FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section

Great job, had the pleasure of working there, great Firefighters and Fire Officers passed through Webster Ave. Thanks to Mike, Matt Daly and others for their outstanding photos, documenting the Brothers at work....... #2875, top photos are DC Tom Neville (RIP)....a great man and a pleasure to work with!
 
Anyone notice the Willy D NFD in red on the front of old 48s quarters?, but it's not in the original photo on Northeast Fire Photos site
 
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^^^^ Yes I think willy did it after the Northeast photo was taken...in fact when he was at Maggie Mays one evening he had paint splatter on his shirt.
 
mack said:
Engine 48 former firehouse 2504 Webster Avenue collapse - 1990s. I think Turk132 also had a few fires in vacant firehouse before collapse.


http://northeastfirephotos.smugmug.com/FDNY/Bronx-Collapse-of-Engine-48s/13661967_TRFtZB#!i=997398018&k=xw9cj



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Gentlemen, apparently we have a "Willy D Impersonator" out there. The Red paint saying: "Willy D - NFD" is NOT mine. Maybe he wanted to be just like the Original Willy D, but he just couldn't cut it. It's not the first time it's happened, so this is NO SURPRISE to me.

Yes, it's TRUE, I was at Maggie Mays and Yes, I did spill ketchup on my shirt that night.

Yes, it is also TRUE that I was on the scene of that Second Alarm they had in that former Engine 48 Firehouse. And yes, maybe back then, Turk 182 of Engine 48, saw me there.

But without a doubt in my mind, I am NOT the guy who wrote "Willy D - NFD" on that cinder block wall of the front of that former firehouse.

I also strongly believe that we SHOULD have a full investigation into who it was that actually wrote that.
 
At some point after E48 moved to their new qtrs. - the old qtrs. was used by a Salvage Unit (3?) - as a newly promoted Lt., my 1st assignment was a 2 week detail to that Salvage Unit - "What a Pleasure" (wink, wink)
 
That building looks like a strong breeze would take it down! Hard to believe it stood that long.
 
^^^^^^ That is a good thing.....something like that is TRUE FDNY HISTORY & could not be duplicated.....imagine the BROTHERS & the numerous Rigs that passed under that engraved stone.
 
Battalion 42 covers largely residential, southwestern Brooklyn. The area was once the Town of New Utrecht and today has the neighborhoods of Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Fort Hamilton. The battalion was organized as the 12th District of the Brooklyn Fire Department in 1896, and transitioned into the FDNY as the 12th Battalion Brooklyn. (There was also a 12th Battalion in Manhattan.) Upon renumbering in 1898, it became the original Battalion 32 and was renumbered into the present day Battalion 42 in 1906.

Brooklyn Fire Department
District Engineer 12Organized8653 18th Ave1896with Engine 43
District Engineer 12Annexedas Battalion 12 FDNY Brooklyn1898

FDNY Brooklyn
Battalion 12Organized8653 18th Ave1898with Engine 43
Battalion 12Renumberedas Battalion 321898

Battalion 32
Battalion 32Organized8653 18th Ave1898with Engine 43
Battalion 32Renumberedas Battalion 421906

Battalion 42
Battalion 42Organized8653 18th Ave1906with Engine 143
Battalion 42Temporary1157 79th St1988with Engine 284
Battalion 42Renovated8653 18th Ave1988with Engine 243
 
fdhistorian said:
Battalion 42 covers largely residential, southwestern Brooklyn. The area was once the Town of New Utrecht and today has the neighborhoods of Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Fort Hamilton. The battalion was organized as the 12th District of the Brooklyn Fire Department in 1896, and transitioned into the FDNY as the 12th Battalion Brooklyn. (There was also a 12th Battalion in Manhattan.) Upon renumbering in 1898, it became the original Battalion 32 and was renumbered into the present day Battalion 42 in 1906.

Brooklyn Fire Department
District Engineer 12Organized8653 18th Ave1896with Engine 43
District Engineer 12Annexedas Battalion 12 FDNY Brooklyn1898

FDNY Brooklyn
Battalion 12Organized8653 18th Ave1898with Engine 43
Battalion 12Renumberedas Battalion 321898

Battalion 32
Battalion 32Organized8653 18th Ave1898with Engine 43
Battalion 32Renumberedas Battalion 421906

Battalion 42
Battalion 42Organized8653 18th Ave1906with Engine 143
Battalion 42Temporary1157 79th St1988with Engine 284
Battalion 42Renovated8653 18th Ave1988with Engine 243
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Companies in Battalion 12
1896 - 1898E42E43E47E53L14L15L19L24

Companies in Battalion 32
1898 - 1900E42E43E47E53
1900 - 1906E142cE143cE147cE153c

Companies in Battalion 42
1906 - 1913E142cE143cE147cE153c
1913 - 1914E242cE243cE247cE253cE284
1914 - 1929E242E243cE247E253cE284L149
1929 - 1948E242E243E247E253E284L149L168
1948 - 1951E242E243E247E250E253E284L149L168
1951 - 1965E241E242E243E284L109L149L168
1965 - 1969E241E242E243E284E330L109L149L168L172
1969 - 2003E242E243E247E284E330L149L168L172
2005 -E242E243E284E330L149L168L172

c = combination
 
8060rock said:
At some point after E48 moved to their new qtrs. - the old qtrs. was used by a Salvage Unit (3?) - as a newly promoted Lt., my 1st assignment was a 2 week detail to that Salvage Unit - "What a Pleasure" (wink, wink)
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Yes "8060rock", aka Dan K., the part you mention about the Salvage Unit - "What a Pleasure" (wink, wink), I've heard that before from others as well.

Not quite like the Fire Patrol Units as I've been told. In fact I know a few guys who worked among the various F.P. units. A lot went on to become career firefighters and officers.

Maybe "mack" and "fdhistorian" can do a history on both The Fire Patrol Units and the Fire Salvage Units, their differences, etc., if they haven't been done before.
 
nfd2004 said:
Maybe "mack" and "fdhistorian" can do a history on both The Fire Patrol Units and the Fire Salvage Units, their differences, etc., if they haven't been done before.
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It's been done by 'mack' on the pages of his 'FDNY-and-NYC-Firehouses-and-Fire-Companies' threads (1st and 2nd sections).

For everything you might want to know about the Fire Patrol:
https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies.14180/page-20
(also pages 1, 2, 19, 37, 45)
https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/...-and-fire-companies-2nd-section.50639/page-53
(also pages 8, 12, 32)

For everything you might want to know about the Model Cities Salvage:
https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies.14180/page-102
(also pages 22, 24, 36)
https://nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-and-nyc-firehouses-and-fire-companies-2nd-section.50639/page-221
(also 8, 10, 37, 38, 43, 60)

'Johnny Gage' also reminisced about a detail to the Salvage Unit in 'Glory Days'
 
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