FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section
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Next door to 236 is a storage yard for vehicles, for many years a white Mack CF pumper has been stored there, looks like from Bogota NJ (?). You'll see it, look closely at the 11th & 12th attached photos of the firehouse from mack above.
The view below is taken from Euclid Av and Liberty St, the brick wall is east side of E 236 quarters.
Mack CF, it's better days...
The view below is taken from Euclid Av and Liberty St, the brick wall is east side of E 236 quarters.
Mack CF, it's better days...
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I remember during the 70's 
when there was an old American LaFrance 700 series pumper stored in that yard. It was kind of similar to the 1947 model that E236 ran with from 1947 to 1953.
when there was an old American LaFrance 700 series pumper stored in that yard. It was kind of similar to the 1947 model that E236 ran with from 1947 to 1953. - Joined
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Battalion 23 was first activated in Brooklyn in 1898. In 1906 it was renumbered as Battalion 33.
Battalion 23 was reorganized on Staten Island in 1930.
Brooklyn Battalion
1898 - 1900 Battalion 23 E26 E39 L5 L10 WT1
1900 - 1901 Battalion 23 E126 E139 L55 L60 WT1
1901 - 1902 Battalion 23 E119 E120 E126 E139 L55 L60 WT1
1902 - 1903 Battalion 23 E126 E139 L55 L60 L68 WT1
1903 - 1904 Battalion 23 E119 E120 E126 E139 L55 L60 WT6
1904 - 1906 Battalion 23 E126 E139 E156 L55 L60 L68 WT6
Staten Island Battalion
1930 - 1937 Battalion 23 E151 E159 E161 E162 L76 L81 L82
1937 - 1960 Battalion 23 E151 E159 E162 E164 L76 L81 L82 L84
1960 - 1972 Battalion 23 E151 E159 E162 E164 E165 L76 L82 L84 L85
1972 - 1974 Battalion 23 E151 E159 E162 E164 E165 E167 L76 L82 L84 L85
1974 - 1975 Battalion 23 E159 E162 E164 E165 E167 CFC131 L82 L84 L85
1975 - 1977 Battalion 23 E162 E164 E165 E167 CFC131 L82 L84 L85
1977 - 1987 Battalion 23 E151 E162 E164 E165 E167 L76 L82 L84 L85
1987 - 2005 Battalion 23 E151 E162 E164 E165 E167 L76 L82 L84 L85 L87
2005 - Battalion 23 E151 E162 E164 E165 E167 E168 L76 L82 L84 L85 L87
Battalion 23 was reorganized on Staten Island in 1930.
Brooklyn Battalion
1898 - 1900 Battalion 23 E26 E39 L5 L10 WT1
1900 - 1901 Battalion 23 E126 E139 L55 L60 WT1
1901 - 1902 Battalion 23 E119 E120 E126 E139 L55 L60 WT1
1902 - 1903 Battalion 23 E126 E139 L55 L60 L68 WT1
1903 - 1904 Battalion 23 E119 E120 E126 E139 L55 L60 WT6
1904 - 1906 Battalion 23 E126 E139 E156 L55 L60 L68 WT6
Staten Island Battalion
1930 - 1937 Battalion 23 E151 E159 E161 E162 L76 L81 L82
1937 - 1960 Battalion 23 E151 E159 E162 E164 L76 L81 L82 L84
1960 - 1972 Battalion 23 E151 E159 E162 E164 E165 L76 L82 L84 L85
1972 - 1974 Battalion 23 E151 E159 E162 E164 E165 E167 L76 L82 L84 L85
1974 - 1975 Battalion 23 E159 E162 E164 E165 E167 CFC131 L82 L84 L85
1975 - 1977 Battalion 23 E162 E164 E165 E167 CFC131 L82 L84 L85
1977 - 1987 Battalion 23 E151 E162 E164 E165 E167 L76 L82 L84 L85
1987 - 2005 Battalion 23 E151 E162 E164 E165 E167 L76 L82 L84 L85 L87
2005 - Battalion 23 E151 E162 E164 E165 E167 E168 L76 L82 L84 L85 L87
Ladder 102 firehouse - 850 Bedford Avenue Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Division 11, Battalion 57 "The Bedford Express"
Ladder 2 BFD organized 898 Bedford Avenue former volunteer firehouse 1869
Ladder 2 BFD new firehouse 894 Bedford Avenue 1892
Ladder 2 BFD becomes Ladder 2 FDNY 1898
Ladder 2 became Ladder 52 1899
Ladder 52 became Ladder 102 1913
Ladder 102 new firehouse 850 Bedford Avenue w/Engine 209 and Battalion 34 1966
District Engineer 4 BFD organized 160 Carlton Avenue at Engine 10 BFD 1869
District Engineer 4 BFD moved 159 Taffee Place at Engine 9 BFD 1895
District Engineer 4 BFD moved 894 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 2 BFD 1896
District Engineer 4 BFD became Battalion 4 FDNY 1898
Battalion 4 became Battalion 24 1898
Battalion 24 disbanded (became Battalion 34) 1906
District Engineer 14 BFD organized 1772 Pitkin Avenue former volunteer firehouse 1897
District Engineer 14 BFD became Battalion 14 FDNY 1898
Battalion 14 became Battalion 34 1898
Battalion 34 new firehouse 107 Pitkin Avenue w/Engine 131 1905
Battalion 34 became Battalion 44 1906
Battalion 34 reorganized 894 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 52 1906
Battalion 34 moved to 159 Taaffe Place at Engine 209 1946
Battalion 34 moved to 894 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 102 1950
Battalion 34 moved to new firehouse w/Engine 209 and Ladder 102 1966
Battalion 34 disbanded 1989
Engine 230 located 894 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 102 1946-1950
Notes:
- April 15, 1906 the 34th Battalion became the 44th Battalion at 107 Watkins Street Engine 131
- April 15, 1906 the 24th Battalion became the 34th Battalion at 894 Bedford Avenue Ladder 52
- May 25, 2003 Engine 209 disbanded
Pre-Brooklyn Fire Department:
Volunteer Empire Ladder 3 was organized in 1838. It was located at 898 Bedford Avenue and disbanded in 1869 when the City of Brooklyn organized Ladder 2 BFD.
898 Bedford Avenue former firehouse:
Brooklyn Fire Department:
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 2 AND ITS GALLANT RESCUES.
Truck No. 2 was organized Sept. 15,1869. This company came into existence during the last days of the old volunteer service and the initial period of the present Paid Fire Department. John S. DOOLEY, now deceased, was the first Foreman. The old truck-house was located on Bedford Avenue, near Myrtle Avenue, only two doors from the present headquarters, to which the company moved in February of the present year, upon the completion of it's new building. The Foremen down to the present time have been John S. DOOLEY, George L. APPLEGATE, retired from the Department; Platt VAN COTT, the present Foreman of Engine Company No. 2 in South Brooklyn; David KIRKPATRICK, the present Foreman of Truck No. n ; Thomas BURNS, retired from the Department; and Michael FRIEL, the present Foreman.
The company has made an enviable record for itself by faithful attention to duty, having done splendid service at all the fires in the district since its organization. Among the noteworthy conflagrations at which the fire laddies of Truck No. 2 have done hard work are Havemeyer's sugar house fire in Jan., 1881, the burning of the oil works of Sone & Fleming, and the Orphan Asylum fire, in which one of the sisters and several of the children were burned to death.
Many gallant rescues have been made by the members of this company. At a fire in Myrtle Avenue, near Spencer Street, in 1871, four persons were taken out of the flames by Foreman Michael FRIEL and others of this company. The fire started in a scenery painting shop on the ground floor, and before the firemen could get the water turned on the whole building was in flames. A Mrs. ANDERSON and her little son and daughter were found unconscious on the top floor, and rescued by the firemen at a great risk to their own lives. An adjoining house caught fire and began to blaze. The occupants came running down to the street, when one of the men said that there was a sick boy in the house. Fireman FRIEL made an effort to get the boy out, wrapping a blanket about him and starting for the stairs. The fire which was coming in from the adjoining building cut off all escape in that way, and it was only by the hardest exertions of Truck No. 2, that the rescuer and rescued were saved from the flames. The gallant fireman's face and neck were terribly burned and for several weeks it was feared that he would die. After he recovered it was learned that the little boy he rescued was suffering from the small-pox.
At a fire Oct. 8, 1883, at No. 694 Atlantic Avenue, a Mr. Curry was rescued from the flames by Foreman Platt VAN COTT. On Nov. 24, 1883 Fireman FRIEL was detailed to the Grand Opera House for duty. A fire broke out in the property-room, endangering the lives of 1,600 spectators. After a hard battle the fireman managed to extinguish the flames and for his heroic conduct was given a splendid gold badge. At a fire on DeKalb Avenue in Feb. 1887, a man and wife were rescued from an upper story of a burning tenement house. The scene at the time of the rescue was a thrilling one. The firemen of Truck No. 2 quickly arranged scaling ladders and took the people from the windows of the upper story with the flames bursting out of the burning building above and below them. Two members of Truck No. 2 distinguished themselves at a big flat-house fire on Franklin Avenue, near Myrtle Avenue, in the fall of 1889. The flames broke out in the dry goods store on the ground floor, and shut off all chance of escape by the stairway. Firemen ROACH and FRIEL made an entrance by an upper window and took out a Mrs. WOODS, who was lying unconscious in the middle of her room. The woman's mother was caught in the flames and burned to death.
The new house of Truck No. 2 is one of the finest belonging to the Fire Department of Brooklyn. It is a handsome two-story brick structure, twenty-two feet front and extending back ninety-two feet, with a six-foot yard in the rear. It is fitted with every modern appliance for fire-fighting, and with every convenience that the members of the company could desire. In equipment it is one of the finest truck-houses in the country. The inside walls on the lower floor are of Peerless white brick, giving a very neat appearance to the room. The floor is of concrete. One of the improvements made in the new building was in providing separate rooms for the Foreman and Assistant Foreman, instead of berthing them with the firemen in the main room.
They have a Hayes patent extension-ladder seventy-two feet in length, the intersection being 40 feet and the inner section 32 feet. They can also make so-foot extension-ladders, and have others of 30, 22, 18, 16 and 12 feet. The two horses, "Dan " and " Pete," are splendid animals and are great favorites with the men. Housed so handsomely, with every convenience for living in the house and every facility for their work, the members of the company appreciate the fact that their surroundings go as far as possible to perfect their efficiency, and give them a standard
to " live up to."
Foreman MICHAEL FRIEL was born in Brooklyn, March 8, 1847. He was appointed Oct. n, 1871, and assigned to Truck No. 2 for duty. Nearly all of his service has been with this company, although he was for a time Foreman of Engine No 17. He was made a driver in 1876, and ten years later, on Aug. 6, 1886, was promoted to the grade of Foreman. He served during the war in
both the volunteer army and navy.
CHARLES H. BIXBY, the Assistant Foreman, is also a Brooklyn man, born in the Fifteenth Ward, Aug. 27, 1854. Appointed to the service Feb. 7, 1879, he was detailed to duty with Engine No. 17, and later came to Truck No. 2. He was promoted to be Assistant Foreman March 1, 1887.
CHARLES T. WIEGAND is one of the two oldest members of the company, having been appointed Sept. 15, 1869. He has been a member of the company ever since its organization. WIEGAND was born in New York City, Oct. 12, 1834. During all his years of service his record has been good and never has he had to appear before the Commissioners to answer to charges of any kind.
HUGH REYNOLDS, the driver, was born in Ireland, March 14, 1845. He entered the service March 3, i88o, and has spent nearly twelve years with Truck No2.
DANIEL FRIEL was appointed Feb. 7, 1876, and re-appointed Jan. 1, 1883, and has served sixteen years in this company. He was born in New City in 1846, and has been in both the army and navy.
MICHAEL ROACH has been a fireman and popular member of Truck No. 2 for five years. He was born in Ireland, June 24, 1853, and was appointed January 24, 1887 after having passed with a high percentage the civil service examination. He was assigned to the company he has since been on duty with and has proven himself a valuable and efficient member of the Department. One daring rescue made by Fireman ROACH at great risk to his own life is told of yet by members of the company. It was a stormy night in the fall of 1889, when Truck No. 2 was called out to a big flat-house fire on Franklin Avenue, near Myrtle. The engines soon had several streams of water on the flames, but it was evident that the buildings could not be saved. The fire had started on the ground floor and the flames were spreading through all parts of the building, breaking out from the windows and through the floors. The firemen had got their extension-ladder to an upper window and the Foreman called for two men to attempt the rescue of the people on the upper story of the building. Firemen ROACH and a companion responded, and without a word about the risk they were running mounted to the burning upper story. In the middle room they found an unconscious woman partially suffocated by smoke. They attempted to make an exit by the stairs but the
flames cut off all escape in that way. Blinded and almost suffocated themselves, they made their way to the roof, from which all three were lowered to the ground. They had hardly escaped before the floors of the building caved in and the side walls toppled into the ruins. The woman rescued was a Mrs. Woods, and her mother who had been in the adjoining room was burned to death before the firemen could reach her.
RICHARD C. LAMB is one of the oldest members of Truck No. 2 and but few men in the Brooklyn Department are senior to him in the number of years of service or age. Since Sept. 15, 1869, he has been working as a Brooklyn fireman, and when the old Volunteer Department went out of existence he became a paid fireman in the new Department. He has made a splendid record as a faithful fireman and this is shown by the fact that for over twenty-three years LAMB has remained a member of Truck No. 2 without a single charge being made against him. He was born in Vermont on March 8, 1834. He is a navy veteran and served under Commodore UPSHUR in the Atlantic blockading squadron. As a fire-fighter he has made a record and at every big conflagration Brooklyn has suffered during the past quarter of a century he has been present and worked hard to save life and property. LAMB became disabled several years ago at a fire and for some time his life hung in the balance. When he recovered from the effects of his injuries he was detailed by the Commissioner to special duty in the Telegraph Bureau of the Department. He has become an expert electrician during his service on this work.
JOHN FITZSIMONS has made a record as a life-saver and a brave fireman during his seven years' service in the Fire Department of Brooklyn. He was born in East Brooklyn. Sept. 29, 1849, and received a good education in the public schools of this city. During his early manhood days he was employed in a large mercantile house in New York, but on April 1, 1885, he passed the necessary examination and was appointed a fireman and assigned to Engine Company No. 14, at Herkimer Street, near New York Avenue. His transfer to Truck No. 2 occurred after three years of service. As fireman of Truck No. 2 FITZSIMONS has assisted in the rescue of over ten people. His calm self-possession in the time of danger has made him one of the admired brave firemen of the company. At the large fire which occurred in the fall of 1890 in an apartment house on Myrtle Avenue he aided two of his companions in the rescue of two people.
JAMES H. FLYNN, JR., the most recently appointed member of the company, was born in Brooklyn, July 28, 1869, and became a fireman on July 1, 1892.
894 Bedford Avenue former firehouse:
Ladder 2 BFD organized 898 Bedford Avenue former volunteer firehouse 1869
Ladder 2 BFD new firehouse 894 Bedford Avenue 1892
Ladder 2 BFD becomes Ladder 2 FDNY 1898
Ladder 2 became Ladder 52 1899
Ladder 52 became Ladder 102 1913
Ladder 102 new firehouse 850 Bedford Avenue w/Engine 209 and Battalion 34 1966
District Engineer 4 BFD organized 160 Carlton Avenue at Engine 10 BFD 1869
District Engineer 4 BFD moved 159 Taffee Place at Engine 9 BFD 1895
District Engineer 4 BFD moved 894 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 2 BFD 1896
District Engineer 4 BFD became Battalion 4 FDNY 1898
Battalion 4 became Battalion 24 1898
Battalion 24 disbanded (became Battalion 34) 1906
District Engineer 14 BFD organized 1772 Pitkin Avenue former volunteer firehouse 1897
District Engineer 14 BFD became Battalion 14 FDNY 1898
Battalion 14 became Battalion 34 1898
Battalion 34 new firehouse 107 Pitkin Avenue w/Engine 131 1905
Battalion 34 became Battalion 44 1906
Battalion 34 reorganized 894 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 52 1906
Battalion 34 moved to 159 Taaffe Place at Engine 209 1946
Battalion 34 moved to 894 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 102 1950
Battalion 34 moved to new firehouse w/Engine 209 and Ladder 102 1966
Battalion 34 disbanded 1989
Engine 230 located 894 Bedford Avenue at Ladder 102 1946-1950
Notes:
- April 15, 1906 the 34th Battalion became the 44th Battalion at 107 Watkins Street Engine 131
- April 15, 1906 the 24th Battalion became the 34th Battalion at 894 Bedford Avenue Ladder 52
- May 25, 2003 Engine 209 disbanded
Pre-Brooklyn Fire Department:
Volunteer Empire Ladder 3 was organized in 1838. It was located at 898 Bedford Avenue and disbanded in 1869 when the City of Brooklyn organized Ladder 2 BFD.
898 Bedford Avenue former firehouse:
Brooklyn Fire Department:
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 2 AND ITS GALLANT RESCUES.
Truck No. 2 was organized Sept. 15,1869. This company came into existence during the last days of the old volunteer service and the initial period of the present Paid Fire Department. John S. DOOLEY, now deceased, was the first Foreman. The old truck-house was located on Bedford Avenue, near Myrtle Avenue, only two doors from the present headquarters, to which the company moved in February of the present year, upon the completion of it's new building. The Foremen down to the present time have been John S. DOOLEY, George L. APPLEGATE, retired from the Department; Platt VAN COTT, the present Foreman of Engine Company No. 2 in South Brooklyn; David KIRKPATRICK, the present Foreman of Truck No. n ; Thomas BURNS, retired from the Department; and Michael FRIEL, the present Foreman.
The company has made an enviable record for itself by faithful attention to duty, having done splendid service at all the fires in the district since its organization. Among the noteworthy conflagrations at which the fire laddies of Truck No. 2 have done hard work are Havemeyer's sugar house fire in Jan., 1881, the burning of the oil works of Sone & Fleming, and the Orphan Asylum fire, in which one of the sisters and several of the children were burned to death.
Many gallant rescues have been made by the members of this company. At a fire in Myrtle Avenue, near Spencer Street, in 1871, four persons were taken out of the flames by Foreman Michael FRIEL and others of this company. The fire started in a scenery painting shop on the ground floor, and before the firemen could get the water turned on the whole building was in flames. A Mrs. ANDERSON and her little son and daughter were found unconscious on the top floor, and rescued by the firemen at a great risk to their own lives. An adjoining house caught fire and began to blaze. The occupants came running down to the street, when one of the men said that there was a sick boy in the house. Fireman FRIEL made an effort to get the boy out, wrapping a blanket about him and starting for the stairs. The fire which was coming in from the adjoining building cut off all escape in that way, and it was only by the hardest exertions of Truck No. 2, that the rescuer and rescued were saved from the flames. The gallant fireman's face and neck were terribly burned and for several weeks it was feared that he would die. After he recovered it was learned that the little boy he rescued was suffering from the small-pox.
At a fire Oct. 8, 1883, at No. 694 Atlantic Avenue, a Mr. Curry was rescued from the flames by Foreman Platt VAN COTT. On Nov. 24, 1883 Fireman FRIEL was detailed to the Grand Opera House for duty. A fire broke out in the property-room, endangering the lives of 1,600 spectators. After a hard battle the fireman managed to extinguish the flames and for his heroic conduct was given a splendid gold badge. At a fire on DeKalb Avenue in Feb. 1887, a man and wife were rescued from an upper story of a burning tenement house. The scene at the time of the rescue was a thrilling one. The firemen of Truck No. 2 quickly arranged scaling ladders and took the people from the windows of the upper story with the flames bursting out of the burning building above and below them. Two members of Truck No. 2 distinguished themselves at a big flat-house fire on Franklin Avenue, near Myrtle Avenue, in the fall of 1889. The flames broke out in the dry goods store on the ground floor, and shut off all chance of escape by the stairway. Firemen ROACH and FRIEL made an entrance by an upper window and took out a Mrs. WOODS, who was lying unconscious in the middle of her room. The woman's mother was caught in the flames and burned to death.
The new house of Truck No. 2 is one of the finest belonging to the Fire Department of Brooklyn. It is a handsome two-story brick structure, twenty-two feet front and extending back ninety-two feet, with a six-foot yard in the rear. It is fitted with every modern appliance for fire-fighting, and with every convenience that the members of the company could desire. In equipment it is one of the finest truck-houses in the country. The inside walls on the lower floor are of Peerless white brick, giving a very neat appearance to the room. The floor is of concrete. One of the improvements made in the new building was in providing separate rooms for the Foreman and Assistant Foreman, instead of berthing them with the firemen in the main room.
They have a Hayes patent extension-ladder seventy-two feet in length, the intersection being 40 feet and the inner section 32 feet. They can also make so-foot extension-ladders, and have others of 30, 22, 18, 16 and 12 feet. The two horses, "Dan " and " Pete," are splendid animals and are great favorites with the men. Housed so handsomely, with every convenience for living in the house and every facility for their work, the members of the company appreciate the fact that their surroundings go as far as possible to perfect their efficiency, and give them a standard
to " live up to."
Foreman MICHAEL FRIEL was born in Brooklyn, March 8, 1847. He was appointed Oct. n, 1871, and assigned to Truck No. 2 for duty. Nearly all of his service has been with this company, although he was for a time Foreman of Engine No 17. He was made a driver in 1876, and ten years later, on Aug. 6, 1886, was promoted to the grade of Foreman. He served during the war in
both the volunteer army and navy.
CHARLES H. BIXBY, the Assistant Foreman, is also a Brooklyn man, born in the Fifteenth Ward, Aug. 27, 1854. Appointed to the service Feb. 7, 1879, he was detailed to duty with Engine No. 17, and later came to Truck No. 2. He was promoted to be Assistant Foreman March 1, 1887.
CHARLES T. WIEGAND is one of the two oldest members of the company, having been appointed Sept. 15, 1869. He has been a member of the company ever since its organization. WIEGAND was born in New York City, Oct. 12, 1834. During all his years of service his record has been good and never has he had to appear before the Commissioners to answer to charges of any kind.
HUGH REYNOLDS, the driver, was born in Ireland, March 14, 1845. He entered the service March 3, i88o, and has spent nearly twelve years with Truck No2.
DANIEL FRIEL was appointed Feb. 7, 1876, and re-appointed Jan. 1, 1883, and has served sixteen years in this company. He was born in New City in 1846, and has been in both the army and navy.
MICHAEL ROACH has been a fireman and popular member of Truck No. 2 for five years. He was born in Ireland, June 24, 1853, and was appointed January 24, 1887 after having passed with a high percentage the civil service examination. He was assigned to the company he has since been on duty with and has proven himself a valuable and efficient member of the Department. One daring rescue made by Fireman ROACH at great risk to his own life is told of yet by members of the company. It was a stormy night in the fall of 1889, when Truck No. 2 was called out to a big flat-house fire on Franklin Avenue, near Myrtle. The engines soon had several streams of water on the flames, but it was evident that the buildings could not be saved. The fire had started on the ground floor and the flames were spreading through all parts of the building, breaking out from the windows and through the floors. The firemen had got their extension-ladder to an upper window and the Foreman called for two men to attempt the rescue of the people on the upper story of the building. Firemen ROACH and a companion responded, and without a word about the risk they were running mounted to the burning upper story. In the middle room they found an unconscious woman partially suffocated by smoke. They attempted to make an exit by the stairs but the
flames cut off all escape in that way. Blinded and almost suffocated themselves, they made their way to the roof, from which all three were lowered to the ground. They had hardly escaped before the floors of the building caved in and the side walls toppled into the ruins. The woman rescued was a Mrs. Woods, and her mother who had been in the adjoining room was burned to death before the firemen could reach her.
RICHARD C. LAMB is one of the oldest members of Truck No. 2 and but few men in the Brooklyn Department are senior to him in the number of years of service or age. Since Sept. 15, 1869, he has been working as a Brooklyn fireman, and when the old Volunteer Department went out of existence he became a paid fireman in the new Department. He has made a splendid record as a faithful fireman and this is shown by the fact that for over twenty-three years LAMB has remained a member of Truck No. 2 without a single charge being made against him. He was born in Vermont on March 8, 1834. He is a navy veteran and served under Commodore UPSHUR in the Atlantic blockading squadron. As a fire-fighter he has made a record and at every big conflagration Brooklyn has suffered during the past quarter of a century he has been present and worked hard to save life and property. LAMB became disabled several years ago at a fire and for some time his life hung in the balance. When he recovered from the effects of his injuries he was detailed by the Commissioner to special duty in the Telegraph Bureau of the Department. He has become an expert electrician during his service on this work.
JOHN FITZSIMONS has made a record as a life-saver and a brave fireman during his seven years' service in the Fire Department of Brooklyn. He was born in East Brooklyn. Sept. 29, 1849, and received a good education in the public schools of this city. During his early manhood days he was employed in a large mercantile house in New York, but on April 1, 1885, he passed the necessary examination and was appointed a fireman and assigned to Engine Company No. 14, at Herkimer Street, near New York Avenue. His transfer to Truck No. 2 occurred after three years of service. As fireman of Truck No. 2 FITZSIMONS has assisted in the rescue of over ten people. His calm self-possession in the time of danger has made him one of the admired brave firemen of the company. At the large fire which occurred in the fall of 1890 in an apartment house on Myrtle Avenue he aided two of his companions in the rescue of two people.
JAMES H. FLYNN, JR., the most recently appointed member of the company, was born in Brooklyn, July 28, 1869, and became a fireman on July 1, 1892.
894 Bedford Avenue former firehouse:
Ladder 102 (continued)
Ladder 102:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZVzzvpdBw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48t2jogMNwc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIVGZoe7V0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_kiOWsxIzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5a202kO_84
Ladder 102:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdZVzzvpdBw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48t2jogMNwc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvIVGZoe7V0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_kiOWsxIzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5a202kO_84
Ladder 102 (continued)
Ladder 102 FDNY spelling champion - 1937:
Ladder 102 members - approximately 1960:
From left to right the members in the L-102 picture are:
Bn 34 chief's aide Bill Blenck, Herbie O'Brien, Connie Metzger, Jerry Lambert, Ed Nowack, Lt. Frank Florio, Jim Coward, And Bn 34 BC Felix Kiffer. This picture was taken around 1960. These men were identified by retired DC Thomas Cotter who was the captain of L-102 in 1960. He also supplied the following information:
Herbie O'Brien transfered to L-102 from L-119; was promoted to Lt. in 1968 and spent 20 years in that rank in E-35 in Harlem before retiring.
Connie Metzger was originally assigned to L-1 before transfering to L-102. He retired from L-102 in the late 1980's.
Jerry Lambert spent his entire carreer in L-102, retiring around 1985.
Lt. Frank Florio was promoted to Captain shortly after this picture was taken and was assigned to L-111.
BC Felix Kiffer was the Captain of E-214 before being promoted to chief.
Jim Coward received a Class 1 award for rescuing a man from the top floor rear of a brownstone. With 2 other firefighters holding down Jim's legs onto the roof he hung down backwards over the edge of the roof and lifted the victim out of the top floor window and up to the roof.
Tom Cotter joined the Dept in 1946. He was a FF in L-105 & L-111, Lt. in L-108, Capt of L-102 from 1955 to 1962, BC in Safety for 8 years and Bn 9 for 3 years, DC in D-11 & retired from D-10 with 30 years in the Job.
- Researched by the Captain of Ladder 103, Jack Mooney
- From https://nyfd.com/brooklyn_ladders/ladder_102.html
Ladder 102 - Outstanding Apparatus - Welfare Island - 1961:
Ladder 102 FDNY spelling champion - 1937:
Ladder 102 members - approximately 1960:
From left to right the members in the L-102 picture are:
Bn 34 chief's aide Bill Blenck, Herbie O'Brien, Connie Metzger, Jerry Lambert, Ed Nowack, Lt. Frank Florio, Jim Coward, And Bn 34 BC Felix Kiffer. This picture was taken around 1960. These men were identified by retired DC Thomas Cotter who was the captain of L-102 in 1960. He also supplied the following information:
Herbie O'Brien transfered to L-102 from L-119; was promoted to Lt. in 1968 and spent 20 years in that rank in E-35 in Harlem before retiring.
Connie Metzger was originally assigned to L-1 before transfering to L-102. He retired from L-102 in the late 1980's.
Jerry Lambert spent his entire carreer in L-102, retiring around 1985.
Lt. Frank Florio was promoted to Captain shortly after this picture was taken and was assigned to L-111.
BC Felix Kiffer was the Captain of E-214 before being promoted to chief.
Jim Coward received a Class 1 award for rescuing a man from the top floor rear of a brownstone. With 2 other firefighters holding down Jim's legs onto the roof he hung down backwards over the edge of the roof and lifted the victim out of the top floor window and up to the roof.
Tom Cotter joined the Dept in 1946. He was a FF in L-105 & L-111, Lt. in L-108, Capt of L-102 from 1955 to 1962, BC in Safety for 8 years and Bn 9 for 3 years, DC in D-11 & retired from D-10 with 30 years in the Job.
- Researched by the Captain of Ladder 103, Jack Mooney
- From https://nyfd.com/brooklyn_ladders/ladder_102.html
Ladder 102 - Outstanding Apparatus - Welfare Island - 1961:
Ladder 102 (continued)
Ladder 102/Battalion 34 medals:
JOSEPH P. HUGHES FF. LAD. 102 MAY 8, 1938 1939 MC ELLIGOTT
EDWARD C. BRANDI FF. LAD. 102 APR. 30, 1939 1940 LA GUARDIA
HALFDAN P. HENRIKSEN LT. LAD. 102 AUG. 29, 1950 1951 COMMERCE
EDWARD A. KNAPP FF. LAD. 102 AUG. 29, 1950 1951 KENNY
JAMES I. COWARD FF. LAD. 102 APR. 20, 1954 1955 KENNY
Jim Coward received a Class 1 award for rescuing a man from the top floor rear of a brownstone. With 2 other firefighters holding down Jim's legs onto the roof he hung down backwards over the edge of the roof and lifted the victim out of the top floor window and up to the roof.
JAMES A. MESSBAUER FF. LAD. 102 APR. 8, 1955 1956 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
JAMES I. COWARD FF. LAD. 102 JUN. 4, 1968 1969 PULASKI
STEVEN C. DE ROSA FF. LAD. 102 DEC. 31, 1971 1972 JAMES GORDON BENNETT
Ny Times "31 Firemen in City Are Given Medals for Heroism" By Max H. Seigel June 8, 1972
The Fire Department's highest award, given previously to Lieutenant Hamilton, went this year to Fireman First Grade Stephen C. DeRosa of Ladder Company 102. Mr. DeRosa received the James Gordon Bennett Medal for heroism in a fire that swept through a four‐story apartment house at 103 Sanford Street, Brooklyn, last New Year's Eve.
Flames were sweeping the rear three rooms of a railroad flat on the first floor and access through a door or the fire escape was blocked. Fireman DeRosa climbed an aerial ladder and entered through a window. He had to crawl along the floor through heavy smoke and intense heat in his search for the occupants. He brought out a man and a three‐year‐old child, both unconscious. He received second‐degree burns of his thighs.
ROBERT J. BABSTOCK FF. LAD. 102 DEC. 18, 1972 1973 KANE
JULIAN R. TAVALARO FF. LAD. 102 MAR. 2, 1975 1976 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
THOMAS J. REICHEL FF. LAD. 102 APR. 4, 1976 1977 CONRAN
JOHN W. BOYLE FF. LAD. 102 DEC. 21, 1978 1979 HOLY NAME
GERALD A. BARBARA LT. LAD. 102 AUG. 16, 1980 1981 PULASKI
LODD September 11, 2001 World Trade Center
https://www.silive.com/september-11/2010/09/gerard_barbara_53_fdny_chief_w.html
DENNIS A. CROSS LT. LAD. 102 OCT. 11, 1981 1982 KANE
LODD September 11, 2001 World Trade Center
http://www.legacy.com/sept11/ncenterprise-info/story.aspx?personid=96899
WILLIAM A. MUDRY FF. LAD. 102 FEB. 26, 1982 1983 PRENTICE
JOHN F. DOUGHERTY LT. LAD. 102 MAY 25, 1983 1984 UFOA
THOMAS J. MARX FF. LAD. 102 MAY 25, 1983 1984 HISPANIC
JOHN T. MOONEY FF. LAD. 102 DEC. 5, 1983 1984 HOLY NAME
GEORGE S. BELNAVIS FF. LAD. 102 JUN. 14, 1985 1986 COMPANY OFFICERS
KEVIN P. MC NALLY LT. BAT. 34 L-102 JUN. 14, 1985 1986 PIPES & DRUMS
PETER HASSLER FF. LAD. 102 MAY 26, 1987 1988 GOLDMAN
Brooklyn Box 693 251 Hart Street 0021 Hrs - Aerial ladder rescue of 2 year old child
JOSEPH H. DIRKS LT. LAD. 102 FEB. 27, 1989 1990 MC ELLIGOTT
PATRICK J. BRADY FF. LAD. 102 JUL. 13, 1994 1995 LAUFER
STEVEN CALZOLANO FF. LAD. 102 JUN. 2, 1995 1996 BRUMMER
JOSEPH V. ADOLPHINI FF. LAD. 102 OCT. 29, 2012 2013 DOUGHERTY
RICHARD J. MARSHALL BAT. CHIEF BAT. 34 OCT. 13, 1917 1918 STRONG
Ladder 102/Battalion 34 medals:
JOSEPH P. HUGHES FF. LAD. 102 MAY 8, 1938 1939 MC ELLIGOTT
EDWARD C. BRANDI FF. LAD. 102 APR. 30, 1939 1940 LA GUARDIA
HALFDAN P. HENRIKSEN LT. LAD. 102 AUG. 29, 1950 1951 COMMERCE
EDWARD A. KNAPP FF. LAD. 102 AUG. 29, 1950 1951 KENNY
JAMES I. COWARD FF. LAD. 102 APR. 20, 1954 1955 KENNY
Jim Coward received a Class 1 award for rescuing a man from the top floor rear of a brownstone. With 2 other firefighters holding down Jim's legs onto the roof he hung down backwards over the edge of the roof and lifted the victim out of the top floor window and up to the roof.
JAMES A. MESSBAUER FF. LAD. 102 APR. 8, 1955 1956 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
JAMES I. COWARD FF. LAD. 102 JUN. 4, 1968 1969 PULASKI
STEVEN C. DE ROSA FF. LAD. 102 DEC. 31, 1971 1972 JAMES GORDON BENNETT
Ny Times "31 Firemen in City Are Given Medals for Heroism" By Max H. Seigel June 8, 1972
The Fire Department's highest award, given previously to Lieutenant Hamilton, went this year to Fireman First Grade Stephen C. DeRosa of Ladder Company 102. Mr. DeRosa received the James Gordon Bennett Medal for heroism in a fire that swept through a four‐story apartment house at 103 Sanford Street, Brooklyn, last New Year's Eve.
Flames were sweeping the rear three rooms of a railroad flat on the first floor and access through a door or the fire escape was blocked. Fireman DeRosa climbed an aerial ladder and entered through a window. He had to crawl along the floor through heavy smoke and intense heat in his search for the occupants. He brought out a man and a three‐year‐old child, both unconscious. He received second‐degree burns of his thighs.
ROBERT J. BABSTOCK FF. LAD. 102 DEC. 18, 1972 1973 KANE
JULIAN R. TAVALARO FF. LAD. 102 MAR. 2, 1975 1976 BROOKLYN CITIZENS
THOMAS J. REICHEL FF. LAD. 102 APR. 4, 1976 1977 CONRAN
JOHN W. BOYLE FF. LAD. 102 DEC. 21, 1978 1979 HOLY NAME
GERALD A. BARBARA LT. LAD. 102 AUG. 16, 1980 1981 PULASKI
LODD September 11, 2001 World Trade Center
https://www.silive.com/september-11/2010/09/gerard_barbara_53_fdny_chief_w.html
DENNIS A. CROSS LT. LAD. 102 OCT. 11, 1981 1982 KANE
LODD September 11, 2001 World Trade Center
http://www.legacy.com/sept11/ncenterprise-info/story.aspx?personid=96899
WILLIAM A. MUDRY FF. LAD. 102 FEB. 26, 1982 1983 PRENTICE
JOHN F. DOUGHERTY LT. LAD. 102 MAY 25, 1983 1984 UFOA
THOMAS J. MARX FF. LAD. 102 MAY 25, 1983 1984 HISPANIC
JOHN T. MOONEY FF. LAD. 102 DEC. 5, 1983 1984 HOLY NAME
GEORGE S. BELNAVIS FF. LAD. 102 JUN. 14, 1985 1986 COMPANY OFFICERS
KEVIN P. MC NALLY LT. BAT. 34 L-102 JUN. 14, 1985 1986 PIPES & DRUMS
PETER HASSLER FF. LAD. 102 MAY 26, 1987 1988 GOLDMAN
Brooklyn Box 693 251 Hart Street 0021 Hrs - Aerial ladder rescue of 2 year old child
JOSEPH H. DIRKS LT. LAD. 102 FEB. 27, 1989 1990 MC ELLIGOTT
PATRICK J. BRADY FF. LAD. 102 JUL. 13, 1994 1995 LAUFER
STEVEN CALZOLANO FF. LAD. 102 JUN. 2, 1995 1996 BRUMMER
JOSEPH V. ADOLPHINI FF. LAD. 102 OCT. 29, 2012 2013 DOUGHERTY
RICHARD J. MARSHALL BAT. CHIEF BAT. 34 OCT. 13, 1917 1918 STRONG
Ladder 102 (continued)
Ladder 102 LODDs:
FIREFIGHTER HUGH FOX LADDER 102 NOVEMBER 23, 1896
FIREFIGHTER BENJAMIN H. FAY LADDER 102 November 2, 1918
US Army 106th Infantry 27th Division World War I France
Died from disease
FIREFIGHTER WILLIAM F. SELLINGER LADDER 102 SEPTEMBER 18, 1921
While climbing the stairs in the quarters of Ladder 102, Fireman William F. Sellinger fell backwards fracturing his skull. He died two days later in Kings County Hospital. He was a member of Ladder 102 for the past two and one half years and was a veteran of World War I. He was survived by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. (From "The Last Alarm")
RIP. Never forget.
Ladder 102 LODDs:
FIREFIGHTER HUGH FOX LADDER 102 NOVEMBER 23, 1896
FIREFIGHTER BENJAMIN H. FAY LADDER 102 November 2, 1918
US Army 106th Infantry 27th Division World War I France
Died from disease
FIREFIGHTER WILLIAM F. SELLINGER LADDER 102 SEPTEMBER 18, 1921
While climbing the stairs in the quarters of Ladder 102, Fireman William F. Sellinger fell backwards fracturing his skull. He died two days later in Kings County Hospital. He was a member of Ladder 102 for the past two and one half years and was a veteran of World War I. He was survived by his parents, three brothers and two sisters. (From "The Last Alarm")
RIP. Never forget.
Ladder 102 (continued)
Bedford-Stuyvesant:
Bedford-Stuyvesant - This hybrid name comes from the time when the town of Bedford merged with Stuyvesant Heights. Stuyvesant Heights was named for Peter Stuyvesant, the last governor of the Dutch-controlled New Netherlands colony before it was given to British rule in 1664
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford?Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn
https://www.brownstonedetectives.com/the-day-bed-stuy-was-born/
Bedford-Stuyvesant:
Bedford-Stuyvesant - This hybrid name comes from the time when the town of Bedford merged with Stuyvesant Heights. Stuyvesant Heights was named for Peter Stuyvesant, the last governor of the Dutch-controlled New Netherlands colony before it was given to British rule in 1664
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford?Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn
https://www.brownstonedetectives.com/the-day-bed-stuy-was-born/
Recent Bed-Stuy Fires -
3-5-18 Brooklyn 3rd Alarm Box 883:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bW1xE4tR2Y
June 2018 2nd Alarm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPQuulBTXA8
February 2019 5th Alarm Box 779:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mctTlNCXA
3-5-18 Brooklyn 3rd Alarm Box 883:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bW1xE4tR2Y
June 2018 2nd Alarm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPQuulBTXA8
February 2019 5th Alarm Box 779:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mctTlNCXA
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Renumbered as FDNY Battalion 24
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1901 - 1906 Battalion 24 E109 E110 E130 E151 L52 L69
Renumbered as Battalion 34
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1907 - 1909 Battalion 34 E109 E110 E151 E151-2 L52 L69
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1918 - 1925 Battalion 34 E209 E210 E217 E230 E251 L102 L119
1925 - 1930 Battalion 34 E209 E210 E217 E230 E251 L102 L119 R2
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1937 - 1941 Battalion 34 E209 E210 E217 E230 (E251) L102 L119
1941 - 1948 Battalion 34 E209 E210 E211 E217 E230 E251 L102 L119
1948 - 1951 Battalion 34 E209 E210 E211 E217 E230 L102 L119 WT6 R2
1951 - 1955 Battalion 34 E209 E210 E211 E230 E235 L102 L119 WT6 R2
1955 - 1957 Battalion 34 E209 E210 E211 E230 E235 L102 L119 WT6 R2 S3
1957 - 1965 Battalion 34 E209 E210 E211 E230 E235 L102 L119 R2 S3
1965 - 1968 Battalion 34 E209 E211 E217 E230 E235 L102 L119 S3
1968 - 1969 Battalion 34 E209 E211 E217 E217-2 E230 E235 L102 L119 S3
Split with new Battalion 57
1969 - 1972 Battalion 34 E209 E211 E230 L102 L119 TCU731 S3
1972 - 1975 Battalion 34 E209 E211 E230 L102 L119 S3
1975 - 1976 Battalion 34 E209 E211 E221 L102 L104 L119 U1 S3
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1979 - 1989 Battalion 34 E209 E211 E221 L102 L104 L119
Engine 274 firehouse 41-20 Murray Street, Flushing, Queens Division 14, Battalion 52 "Orient Express" "Murray Hill Hose Company"
Engine 174 organized Madison Avenue former volunteer firehouse 1908
Engine 174 became Engine 274 1913
Engine 274 moved 335 Madison Avenue 1913
Engine 274 firehouse moved 41-20 Murray Street 1913
Engine 274 moved 40-18 Union Street at Engine 273 1938
Engine 274 new firehouse 41-20 Murray Street 1940
Division 16 organized 41-20 Murray Street at Engine 274 1965
Division 16 disbanded 1975
Battalion 52 organized 135-16 38th Avenue w/Engine 172 1908
Battalion 52 moved 14-09 149th Street at Engine 295 1927
Battalion 52 new firehouse 135-16 38th Avenue w/Engine 272 1928
Battalion 52 moved 40-18 Union Street at Engine 273 1974
Battalion 52 moved 41-20 Murray Street at Engine 274 1976
Hazardous Material Technician Unit Queens organized 41-20 Murray Street at Engine 274 2004
Pre-FDNY:
Volunteer Murray Hill Hose Company #4 was organized in 1894 as a company in the Flushing Fire Department. It was in the located on Madison Street (41st Avenue at 150th Street). Engine 174, FDNY, was organized on December 1, 1908 in the Madison Street firehouse. The firehouse was moved to 41-20 Murray Street in 1913.
Murray Hill Hose Company 4 firehouse:
Flushing Fire Department - 1908:
Engine 174 Madison Street firehouse - 1908:
Engine 274 Madison Street firehouse ? 1920s:
Engine 174 organized Madison Avenue former volunteer firehouse 1908
Engine 174 became Engine 274 1913
Engine 274 moved 335 Madison Avenue 1913
Engine 274 firehouse moved 41-20 Murray Street 1913
Engine 274 moved 40-18 Union Street at Engine 273 1938
Engine 274 new firehouse 41-20 Murray Street 1940
Division 16 organized 41-20 Murray Street at Engine 274 1965
Division 16 disbanded 1975
Battalion 52 organized 135-16 38th Avenue w/Engine 172 1908
Battalion 52 moved 14-09 149th Street at Engine 295 1927
Battalion 52 new firehouse 135-16 38th Avenue w/Engine 272 1928
Battalion 52 moved 40-18 Union Street at Engine 273 1974
Battalion 52 moved 41-20 Murray Street at Engine 274 1976
Hazardous Material Technician Unit Queens organized 41-20 Murray Street at Engine 274 2004
Pre-FDNY:
Volunteer Murray Hill Hose Company #4 was organized in 1894 as a company in the Flushing Fire Department. It was in the located on Madison Street (41st Avenue at 150th Street). Engine 174, FDNY, was organized on December 1, 1908 in the Madison Street firehouse. The firehouse was moved to 41-20 Murray Street in 1913.
Murray Hill Hose Company 4 firehouse:
Flushing Fire Department - 1908:
Engine 174 Madison Street firehouse - 1908:
Engine 274 Madison Street firehouse ? 1920s:
