

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4a-VJSPZQc


FDNY Medals:

    WILLIAM F. MURPHY, JR. FF. LAD. 34 OFF DUTY DEC. 12, 1941 BROOKMAN
   
    EDWARD C. BALDAUF FF. LAD. 34 AUG. 16, 1944 CRIMMINS

    JOSEPH F. SMYTH FF. LAD. 34 JUN. 15, 1972 HISPANIC

    JAMES F. MCHUGH FF. LAD. 34 JAN. 30, 1978 KANE

    MICHAEL A. TELESCA FF. LAD. 34 DEC. 19, 1982 PIPES & DRUMS

    CHARLES ROBERTO FF. LAD. 34 DEC. 19, 1982 CONNELL

    VINCENT SAVARESE FF. LAD. 34 NOV. 3, 1983 SIGNAL 77

         

    FABRICE E. DE LACOUR FF. LAD. 34 JAN. 11, 1985 DELEHANTY

    JOHN J. HALPIN FF. LAD. 34 MAY 28, 1985 GOLDENKRANZ

       

    WILLIAM F. MALONEY LT. LAD. 34 DEC. 3, 1986 JAMES GORDON BENNETT

       

    WILLIAM F. MALONEY LT. LAD. 34 DEC. 3, 1986 NYS HONORARY FIRE CHIEFS

         

    JAMES M. KLESS FF. LAD. 34 JAN. 11, 1989 HOLY NAME

    WILLIAM F. MALONEY LT. LAD. 34 1990 HARRY M. ARCHER

       

    SHAWN J. ASHE FF. LAD. 34 NOV. 19, 1992 LAUFER


LODDs L 34:

    CAPTAIN ERICK W. THOMAS LADDER 34 April 3, 1959

         

    FIREFIGHTER TIMOTHY J. GRAY LADDER 34 December 7, 1970
       
         

          He was killed when he fell 10 stories down an elevator shaft while searching for trapped occupants at a 2-alarm fire in an 11-story building.

    FIREFIGHTER JOHN T. McKENNA LADDER 34 March 19, 1979

         

          Fireman John T. McKenna was operating on the roof of an apartment building when it gave way and he fell into the fiery apartment below in this two-alarm fire. He was pulled from the burning apartment by fellow firemen but not before receiving burns over seventy-four percent of his body. He was taken to the hospital where he was cared for until his death on March 17. He was thirty years old and a member of the Department since August 13, 1977. He was not married. -                          "The Last Alarm" by Boucher, Urbanowicz and Melhan

    LIEUTENANT ANTHONY JOVIC LADDER 34 September 11, 2001

         

         

         

          https://inavukic.com/2013/09/11/croatian-hero-of-911-lt-anthony-jovic/


    RIP.  Never forget.


Washington Heights:

    Washington Heights is a neighborhood in the northern portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The area, with over 150,000 inhabitants as of 2010, is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on the island of Manhattan by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the British forces

   

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Heights,_Manhattan




 

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CHARLES ROBERTO FF. LAD. 34 DEC. 19, 1982 CONNELL

    Captain Charlie Roberto, Ladder 26 video:

          http://www.buzzpls.com/content/SkdONU1qRko4ZDA=/Captain-Charlie-Roberto-FDNY.html

         
 

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MICHAEL A. TELESCA FF. LAD. 34 DEC. 19, 1982 PIPES & DRUMS

Battalion Chief Talesca, Bn 19, was inside the basement of the South World Trade Tower (#2) when it collapsed:
 
   
 

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JOHN J. HALPIN FF. LAD. 34 MAY 28, 1985 GOLDENKRANZ

   

    John J. Halpin died in New York City on May 29, 2014, from causes related to the recovery efforts at the World Trade Center after September 11, 2001.
Lieutenant Halpin was a decorated member of the New York City Fire Department for 28 years.

RIP.  Never forget.

 
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MT8410 said:
Also in the mid 1980's, 21 Truck in Hell's Kitchen switched from a rear-mount to a tower ladder.
  That happened after the big fire next to Rescue 1's firehouse. 
 
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MICHAEL A. TELESCA FF. LAD. 34 DEC. 19, 1982 PIPES & DRUMS

Battalion Chief Talesca, Bn 19, was inside the basement of the South World Trade Tower (#2) when it collapsed:
 
   
I believe on 9-11 Mike was working in the Safety BN.
 

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68jk09 said:
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MICHAEL A. TELESCA FF. LAD. 34 DEC. 19, 1982 PIPES & DRUMS

Battalion Chief Talesca, Bn 19, was inside the basement of the South World Trade Tower (#2) when it collapsed:
 
   
I believe on 9-11 Mike was working in the Safety BN.

Chief - Yes - Safety Battalion - "Firehouse" story below:

    - http://www.firehouse.com/article/10567893/battalion-chief-michael-telesca
 

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Engine 11  Firehouse  437 E Houston Street  Lower East Side, Manhattan  1st Division, 4th Battalion  DISBANDED

    Engine 11 organized 437 E Houston Street former volunteer firehouse      1865
    Engine 11 relocated unknown location                                                    1879
    Engine 11 new firehouse 437 E Houston Street                                        1880
    Engine 11 disbanded                                                                            1957

Pre-FDNY volunteer department:   

    Engine 44 Live Oak organized Columbia Street vicinity Houston Street      1824
    Engine 44 Live Oak moved Houston Street and Manhattan Street              1828
    Engine 44 Live Oak disbanded                                                                1845
    Engine 44 Live Oak reorganized new firehouse 437 E Houston Street        1851
    Engine 44 Live Oak disbanded                                                                1865

    - Engine 11 organized in former firehouse of volunteer Engine44 Live Oak


Engine 44 Live Oak firehouse Houston Street and Manhattan Street:

   


Engine 44 Live Oak members (date unknown):

   


437 E. Houston Street:

   

   


Engine 11 FDNY:

   

   

   

   


Engine 11 FDNY Medal:

    Assistant Foreman James Horn, Engine 11, March 26, 1875  James Gordon Bennett Medal

         

          On March 26, 1875, Assistant Foreman James Horn responded with Engine 11 to a tenement fire at 353-355 Rivington Street approximately midnight.  Horn found Anthony Paul who was trapped by fire on the 4th floor.  Paul was ready to throw his 3 children, Josephine, Joseph and Catherine, and his wife Adeline out the 4th floor window and then jump.  Horn burst into the room, carried 2 children and led the other family members to safety. 

 
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wfd444 said:
  TL21 swapped out their rearmount with whoever had the TL
  It looks like 21 got TL138's 1979 Mack TL (#MT7908) right after 138 had received a new 1984 Mack TL (#MT8412). Then in 1986, TL21 got a brand new 1985 Mack TL #MT8504. :)
 

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Engine 11  Firehouse  437 E Houston Street  Lower East Side, Manhattan  1st Division, 4th Battalion  DISBANDED

    Engine 11 organized 437 E Houston Street former volunteer firehouse      1865
    Engine 11 relocated unknown location                                                    1879
    Engine 11 new firehouse 437 E Houston Street                                        1880
    Engine 11 disbanded                                                                            1957

Pre-FDNY volunteer department:   

    Engine 44 Live Oak organized Columbia Street vicinity Houston Street      1824
    Engine 44 Live Oak moved Houston Street and Manhattan Street              1828
    Engine 44 Live Oak disbanded                                                                1845
    Engine 44 Live Oak reorganized new firehouse 437 E Houston Street        1851
    Engine 44 Live Oak disbanded                                                                1865

    - Engine 11 organized in former firehouse of volunteer Engine44 Live Oak


Engine 44 Live Oak firehouse Houston Street and Manhattan Street:

   


Engine 44 Live Oak members (date unknown):

   


Engine 11 FDNY:

   

   


Engine 11 FDNY Medal:

    Assistant Foreman James Horn, Engine 11, March 26, 1875  James Gordon Bennett Medal

         

          On March 26, 1875, Assistant Foreman James Horn responded with Engine 11 to a tenement fire at 353-355 Rivington Street approximately midnight.  Horn found Anthony Paul who was trapped by fire on the 4th floor.  Paul was ready to throw his 3 children, Josephine, Joseph and Catherine, and his wife Adeline out the 4th floor window and then jump.  Horn burst into the room, carried 2 children and led the other family members to safety.

Engine 11 was disbanded in 1957 to form Engine 91-2.  Engine 11's firehouse was razed to build housing projects - Lillian Wald Houses.
 
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  Makes me wonder if they had kept E11 in service until the new E. 2nd St. firehouse a couple of blocks away was completed. Would it have been Engine 11 Ladder 11 instead of E28 L11? ???
 

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Video of FDNY water tower going into operation - 1930:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nBVeX2N7UY
 
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