FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section

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FDNY yellow apparatus:

    - 1980:  ALF to Engine 65.

         

         


    - 1981:  10 Mack CFs - Engines 10 (later to Engine 4), 41, 42, 45, 46, 58, 85 (later to Engine 263 and later to Training), 94, 236 (later to Engine 73), 277 (later to NYC Department of Correction),

    Engine 10:

         

         

         


    Engine 41:

         

         

         


    Engine 42:

         


    Engine 45:

         


    Engine 46:

         


    Engine 58:
     
         

         


    Engine 73:

         


    Engine 85:

         

         
     

    Engine 94:

         


    Engine 236:

         


    Engine 263:

         

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO5JiEy4SJI

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmgCUY4GuIA


    Engine 277:

         

         




    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF68EppniPk&list=PLDDFEDCD63F136DD1&index=23

 

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This was Boston's first yellow apparatus. Engine 10's 1971 1500GPM Hahn, shop # 157P, June 27, 1978. Eventually almost all the apparatus were painted in this color except for 10 1976 Seagrave TDA's

 

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This was Boston's first yellow apparatus. Engine 10's 1971 1500GPM Hahn, shop # 157P, June 27, 1978. Eventually almost all the apparatus were painted in this color except for 10 1976 Seagrave TDA's

Grump, as I am sure you know, BFD also had yellow trucks:

         


    And yellow squirt apparatus:

         

 

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Engine 58/Ladder 26 - "The Fire factory" 1991:

    https://www.findclip.net/video/CjKuyvAwLW0/fdny-the.html

Engine 58 had yellow rig.

 

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Engine 19 firehouse 355 W 25th Street  Chelsea, Manhattan Division 3, Battalion 7  DISBANDED

    Engine 19 organized 355 W 25th Street former firehouse volunteer Mazeppa Engine 48      1865
    Engine 19 moved to 338 W 25th Street                                                                          1879
    Engine 19 returned to 355 W 25th Street                                                                        1880
    Engine 19 disbanded                                                                                                    1947

    Boat Tender 2 organized 355 W 25th Street at Engine 19                                                1893
    Boat Tender 2 disbanded                                                                                              1909

    Relay Hose Wagon 2 organized 126 E. 50th Street at Ladder 2                                        1942
    Relay Hose Wagon 2 moved 355 W. 25th Street at Engine                                              1944
    Relay Hose Wagon 2 disbanded                                                                                    1945

                                                                               
Pre-FDNY:

    Engine 19's firehouse was built in 1864 by volunteer Mazeppa Engine 48.

          Mazeppa Engine 48 organized Fitzroy Road and 19th Street                                              1828
          Mazeppa Engine 48 moved to W 13th Street and 6th Avenue                                            1842
          Mazeppa Engine 48 moved to 152 W 26th Street                                                            1843
          Mazeppa Engine 48 moved to W 24th Street and 7th Avenue                                            1851
          Mazeppa Engine 48 moved to 227 (355) W 25th Street                                                    1864

          Engine 48's nickname "Mazeppa" was a name associated with bravery and strength.

          Annual Report (1800s) - Mazeppa Engine, No. 48:

              "Foreman, Charles Cowan. Located 163 West Twenty-fourth street; performs duty in the second and third districts. House ordinary, and too small; new house building at No. 227 West Twenty-fifth street; engine second class, piano, crane-neck style, 8-inch cylinders, 9-inch stroke, in good condition; built in 1855, by James Smith; formerly belonged to Engine Company No. 40; present number of men, 50; 200 feet of hose bad, and 400 feet good. Also, a hose tender, in ordinary condition."  (from "The History Box")


Engine 19 FDNY 355 W 25th Street:

   

   
 

Engine 19 1939 WLF 1000 GPM pumper:

   


Boat Tender 2:

    Boat Tenders were hose tenders modified to carry large diameter hose and appliances to work with FDNY fireboats.


Relay Hose Wagon 2:

   

    Relay Hose Wagons were 1924 ALF aerial ladders converted by FDNY shops during World War II to carry 3000 feet of 3 1/2 inch hose.  The purpose was to lay portable water supplies if NYC was attacked during the war.  The apparatus was painted gray and had blacked out headlights.


FDNY Organizational Chart 1945:

   


Engine 19 LODDs:

    FF David McBride, Engine 19 February 17, 1882

          Fireman David McBride of Engine 19 suffered a paralytic stroke in the quarters of Engine 19 on February 16, 1882. Foreman Henderson summoned Doctor Johnson to quarters who removed him to the hospital. He was then taken to his home where he died the next afternoon. (From "The Last Alarm")

    FF Hugh F. Arragoni Engine 19 April 27, 1904

          Box 4-4- 432- 654 W 30 Street

          Three lives were lost and property valued at $200,000 was destroyed in a fire at the JOHN STANLEY Soap Works, in West Thirtieth street, to-day. The dead, all of whom were firemen, are: THOMAS MADIGAN, JAMES CREAN and HUGO ARRAGONE.

          MADIGAN and CREAN were buried under tons of debris when the walls of the building fell, and it was many hours before their mangled bodies were recovered. ARRAGONE, who was caught in the crash, was still alive when released, but was so badly injured that he died at a hospital several hours later. Many other firemen who had been called out by the four alarms had narrow escapes.

          The soap works plant was destroyed and the DUNBAR Box and Lumber Company's lumber yards adjoining were badly damaged.  (from The Post-Standard Syracuse, New York 1904-04-28)

    FF John J Crean, Engine 19 April 27, 1904

          Box 4-4- 432- 654 W 30 Street

         

    FF Thomas F Madigan, Engine 19 April 27, 1904

          Box 4-4- 432- 654 W 30 Street

          The 3 members were killed when a wall collapsed at a 4 alarm fire at Stanley Soap Works. They were manning a hose line when the wall gave way. Chief Croker was walking around the building when he noticed the wall leaning. He attempted to warn the members, but the members either did not hear it or did not want to be caught lacking courage.

    FF Harold F. Holsten Engine 19 May 12, 1945

          FF Harold F. Holsten was a Marine assigned to H&S Co, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.  He was killed in the last major World War II battle on Okinawa, May 12, 1945.

    Never forget.


Neighborhood - Chelsea history:

    http://crdcnyc.org/Websites/CCtest/Images/History/New_Chelsea_History_Timelime.pdf

 

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Once again mack EXCELLENT !.........  also ^^^^ The Relay Hose Wagon was built on an old Tiller Rig trailer  ....the hose was packed in a 'U" shape around the vertical Tiller steering shaft....the shaft could of course be removed easily like when setting up an old Aerial but by packing it in a "U"shape the hose could pay out as the Rig moved forward & while still maintaining Tiller steering capability.

 

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North End job in the 80's, plenty of yellow for everyone!

 

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Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9 firehouse 782 8th Avenue  Midtown, Manhattan  Division 3, Battalion 9 ?Pride of Midtown?

    Chemical Engine 5 organized 304 W. 47th Street at Battalion 7                                  1875
    Chemical Engine 5 disbanded                                                                                  1877

    Engine 54 organized 304 W. 47th Street                                                                  1884
    Engine 54 moved 219 W. 46th Street                                                                      1887
    Engine 54 new firehouse 304 W. 47th Street                                                            1888
    Engine 54 moved 788 8th Avenue at Ladder 4                                                          1915
    Engine 54 returned 304 W. 47th Street                                                                    1915
    Engine 54 new firehouse 782 8th Avenue w/Ladder 4                                                1974

    Ladder 4 organized 788 8th Avenue former volunteer firehouse                                  1865
    Ladder 4 moved 215 W. 58th Street at Engine 23                                                      1972
    Ladder 4 new firehouse 782 8th Avenue w/Engine 54                                                1974

    Battalion 9 organized 209 E. 122nd Street at Suburban Engine 37                              1869
    Battalion 9 moved 248 W. 48th Street                                                                      1879
    Battalion 9 moved 159 E. 85th Street at Engine 22                                                    1903
    Battalion 9 moved 248 W. 48th Street                                                                      1904
    Battalion 9 moved 304 W. 47th Street at Engine 54                                                    1972
    Battalion 9 new firehouse 782 8th Avenue w/Engine 54                                              1974

Pre-FDNY:

    Empire Ladder 8 located 788 8th Avenue ? became quarters of Ladder 4 FDNY          1865-1972

    Hudson Engine 1 located 304 W. 47th Street ? became quarters of Engine 54 FDNY    1972-1974


304 W. 47th Street former firehouse Engine 54/Battalion 9:                                                           

   

   

   
   

    Napoleon LeBrun achieved the advantageous position as official architect for the New York City Fire Department in 1879. His firm?s name was changed to LeBrun & Sons as his sons joined him in the business. By the time it had completed its last firehouse in 1895, the firm had designed more than 40 structures for the FDNY.

    A century before function mandated the appearance of firehouses which, by the end of the 20th century were little more than barren concrete garages, the LeBruns created a series of Italian palazzi and French chateaux to house the firemen and trucks. A variety of materials and historic periods inspired their attractive additions to the city?s neighborhoods.

    An aged fire house was located at 304 West 47th Street for over thirty years when, in 1884, a new station was approved for Engine 54. The cornerstone would not be laid for four years because of delays caused by construction of another firehouse on 67th Street. In 1888 there was a flurry of building for the FDNY and in order to meet the demand LeBrun recycled an existing design.

    The building was completed in September of 1888. It was a carbon-copy of the firehouses built for Engine Company 15 on Henry Street and for Engine Company 53 at 175 East 104th Street, both completed in 1884. While Engine Company No. 54 did not possess the splashy carved shells of the Italian Renaissance of LeBrun?s Engine 14 or the Loire Valley feel of his Engine 31, it was a masterful interpretation of current popular trends.

    The architect blended Queen Anne and Romanesque styles, using the red brick of the fa?ade to create a rich textured surface between floors. The capitals of the cast iron, street-level columns featured sunflowers, an element ever-important in the Eastlake movement of the late 1880s and 1890s. Terra cotta ornament and stone courses added to the visual interest. LeBrun deftly melded the proportions and materials of the firehouse with the residential buildings surrounding it.

    At roll call here on April 7, 1896, Captain William F. Hayes was surprised by the company when the fire fighters presented him with a silver fire trumpet, made by Tiffany & Co. Hayes was celebrating his 30th year with the Fire Department.

    Firemen at the turn of the century faced a perilous situation when fighting fires. The buildings were illuminated by gas lamps and the flammable material was piped throughout the buildings. When builders saved money by using lead pipe for the gas in the tenement building at 424 West 47th Street, they created a situation that would cost fireman Frank Featherson his life.

    Featherson, with the rest of Engine 54, responded to the fire that had broken out in the cellar of the building. He was among a handful of men who dragged a hose to the cellar where the smoke was the thickest. The heat from the blaze melted the lead pipe, filling the already suffocating space with poisonous gas. Although an explosion never occurred, Frank Featherson succumbed to the mixture of smoke and gas.

    Five firefighters were injured when, on June 5, 1906, they responded to a small blaze in a 4-story building two blocks at 503 W 55th Street. The small fire had ignited in a pile of rags at the Boston Steam Scouring and Dyeing Works. As the Engine Company arrived and began unrolling the hose, a powerful explosion blew out the rear and front walls. Sara Bernad, wife of the owner, was blown out of a second story window, her body landing forty feet away from the building. Windows in houses along the street were blown out and the explosion shook buildings as far as four blocks away.

    The firefighters suffered mostly burns and cuts from the flying glass; however the explosion tossed John McGinnis cross 55th Street.  He suffered critical injuries.

    The handsome firehouse served Engine 54 for almost 90 years. In 1977, after a $2 million renovation of the building, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre opened it as a 194-seat theater with proscenium stage.

    The award-winning group introduces new and important Hispanic contributions to mainstream theater. The PRTT?s sympathetic treatment of the exterior and innovative renovation of the interior are commendable?a praiseworthy recycling of an historic and beautiful property.

    - http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2011/10/lebruns-1888-engine-company-54-304-west.html


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Ladder 4:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 
Battalion 9:

   

   

     


Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9:

   

   

   

   
 

Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dI4F4SGkh4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zceb41DGvtY

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1X6HoJBCps

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

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsP23ckluxk

 

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Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9 (Cont.)


Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9 medals:

    CHARLES C. BOESCH FF. BAT. 9 SEP. 5, 1951 1952 FDR

    WILLIAM VON DIEZELSKI FF. BAT. 9 NOV. 7, 1956 1957 JAMES GORDON BENNETT

    THOMAS H. ROCHE LT. BAT. 9 L-22 DEC. 21, 1995 1996 KANE

    WILLIAM J. KENNEDY (2) FF. ENG. 54 FEB. 11, 1923 1924 VAN HEUKELOM

         

         

    JAMES A. COUGHLIN FF. ENG. 54 JUL. 5, 1964 1965 DOUGHERTY

         

    STANISLAUS A. KADNAR FF. ENG. 54 JUL. 5, 1964 1965 STIEFEL

         

    ANDREW E. SPEIER FF. ENG. 54 APR. 19, 1986 1987 DOLNEY

         

    ALL MEMBERS ENG. 54 JUN. 20, 1995 1996 BURN CENTER

    PATRICK H. ASPELL FF. LAD. 4 JUN. 17, 1892 1893 JAMES GORDON BENNETT

         
   
          Firefighter Patrick H. Aspell was awarded the FDNYs highest honor, the James Gordon Bennett Medal for his rescue of a woman at the Hotel Royal Fire on February 8, 1892.

          FF Patrick Aspell receiving award (3rd from right):

             


    MICHAEL NICKLAUS FF. LAD. 4 NOV. 9, 1906 1907 JAMES GORDON BENNETT

    JOHN F. MOONEY FF. LAD. 4 JAN. 13, 1912 1913 WERTHEIM

         

    JOHN F. MOONEY FF. LAD. 4 MAR. 24, 1913 1914 JAMES GORDON BENNETT

          FF John Mooney was also an original member of Rescue 1.

    FREDERICK J. SIMPSON LT. LAD. 4 MAR. 24, 1913 1914 WERTHEIM

    PATRICK J. MORAN CAPT. LAD. 4 JAN. 6, 1915 1916 WERTHEIM

    JAMES P. J. O'REILLY FF. LAD. 4 MAR. 26, 1923 1924 BROOKMAN

         

          Manhattan Box 915, March 26, 1923, 0557 hrs. - Engines 54, 23, 40/Ladders 4/35, Battalion 9 - 322 w. 57th Street - apartment fire - 5th, 6th, 7th floors - multiple rescues by aerial ladder

    JOHN L. DEMLEIN F. LAD. 4 MAR. 26, 1923 1924 CRIMMINS

         

          Manhattan Box 915, March 26, 1923, 0557 hrs. - Engines 54, 23, 40/Ladders 4/35, Battalion 9 - 322 w. 57th Street - apartment fire - 5th, 6th, 7th floors - multiple rescues by aerial ladder

    ROBERT V. REILLY FF. LAD. 4 FEB. 26, 1923 1924 HUGH BONNER

         

    LAWRENCE A. GORMAN FF. LAD. 4 SEP. 16, 1924 1925 HURLEY

    JAMES F. ROCHE CAPT. LAD. 4 1925 1926 STEPHENSON

          Captain James Roche, Ladder 4, received the Stephenson Medal for best FDNY company in 1925.

    WILLIAM H. ULRICH FF. LAD. 4 NOV. 18, 1925 1926 VAN HEUKELOM

    JOSEPH STEINIGER FF. LAD. 4 DEC. 3, 1933 1934 DEPARTMENT

         

    JOSEPH D. CAHILL FF. LAD. 4 JUL . 5, 1934 1935 BROOKMAN

         

    WILLIAM M. J. YATES FF. LAD. 4 SEP. 9, 1934 1935 PRENTICE

    JOSEPH V. CARNEY FF. LAD. 4 SEP. 9, 1934 1935 SCOTT

    WILLIAM H. ULRICH FF. LAD. 4 APR. 17, 1935 1936 BROOKMAN

    GEORGE A. MCKENNA FF. LAD. 4 JUL. 26, 1938 1939 TODD

         

    CHARLES P. WIECKS FF. LAD. 4 MAY 8, 1943 1944 LA GUARDIA

    EDWARD J. BUCHANAN LT. LAD. 4 JUL. 28, 1945 1946 DELEHANTY

         

    WILLIAM VON DIEZELSKI FF. LAD. 4 SEP. 19, 1947 1948 CRIMMINS

    RICHARD E. ANKENER FF. LAD. 4 MAR 11, 1951 1952 STIEFEL

    GEORGE R. ROY FF. LAD. 4 OFF DUTY DEC. 12, 1951 1952 O'DWYER

    RICHARD V. OLIVER FF. LAD. 4 SEP. 5, 1951 1952 SCOTT

    HENRY F. GARTLAND FF. LAD. 4 NOV. 9, 1953 1954 COMMERCE

    EDWARD T. MC KENNA FF. LAD. 4 MAY 12, 1959 1960 JOHNSTON

    ROBERT E. FARRELL FF. LAD. 4 APR. 13, 1960 1961 BROOKMAN

         

    EDWARD J. O'BRIEN (3) FF. LAD. 4 AIDE TO BAT. 9 DEC. 27, 1961 1962 STIEFEL

         

    ROBERT E. FARRELL FF. LAD. 4 FEB. 27, 1965 1966 JAMES GORDON BENNETT

         

    FRANCIS G. FAGAN FF. LAD. 4 OFF DUTY JAN. 9, 1965 1965 1966 HUGH BONNER

         

    WILLIAM P. MOORE FF. LAD. 4 FEB. 25, 1969 1970 CRIMMINS

         

    JOHN CERATO FF. LAD. 4 MAR. 24, 1970 1971 SCOTT

    HENRY J. HELGESON FF. LAD. 4 NOV. 19, 1979 1980 HOLY NAME

         

    THOMAS J. HARING LT. LAD. 4 SEP. 30, 1986 1987 HUGH BONNER

         

    THOMAS J. HARING LT. LAD. 4 SEP. 30, 1986 1987 HONOR LEGION

         

    MICHAEL BASMAGY FF. LAD. 4 APR. 19, 1992 1993 ZAHN

    ALL MEMBERS LAD. 4 2007 ELASSER

         


Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9 LODDs:

    ENGINEER WILLIAM WRAY ENGINE 54 MAY 24, 1887

    FIREFIGHTER FRANK FEATHERSTON ENGINE 54 January 28, 1901

          FF Frank Featherston, Engine 54, died of smoke inhalation while operating at a very stubborn single alarm cellar fire. Many other firefighters were also overcome.

         

    FIREFIGHTER JOHN W.T.F. KOCHER ENGINE 54 January 16, 1918

          While operating at a 3-alarm fire in a 6-story warehouse, FF John W.T.F. Kocher, Engine 54, was caught in the collapse of the 1st floor into the cellar. He managed to find his way to a window, only to be blocked by iron bars. His body was found 48 hours later, still clinging to the bars that blocked his escape. He was wrapped in a block of ice and had apparently froze to death.

         

         

    LIEUTENANT JOHN R. EASTBURN ENGINE 54 February 10, 1970

    FIREFIGHTER PAUL GILL ENGINE 54 September 11, 2001

         

         

          https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/paul-j-gill/

    FIREFIGHTER JOSE GUADALUPE ENGINE 54 September 11, 2001

         

         
          https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/jose-a-guadalupe/

    FIREFIGHTER LEONARD RAGAGLIA ENGINE 54 September 11, 2001

         

         

          https://www.silive.com/september-11/index.ssf/2010/09/leonard_j_ragaglia_36_fdny_pus.html

    FIREFIGHTER CHRISTOPHER SANTORA ENGINE 54 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://christophersantora.com/

    FIREFIGHTER MATHIAS HENES LADDER 4 DECEMBER 4, 1870

          Fireman Mathias Henes of Ladder 4 was injured while mounting the ladder truck. He caught his head between the side of the apparatus and a mailbox on the southwest corner of Eighth Avenue and West 48th Street. The injury to his head proved fatal. (From "The Last Alarm")

    FIREFIGHTER JOHN O'NEILL LADDER 4 AUGUST 16, 1874

          Fireman O'Neill was killed when he was run over by the truck while responding to an alarm.
   
    FIREFIGHTER EDWARD VINCELETTE LADDER 4 MARCH 14, 1883

          Ladder 4 was responding to Box 559 [Eighth Avenue between West 48th Street & West 49th Street]. In the haste to respond, the men would get dressed on the rig as they were going to the call. Turning out of quarters onto Eighth Avenue, Fireman Edward Vincelette was putting on his coat when he lost his grip and fell to the pavement. He suffered a fractured skull and the rear wheels passed over his lower body. He was killed almost immediately. Fireman Vincelette joined the Department on August 21, 1868. He lived with his wife and children at 479 Ninth Avenue.(From "The Last Alarm")

    FIREFIGHTER JOSEPH ANGELINI JR LADDER 4 September 11, 2001

         

         

          https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/joseph-j-angelini-jr/

    FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL BRENNAN LADDER 4 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=132672

    FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL HAUB LADDER 4 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/cjonline/story.aspx?personid=146363

    LIEUTENANT MICHAEL LYNCH LADDER 4 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=151754

    CAPTAIN DANIEL O'CALLAGHAN LADDER 4 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/postregister/story.aspx?personid=140177

    FIREFIGHTER SAMUEL OITICE LADDER 4 September 11, 2001

         

         

          https://mccrarey.com/remembering-samuel-oitice/

    FIREFIGHTER JOHN TIPPING II LADDER 4 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://bravestmemorial.net/html/members_individual/tipping_john/newsday_com.html

    CAPTAIN DAVID WOOLEY LADDER 4 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=146615

    FIREFIGHTER DANIEL PERRICONE BATTALION 9 December 23, 1974

              FF Daniel Perricone, Battalion 9, a 12-year veteran, died while attempting to make a rescue at a 5-alarm fire while off-duty. Nearly 30 years after losing his life following the harrowing rescue of a man trapped inside a burning building, Firefighter Daniel Perricone will be recognized by the city with a Staten Island street named in his honor.

          "His heroism parallels the heroism of rescue workers from 9/11," said City Councilman Michael McMahon.

          On a chilly December night in 1974 Perricone was finishing his shift at Midtown's 9th Battalion when a five-alarm blaze erupted in an apartment building.  With the house short on staff, the Port Richmond native volunteered to accompany his comrades to the site on East 86th Street. When they arrived much of the building was already engulfed in flames, but reports of a man trapped in his apartment moved Perricone to action. Climbing six flights of stairs, he took the man across his back and carried him out of the building.

          Later Perricone would complain of chest pains. He was examined and released by doctors shortly before leaving for Stroudsburg, Pa., for the Christmas holiday. He died after suffering a heart attack on Christmas Eve in the family's vacation home.  Family members say doctors believed his death was a result of smoke inhalation and the physical strain on his body from the rescue. Perricone was the seventh firefighter to die that year and the third to die of a heart attack.

          "That was the kind of man he was," said his widow, Frances Perricone, from her Florida home this past weekend. Mrs. Perricone, who was left with three young children to raise alone and who never remarried, will attend the street renaming with friends and family at 3 p.m. Sunday. The renaming will take place at the corner of Lyon Place and Watchogue Road, Willowbrook.

          Although Mrs. Perricone was upset with her husband for risking his life, and let him know it when he returned home that night, she said she was proud of the kind of man he was. "He was truly a hero," she added.

          An estimated 2,000 firefighters turned out on Dec. 27 1974 to pay their respects to Perricone. He was buried with departmental honors accorded someone who has died in the line of duty. Mayor Abraham Beame and Fire Commissioner John T. O'Hagan were in attendance.

          Holy Family R.C. Church, Westerleigh, overflowed with firefighters dressed in ceremonial blue who silently watched the flag-draped coffin loaded onto a fire truck for the trip to Moravian cemetery. On the way his body was driven past a pumper from Engine Co. 83, Westerleigh, where taps was played and firefighters honored their fallen comrade with a final salute.  Perricone was described at the time by a fellow firefighter as "the best known and best liked fireman" in the 9th Battalion.

          A lifelong Islander, Perricone joined the department in 1962 and served in Rescue Co. 1 as an aide to a battalion chief. He was originally assigned to Engine Co. 3 in Manhattan.  He had received two departmental citations for rescues and received a third for his last rescue.  Perricone also served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War, seeing action in the infamous Chosin Reservoir battle.  Five family members, including several grandchildren, have been named Daniel in Perricone's honor.

    FIREFIGHTER CARL ASARO BATTALION 9 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://www.legacy.com/Sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=128840&location=1

    BATTALION CHIEF DENNIS DEVLIN BATTALION 9 September 11, 2001

         

         

          https://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/dennis-lawrence-devlin/

    FIREFIGHTER ALAN FEINBERG BATTALION 9 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://bravestmemorial.net/html/members_individual/feinberg_alan/firehouse_com.html

    DEPUTY CHIEF EDWARD GERAGHTY BATTALION 9 September 11, 2001

         

         
          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=146294&location=2

    LIEUTENANT CHARLES GARBARINI, Battalion 9 September 11, 2001

         

         

          http://www.legacy.com/sept11/story.aspx?personid=145350&location=2


         


    RIP.  Never forget.


Midtown Manhattan:

   

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

 

[mack]

Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9 (Cont.)

Engine 54 Honors Iraq War Vet Who Placed Purple Heart on September 11th Memorial
    By NY1 News  |  June 25, 2016 @2:22 AM


   


The FDNY gave back to an Iraq War veteran who gave to them.

Charles Wayne O'Brien was honored Friday at Engine 54 on 48th Street and Eighth Avenue in Midtown.
Eighth Avenue in Midtown.

The Kansas native was wounded in combat when his vehicle was struck by an explosion in 2007.
While on his honeymoon in 2012 in the city, O'Brien anonymously placed his Purple Heart award on the September 11th memorial at the station known as the "Pride of Midtown."O'Brien was tracked online by members of the firehouse.

"With 9/11, even growing up in the middle of the country, it was still very impactful. And when I was recovering from my wounds, it kind of, I drew inspiration from the city because post-9/11, the city didn't shut down, the city didn't give up. So this was my opportunity to give back," said O?Brien.

"I'm humbled by this to meet him. When I first got here, to find out that was an authentic Purple Heart, I was, I'm glad I helped found this," said Jonathan Bush, a firefighter from Engine 54.

O'Brien's Purple Heart has been framed and posted at the firehouse. Fifteen firefighters from Engine 54 lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

    - http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2016/06/24/iraq-war-veteran-honored-by-engine-54-for-giving-purple-heart

 

[mack]

Engine 54/Ladder 4/Battalion 9 (Cont.)

EDWARD J. BUCHANAN LT. LAD. 4 JUL. 28, 1945 1946 DELEHANTY

   


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YLWh8Rbp7o


"History"  - Plane crashes into Empire State Building

   


THIS DAY IN HISTORY  July 28,1945

A United States military plane crashes into the Empire State Building on this day in 1945, killing 14 people. The freak accident was caused by heavy fog.

The B-25 Mitchell bomber, with two pilots and one passenger aboard, was flying from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. As it came into the metropolitan area on that Saturday morning, the fog was particularly thick. Air-traffic controllers instructed the plane to fly to Newark Airport instead.

This new flight plan took the plane over Manhattan; the crew was specifically warned that the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the city at the time, was not visible. The bomber was flying relatively slowly and quite low, seeking better visibility, when it came upon the Chrysler Building in midtown. It swerved to avoid the building but the move sent it straight into the north side of the Empire State Building, near the 79th floor.

Upon impact, the plane?s jet fuel exploded, filling the interior of the building with flames all the way down to the 75th floor and sending flames out of the hole the plane had ripped open in the building?s side. One engine from the plane went straight through the building and landed in a penthouse apartment across the street. Other plane parts ended up embedded in and on top of nearby buildings. The other engine snapped an elevator cable while at least one woman was riding in the elevator car. The emergency auto brake saved the woman from crashing to the bottom, but the engine fell down the shaft and landed on top of it. Quick-thinking rescuers pulled the woman from the elevator, saving her life.

Since it was a Saturday, fewer workers than normal were in the building. Only 11 people in the building were killed, some suffering burns from the fiery jet fuel and others after being thrown out of the building. All 11 victims were workers from War Relief Services department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, into the offices of which the plane had crashed. The three people on the plane were also killed.

An 18 foot by 20 foot hole was left in the side of the Empire State Building. Though its structural integrity was not affected, the crash did cause nearly $1 million in damages, about $10.5 million in today?s money.


   

 

[mack]

Midtown Manhattan fire:

    3rd Alarm - 19 E 54th Street - 1990:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfoEWJ5p-4E

 

[mack]

Midtown - 4th Alarm Box 758:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxmLoast1wA&t=186s

 

[fdny747]

Can someone do a thing on E305/L151 and maybe 225/107/39 please thank you

 

[nfd2004]

In regards to Replies #540,541,542,543, and the discussion of Lime Green colored pieces of fire apparatus, that came about as a result of a study done showing that the color Lime Green would be a better color to use on fire apparatus because it could be seen easier at night. Therefore it was reported that this would cut down on the number of accidents involving fire apparatus. As I remember, I think it was first put in place in Dallas, Texas where there was less fire apparatus accidents during the first year or two of this change.

Word spread among the fire leadership through many articles in various fire department magazines. Lime Green colored fire apparatus was the way to go. As mentioned here many cities followed that trend. The FDNY, Newark, NJ, Boston, Mass, even my home town of Bridgeport, Ct. In fact as I remember, Boston even repainted some of their RED fire apparatus to the now very popular Lime Green. As some fire apparatus buffs referred to it as "SLIME GREEN".

The FDNY purchased these Engine companies already painted in this Lime Green color as a Pilot/Trial basis. Over a period of one or two years they kept track of the number of accidents involving these new Lime Green painted fire trucks. The only ALF rig painted Lime Green was Engine 65 in midtown Manhattan. All the rest were the Mack pumpers.

The FDNY testing process had begun involving those selected companies.

Around that same time was a cartoon character named "Kermit the Frog". I remember Engine 45 having one of these Lime Green pumpers and on the front of that rig was a picture of that cartoon character, Kermit the Frog" with the saying; "It's not easy being Green". I think somewhere on this site is that picture. Or it's in Mike D, aka "mikeindabronx" web site; www.fdnysbravest.com .

Well after the test results of actual use of this Lime Green Fire Apparatus Color Scheme, the FDNY was the very FIRST to come out and say after that trial period:
"We did NOT notice any significant reduction in fire apparatus whether they are painted Red or Lime Green".

Once word spread of that, the fad of Lime Green Colored Fire Apparatus came to a sudden end. Fire apparatus would again go back to the very popular color of Red. In some cases Red/White. Fire apparatus buffs were "happy again". All thanks to the FDNY.

A place like Boston spent a lot of money and man hours painting those red trucks over to the Lime Green.

I believe Newark started to go to a white and blue colored apparatus. Today I think their apparatus is Red again.

There is one interesting side note here regarding the color of fire apparatus today. The City of New Haven, Ct has had "ALL WHITE Fire Apparatus" since the early 1950s and still to this day. ALL their fire apparatus continues to be all WHITE. But they never switched over to Lime Green.

 

 

[Bulldog]

The volunteer company I was in outside of Rochester New York also started going to Slime Green during this period of time.  We bought 4 new Pierce engine companies and 1 Tel-Squirt in one order all was that color.  Soon after that one day I was in our radio room and 1 of the neighbors walked in and asked "what's the new truck?"  Because I didn't think it was a fire truck painted that color.  I think that was 1 of the biggest problems with the drastic color change, people knew fire trucks were read and didn't recognize the new vehicles as being firetrucks when they were painted that different color.  The repainted one rescue company to that color also but never purchased another truck that color.  After that everything new to white/red like we had been previously.

 

[nfd2004]

Thanks Mike, "mikeindabronx". From his web site www.fdnysbravest.com

Engine 45's Lime Green Mack Pumper. Under the picture of Kermit the Frog, the words are; "It ain't easy being green".

www.fdnysbravest.com/fp101.htm

 

[fdhistorian]

In regards to Replies #540,541,542,543, and the discussion of Lime Green colored pieces of fire apparatus, that came about as a result of a study done showing that the color Lime Green would be a better color to use on fire apparatus because it could be seen easier at night. Therefore it was reported that this would cut down on the number of accidents involving fire apparatus. As I remember, I think it was first put in place in Dallas, Texas where there was less fire apparatus accidents during the first year or two of this change.

Word spread among the fire leadership through many articles in various fire department magazines. Lime Green colored fire apparatus was the way to go. As mentioned here many cities followed that trend. The FDNY, Newark, NJ, Boston, Mass, even my home town of Bridgeport, Ct. In fact as I remember, Boston even repainted some of their RED fire apparatus to the now very popular Lime Green. As some fire apparatus buffs referred to it as "SLIME GREEN".

The FDNY purchased these Engine companies already painted in this Lime Green color as a Pilot/Trial basis. Over a period of one or two years they kept track of the number of accidents involving these new Lime Green painted fire trucks. The only ALF rig painted Lime Green was Engine 65 in midtown Manhattan. All the rest were the Mack pumpers.

The FDNY testing process had begun involving those selected companies.

Around that same time was a cartoon character named "Kermit the Frog". I remember Engine 45 having one of these Lime Green pumpers and on the front of that rig was a picture of that cartoon character, Kermit the Frog" with the saying; "It's not easy being Green". I think somewhere on this site is that picture. Or it's in Mike D, aka "mikeindabronx" web site; www.fdnysbravest.com .

Well after the test results of actual use of this Lime Green Fire Apparatus Color Scheme, the FDNY was the very FIRST to come out and say after that trial period:
"We did NOT notice any significant reduction in fire apparatus whether they are painted Red or Lime Green".

Once word spread of that, the fad of Lime Green Colored Fire Apparatus came to a sudden end. Fire apparatus would again go back to the very popular color of Red. In some cases Red/White. Fire apparatus buffs were "happy again". All thanks to the FDNY.

A place like Boston spent a lot of money and man hours painting those red trucks over to the Lime Green.

I believe Newark started to go to a white and blue colored apparatus. Today I think their apparatus is Red again.

There is one interesting side note here regarding the color of fire apparatus today. The City of New Haven, Ct has had "ALL WHITE Fire Apparatus" since the early 1950s and still to this day. ALL their fire apparatus continues to be all WHITE. But they never switched over to Lime Green.

FAA airport apparatus nation-wide remains lime green.

 

[grumpy grizzly]

If the FAA pays for the apparatus they are painted FAA yellow. So here @ O'Hare the Chicago structural apparatus of 3 engines, a tower ladder, and the 2 piece squad are all in that color. I have seen some pixs of new deliveries @ Logan in Boston for Massport and they are black over yellow. A pix of TL-63's old rig in FAA colors is attached.

 

[scoobyd]

Yonkers also went lime green in the 80's.