FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

[mack]

Atlantic Steamer and Hose 1 and Hook & Ladder 1 - firehouse - 2919 W 8th Street Coney Island - 1886-1895


Also was original firehouse in 1898 for BFD E 45 when formed (became FDNY E 45 became E 145 became E 245)

Coney Island experienced many major fires as a NYC beach resort:
http://coneyisland.com/ciop/Winter9394.pdf

LODD - 1893 Fireman John Madden died as the roof of a bakery collapsed.

New FDNY firehouse built in 1902 for double engine company E 145:
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1902/05/15/8/Ar00808.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1900-1905&DOCID=558998&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&AppName=%32&GZ=%54&sScopeID=%55%44%52%32&sPublication=%42%45%47&sSorting=%53%63%6f%72%65%2c%64%65%73%63&sQuery=%66%69%72%65%20%63%6f%6e%65%79%20%69%73%6c%61%6e%64&sDateFrom=%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%38%25%33%38%25%33%31&sDateTo=%25%33%31%25%33%32%25%32%66%25%33%33%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%39%25%33%30%25%33%32&rEntityType=&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T

Firehouse built for BFD E 45 (E 245) by paid Brooklyn Fire Department 1902 next to original volunteer firehouse at 2929 W 8th Street:

Also quarters to L 161 (1927) E 245-2 (1904) E 326 (1939) and Bn 43 (1906)

Some of Coney Island's big jobs:

1896: The Elephant Hotel fire -a reputed brothel actually shaped like a giant elephant, caught fire after someone forgot to put out his cigar.

1902 Parkway Baths fire:


1903 Coney Island Fire:


1907: Steeplechase Park - 35 acres of iconic amusement area

1908: Pabst Loop Hotel, Vanderveer Hotel and the Culver depot of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit fires:

1911: Dreamland. The morning before opening day, workers were sealing a leak in the Hellgate water ride with tar when several of the light bulbs above them popped. Sparks fell onto the hot pitch and started a blaze that consumed the Hellgate, Dreamland?s towers, the animal arena ? and most of the animals. Some historians say that low water pressure in nearby fire hydrants prevented firefighters from putting out the blaze fast enough ? and allowed the conflagration to spread.



1932: Boardwalk and Surf Avenue. This fire, considered the worst in Coney Island?s history, consumed 100 feet of the Boardwalk and destroyed apartment buildings and bathhouses along Surf Avenue between W. 21st and W.24th streets. The fire was so extensive that it burned a house on Neptune Avenue and scorched several nearby subway cars. More than 1,000 people were left homeless, and thousands more were left naked and dripping on the beach after abandoning their clothes as they ran out of the burning bathhouses. The cause - Kids playing with matches.

1944: Luna Park. The fire that destroyed most of the first Luna Park may have been caused by a cigarette thrown into a trash can, Flames quickly spread across the straw roofs covering several rides, then reached the park?s tower, which began spewing embers. Another fire wiped out what was left of the park a few weeks later.



1947: Surf Ave 5th alarm destroyed 12 buildings and injured 45 firemen

1963: Ravenhall bathhouses. A mid-winter electrical fire in one of the arcade consumed the Ravenhall
(from "Century of Fires in Coney Island"  http://brooklyndaily.com/stories/2012/32/bn_lunasidebar_2012_08_10_bk.html)

http://www.nyfd.com/history/engine_245_1.html

Current quarters of E 245, L 161, Bn 43 built in 1971

 

[mack]

Queens Hose Company 2  firehouse  Jamaica Ave. & Pallister St. Queens  operated as volunteer company 1902-1921



Company operated in "Bushville" neighborhood of Queens,per old newspaper articles.

15 different fire departments (mostly volunteer, a few paid) operated in Queens before it became part of NYC in 1898:
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1898/01/09/5/Ar00502.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1895-1899&DOCID=590607&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&GZ=%54&sPublication=%42%45%47&sQuery=%51%55%45%45%4e%53%20%48%4f%53%45%20%32%20&sSorting=%25%35%33%25%36%33%25%36%66%25%37%32%25%36%35%25%32%63%25%36%34%25%36%35%25%37%33%25%36%33&sDateFrom=%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%38%25%33%34%25%33%31&sDateTo=%25%33%31%25%33%32%25%32%66%25%33%33%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%39%25%33%30%25%33%32&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=%31%36&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T

 

[mack]

Engine 204 - firehouse - 299 Degraw St - Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

    1855 Montauk Engine 22 (volunteer) organized - Degraw St and Court St
    1857 Montauk Engine 22 (volunteer) moved to 299 Degraw St (firehouse had horses and rigs - members lived across street)
    1869 Engine 4 BFD (paid) organized at 299 Degraw St
    1893 Engine 4 BFD moved to 533 Hicks St
    1894 Engine 4 BFD moved to new firehouse at 299 Degraw St
    1898 became Engine 4 FDNY
    1899 became Engine 104
    1913 became Engine 204
    1943 became Squad 24 (WWII manpower squad)
    1945 became Engine 204
    2003 disbanded
   
E 4 BFD original quarters:


From "Our Firemen"    "On  Nov. 23, 1891, during the drought due to the break in the aqueduct. No. 4 had a hard day's work.  There were three alarms that day calling on No. 4 for services and there was not enough water in the hydrants to enable an
engine to throw a stream across the street.  About eleven o'clock in the morning fire was discovered in the top of the four-story brownstone building. No. 234 Carroll Street.  The row extends nearly the entire block from Court to Smith Streets, and as there was no water it seemed as if in the strong wind the whole row and possibly the block would go. Fortunately the firemen remembered that Messrs. Buchanan & Lyall, the owners of the Planet Mills, had an artesian well on the premises nearly four long blocks away.  Engine No. 4 sent a hose down there with a rush and Engineer Shaw "shook her up," for all the three-year-old Amoskeag engine was worth.The water came slowly at first but later with a rush, and the building was saved with but little injury, and No. 4 did the saving. The same night fire broke out in the top floor of No. 262 and 264 Court Street, in the three-story brick building used as a furniture storehouse.  There was no water at hand and the firemen as began to tear down the burning portions
that were within reach of their hooks. At last the fire-boat, " Seth Low," reached the foot of Harrison Street, but could not pump the water through the streets as it was up hill. Engine No. 4 got out all her reserve hose and soon had nearly 2000 feet stretched down toward the fire-boat. Other engines aided until there was nearly 4000 feet connecting the fire-boat with the engines and two streams were brought into play. It was this that saved the north half of the block that, before the water was obtained from the
river, had practically been abandoned. It is for similar prompt work that Engine No. 4 has gained its name as one of the most efficient in the service of the city of Brooklyn."

The great fire of November 5, 1892 (began at the Hobbs Wallpaper Factory at 133 Columbia Street)


1892 - Engine 4 - 2 firemen LODD - Firemen Wayland Estes and John Spaulding RIP
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1892/11/13/1/Ar00101.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1890-1894&DOCID=389505&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&AppName=%32&GZ=%54&sPublication=%42%45%47&sQuery=%65%6e%67%69%6e%65%20%34&sSorting=%25%35%33%25%36%33%25%36%66%25%37%32%25%36%35%25%32%63%25%36%34%25%36%35%25%37%33%25%36%33&sDateFrom=%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%38%25%33%34%25%33%31&sDateTo=%25%33%31%25%33%32%25%32%66%25%33%33%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%39%25%33%30%25%33%32&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T



Engine 204 disbanded 2003:

http://www.southbrooklyn.net/haparchive4.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/nyregion/some-firehouses-go-quietly-some-with-rage.html

Former firehouse:






Engine 204 Runs and Workers 1975-2002:
Year  Engine  Runs  EMS  Workers  OSW
1975  204      2423            1246       
1975  204      2723            1478 
1976  204      2957            1293 
1977  204      2735            1428 
1978  204      3447            2340 
1979  204      2387            1479 
1980  204      2673            1659 
1981  204      1993            1157 
1982  204      1853            1099 
1983  204      1675              931 
1984  204      1816            1094 
1985  204      1597              894      145 
1986  204      1376              784      114 
1987  204      1456              814      109 
1988  204      1431              851      119 
1989  204      1623              960      127 
1990  204      1561              939      128 
1991  204      1610              980      139 
1992  204      1755            1067      155 
1993  204      1502              831      108 
1994  204      1442              812      117 
1995  204      1898            1364      133 
1996  204      1886    277    1287      124 
1997  204      1758    464    1156      140 
1998  204      1714    463    1089      141 
1999  204      1522    422    1069      126 
2000  204      1595    401    1095      105 
2001  204      1614    392    1012      112 
2002  204      1784    412      963        91  Disbanded

Current use of former firehouse: Engine 204 house at 299 DeGraw in Cobble Hill was taken over by the Brooklyn Philharmonic. The orchestra pledged to invest $2.6 million to convert the building into administrative offices and performance space.

http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2011/10/glimpse-into-degraw-street-former.html

Current picture:

 

[mack]

Engine 41/Bn 10/Engine 41-2/Squad 41 firehouse - 330 E 150 St  Bronx

    1874  E 41 organized - 2801 3rd Ave (old volunteer firehouse - probable Jackson Engine 4)
    1874  Bn 10 organized - 2801 3rd Ave
    1882  Bn 10 moved to 491 E 166 St
    1904  E 41 moved to new quarters 330 E 150 St
    1957  E 41-2 organized
    1958  E 41-2 disbanded
    1968  E 41-2 reorganized
    1974  E 41-2 disbanded
    1989  E 41 disbanded
    1990  E 41 reorganized as enhanced engine company
    1998  E 41 became Sq 41

E 41






1900 Bronx map: http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~30317~1140838:Map-of-the-borough-of-the-Bronx---C

330 E 150 St Firehouse




Engine 41


1930s


Facebook pictures: https://www.facebook.com/pages/FDNY-Squad-41/129649457087258#!/media/set/?set=a.149339531784917.41258.129649457087258&type=1

Sq 41 330 E 150 St firehouse current




History: http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/2521.pdf

Apparatus: http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/fdnysquad41/apparatus.html

christmas with FDNY Squad 41
FDNY SQ-41

Year Engine Runs EMS Workers OSW
1954  41    1347
1961  41    1661
1969  41    5884
          41-2 5477
1971  41    6808
          41-2 6692
1975  41    5148          3819     
1976  41    6257          4720     
1977  41    6009          4995     
1978  41    5259          4327     
1979  41    3210          2204     
1980  41    4142          3026 
1981  41    3631          2485 
1982  41    3225          2193 
1983  41    2916          1983    302 
1984  41    3258          2076 
1985  41    3343          2217    250 
1986  41    3260          2178    278 
1987  41    3418          2180    282 
1988  41    3456          2224    250 
1989  disbanded
1990  41    2009          1095    292  6 month total only - became enhanced engine July 1
1991  41    4152          2177    521 
1992  41    4301          2393    566 
1993  41    4194          2267    580 
1994  41    3872          1814    469 
1995  41    3449          1701    404 
1996  41    3262  139  1881    402 
1997  41    3629  638  1997    444
1998  became squad

LODD RIP: http://www.fdnylodd.com/9-11-Never-Forget/FDNY-Heroes/Members-of-Squad-41.html

 

[68jk09]

mack excellent history post especially the photos of the frames alongside qtrs.....also in the Runs & Wkrs column the 1990 figures were from opening day on July 1 to December 31 1990..........originally the Unit was supposed to open in April of '90 then a week before it was decided to wait until the start of the Fiscal year.

 

[mack]

Engine 240 (E 40, CEC 40, CEC 140, CEC 240)/L 21/Div 12/Hydrant Service 12/Bn 48 firehouse 1309 Prospect Ave, Bklyn
      E 40 BFD organized 1896 at 1309 Prospect Ave; became E 40 FDNY 1898; became CEC 40 1898; became CEC 140 1899; became CEC 240 1913; became E 240 1914
      L 21 BFD organized 1896 at 1309 Prospect Ave; became Ladder 21 FDNY 1898; disbanded 1898 to form CEC 40
      Div 12 quarters at 1309 Prospect Ave 1948-1951
      Hydrant Service 4,12 quartered at 1309 Prospect Ave 1948-1951
      Bn 48 moved to 1309 Prospect Ave 1978


1309 Prospect Avenue firehouse:

     





















Engine 240 pumpers:

















Battalion 48:





E 240 history:
http://nyfd.com/brooklyn_engines/engine_240/engine_240.pdf

E 240/Bn 48 website:
http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/fdnyengine240/

Windsor Terrace:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Terrace,_Brooklyn



E 240 Runs/Workers
Year Engine Runs EMS Workers OSW
1975  240  1727  0    952      0 
1976  240  2125  0  1204      0 
1977  240  2044  0  1205      0 
1978  240  2562  0  1778      0 
1979  240  2113  0  1377      0 
1980  240  2144  0  1423      0 
1981  240  1965  0  1353      0 
1982  240  1974  0  1367      0 
1983  240  1891  0  1286    179 
1984  240  2028  0  1364       
1985  240  1763  0  1044    170 
1986  240  1816  0  1012    135 
1987  240  1721  0    977    125 
1988  240  1817  0  1132    153 
1989  240  1564  0    997    206 
1990  240  1865  0  1096    177 
1991  240  2109  0  1277    190 
1992  240  2246  0  1350    224 
1993  240  1901  0  1026    165 
1994  240  2045  0  1164    190 
1995  240  2105  0  1345    235 
1996  240  2100 244 1417    213 
1997  240  2090 422 1347    247 
1998  240  1704 450 1231    183 
1999  240  1890 478 1196    160 
2000  240  1897 458 1189    178 
2001  240  1468 492 1176    160 
2002  240  1726 505 1123    160 
2003  240  1676 584 1085    139 
2004  240  2029 619 1228    126 
2005  240  2192 618 1385    138 
2006  240  2307 656 1370    168 
2007  240  2279 642 1349    153 
2008  240  2092 574 1362    134 
2009  240  2083 613 1329    149 
2010  240  2155 613 1346    128
2011  240  2155 604 1254    176 
Year Engine Runs EMS Workers OSW
(per Frank Raffa)

Engine 240 LODDs:

    FF Edward D Lahey, Engine 140 (240), 3rd Avenue & Ft. Hamilton Parkway, fell off rig, September 20, 1907, died from injuries September 25, 1907


   

    Never forget.

   

 

[mack]

Engine 94/Ladder 48/Bn 3/Bn 3-2/TCU 513  firehouse 1226 Seneca Avenue, Hunts Point, Bronx

    E 94 organized 1913
    L 48 organized 1913
    Bn 3 moved to 1226 Seneca Ave 1968
    Bn 3-2 operated 1968-1969
    TCU 513 operated 1968-1971

1226 Seneca Avenue firehouse:

1913 American LaFrance aerial ladder








SENECA AVE FIREHOUSE ATTACKED June 28, 1976 - audio in middle of article "E 94 ATTACKED" - police unable to respond:

http://fdnyretiree.com/2013/01/28/fdny-engine-94-attacked/




Runs and Workers:

Year Engine Runs EMS Workers OSW
1975  94    5696  0    4087
1976  94    6005  0    4198 
1977  94    6240  0    4157 
1978  94    5107  0    3743 
1979  94    4202  0    2800 
1980  94    4895  0    3090 
1981  94    4329  0    2768 
1982  94    4121  0    2583
1983  94    3670  0    2172  228 
1984  94    3632  0    2110 
1985  94    3020  0    1898  188 
1986  94    3417  0    2260  186 
1987  94    3746  0    2434  217 
1988  94    3608  0    2286  215 
1989  94    3584  0    2232  201 
1990  94    3787  0    2376  210 
1991  94    3845  0    2627  203 
1992  94    3918  0    2592  276 
1993  94    3610  0    2496  239 
1994  94    2998  0    1951  238 
1995  94    3159  0    2092  214 
1996  94    3474  123  2515  234 
1997  94    3599  798  2575  265 
1998  94    3411  686  2374  271 
1999  94    3143  646  2206  270 
2000  94    3087  625  2086  252 
2001  94    2976  667  2127  240 
2002  94    2801  701  1964  233 
2003  94    3058  790  2066  174 
2004  94    3087  903  2076  229 
2005  94    3087  989  2112  193 
2006  94    3270 1023 2186  196 
2007  94    3370 1063 2557  204 
2008  94    2958  974  2050  163 
2009  94    3167  977  2077  218 
2010  94    3514 1150 2143  167 
2011  94    3466 1171 2186  194


Year Ladder Runs EMS Workers OSW
1975  48    4475  0    2510 
1976  48    4646  0    2790
1977  48    4324  0    2420 
1978  48    3602  0    2018
1979  48    3649  0    1997 
1980  48    4013  0    2130 
1981  48    3743  0    1999 
1982  48    3719  0    1945 
1983  48    3212  0    1604  238 
1984  48    3136  0    1516 
1985  48    2500  0    1401  215 
1986  48    2755  0    1594  213 
1987  48    2929  0    1637  188 
1988  48    2888  0    1585  194 
1989  48    2828  0    1472  193 
1990  48    2725  0    1421  195 
1991  48    2782  0    1580  185 
1992  48    2598    0    1439  175 
1993  48    2535    0    1409  185 
1994  48    2362    0    1430  243 
1995  48    2214    0    1293  200 
1996  48    2213  15    1347  208 
1997  48    2418 157    1523  233 
1998  48    1977  62    1194  216 
1999  48    2282  50    1383  260 
2000  48    2227  55    1469  235 
2001  48    2234    0    1798  337 
2002  48    2072    0    1261  230 
2003  48    1894    0    1213  183 
2004  48    2184    0    1385  227 
2005  48    2111    0    1377  220 
2006  48    2100    0    1340  216 
2007  48    2062    0    1454  255 
2008  48    1865    0    1263  208 
2009  48    2079    0    1341  220 
2010  48    2190    0    1450  153 
2011  48    2056    0    1357  207

(R & Ws thanks Frank Raffa)

 

[68jk09]

The picture of ENG*94 s pumper being towed away was after the Second Alarm in qtrs when the gas pump went on Fire....Manny Penna the Chauffer of LAD*48 pulled the LAD out of qtrs w/out a Tillerman w/the Members hanging on the side opposite the pump. 

 

[guitarman314]

The picture of ENG*94 s pumper being towed away was after the Second Alarm in qtrs when the gas pump went on Fire....Manny Penna the Chauffer of LAD*48 pulled the LAD out of qtrs w/out a Tillerman w/the Members hanging on the side opposite the pump.

That rig was a 1962 International. Coincidence, but I remember when Queens E294 had an in-firehouse gasoline refueling fire with a 1962 International pumper where a firefighter was seriously burned. A couple of those Internationals were lost like E283's in a major accident and an East Harlem co. lost one to a building collapse that also claimed L40's '63 Seagrave.

 

[mack]

Engine 210 (E 10 BFD/E 10 FDNY/E 110 FDNY)/Rescue 2/Bn 4 (BFD) firehouse 160 Carlton Ave Brooklyn

    Engine 9 Continental (volunteer) - original firehouse at 160 Carlton Avenue
    Engine 10 BFD - organized at 160 Carlton Ave 1869; became E 10 FDNY 1898; became E 110 1899; moved to 189 Vanderbuilt Ave 1912; became E 210 1913; moved to new quarters 160 Carlton Ave 1913
    Bn 4 BFD organized 160 Carlton Ave 1869; moved to 159 Taaffe Pl 1895; became Bn 4 FDNY 1898; became Bn 24 1898
    Rescue 2 - organized at 160 Carlton Ave 1925; moved to 365 Jay St 1929; moved to 160 Carlton Ave 1946; moved to 1472 Bergen St 1985

Engine 10 BFD- original 160 Carlton Avenue firehouse:


History:  http://nyfd.com/brooklyn_engines/engine_210/engine_10.html

Engine 10 working fire 1892: http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1892/08/02/1/Ar00100.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1890-1894&DOCID=352657&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&GZ=%54&sScopeID=%41%6c%6c&sPublication=%42%45%47&sSorting=%53%63%6f%72%65%2c%64%65%73%63&sQuery=%65%6e%67%69%6e%65%20%31%30%20%63%61%72%6c%74%6f%6e&rEntityType=&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=%38&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T

Engine 210 FDNY:


160 Carlton Ave firehouse:


E 210:


Rescue 2 1940s:




Rescue 2 late 1960s:


http://www.fdnyrescue2.org/home.php

Engine 210:
FDNY 210 Pumper in Brooklyn

 

[68jk09]

http://fdnyrant.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=downloadattachmentpage&board=history&thread=5896&post=113214

 

[68jk09]

http://fdnyrant.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=downloadattachmentpage&board=history&thread=5896&post=113215

 

[mack]

Engine 237/Bn 7 (Bn 27) - firehouse  43 Morgan Avenue

    E 237 organized 1895 as BFD E 37; CHANGE To Engine 37, FDNY  (Jan. 28, 1898) CHANGE To Engine 137  (Oct.  1, 1899) CHANGE To Engine 237  (Jan.  1, 1913)
    Bn 27 organized as District Engineer 7 BFD; moved to 43 Morgan Ave 1896; CHANGE To Bn 7 FDNY 1898; moved to 650 Hart St 1898







History - E 37 Brooklyn Fire Department organized:
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1895/07/15/14/Ar01421.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1895-1899&DOCID=93667&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&AW=%31%33%35%34%37%36%36%34%32%36%32%35%30&AppName=%32&GZ=%54&sScopeID=%41%6c%6c&sPublication=%42%45%47&sSorting=%53%63%6f%72%65%2c%64%65%73%63&sQuery=%65%6e%67%69%6e%65%20%33%37%20&rEntityType=&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T

 

[mack]

Engine 238 (originally E 38 BFD)/Bn 36 - original firehouse - 176 Norman Ave
    E 38 BFD organized 176 Norman Ave 1895; became E 38 FDNY 1898; became E 138 1899; became E 238 1913; moved to 205 Greenpoint Ave 1972
    Bn 36 organized E 138 1906; moved to 205 Greenpoint Ave 1972; disbanded 1975
    Ladder 106 moved to 204 Greenpoint Ave 1972
    Foam Tender Brooklyn organized 1994 at E 238

E 38 BFD formed:
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1895/07/15/14/Ar01421.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1895-1899&DOCID=93667&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&AppName=%32&GZ=%54&sPublication=%42%45%47&sQuery=%65%6e%67%69%6e%65%20%33%38&sSorting=%25%35%33%25%36%33%25%36%66%25%37%32%25%36%35%25%32%63%25%36%34%25%36%35%25%37%33%25%36%33&sDateFrom=%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%38%25%33%34%25%33%31&sDateTo=%25%33%31%25%33%32%25%32%66%25%33%33%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%39%25%33%30%25%33%32&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T

E 38 BFD:


1898 Greenpoint fire injures 5 firemen:
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=BEG/1898/05/21/16/Ar01600.xml&CollName=BEG_APA3_1895-1899&DOCID=664779&PageLabelPrint=&Skin=%42%45%61%67%6c%65&AppName=%32&GZ=%54&sPublication=%42%45%47&sQuery=%65%6e%67%69%6e%65%20%33%38%20%67%72%65%65%6e%70%6f%69%6e%74&sSorting=%25%35%33%25%36%33%25%36%66%25%37%32%25%36%35%25%32%63%25%36%34%25%36%35%25%37%33%25%36%33&sDateFrom=%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%30%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%38%25%33%34%25%33%31&sDateTo=%25%33%31%25%33%32%25%32%66%25%33%33%25%33%31%25%32%66%25%33%31%25%33%39%25%33%30%25%33%32&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T

176 Norman Ave firehouse E 238/L 106/Bn 36/Foam :


http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/brooklyn-fire-department-house-on-norman-avenue

205 Greenpoint Ave firehouse:




FDNY Engine 238 Ladder 106 Greenpoint Station Merry Christmas

 

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Ladder 106 - original firehouse - 124 Greenpoint Avenue, Greenpoint  Brooklyn
    L 6 BFD organized 1869 at old volunteer ("Valley Forge" Engine No. 11) firehouse 124 Greenpoint Ave; new firehouse 124 Greenpoint Ave 1880; became L 6 FDNY 1898;  became L 56 1899; new firehouse 124 Greenpoint Ave 1909; became L 106 1913; moved to new firehouse with E 238 and Bn 36 at 205 Greenpoint Ave 1972)

L 6 BFD:


From "Our Firemen - The Official History of the Brooklyn Fire Department":
    "One of the first truck companies to be equipped when the Department went into active operation in 1869 was Hook and Ladder Company No. 6, and the changes in officers and men since the first time the truck rolled out of the house have been many.  The company's quarters are on Greenpoint Avenue near Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint, and the house, which was rebuilt in the '80's is on the site of the one occupied by "Valley Forge" Engine No. 11, of the Volunteer Department.  Among those who make up the present company are men who have saved human life and others who have been injured while in the discharge of duty. All have seen hardship since they entered the service, and not a few have been placed in perilous positions from which they escaped fortunately without a scar.  There have been brave, fearless men connected with this company in times past, who while battling with smoke and flame went down beneath a falling wall and were crushed and burned beyond all possible recognition. There are still others who yet carry scars upon their faces and hands to tell of fierce conflict with the destroyer of life and property.
    The interior of the truck house is comfortable, the apparatus is equipped with all the modern appliances for life-saving, and the team which pulls it is made up of a sorrel and a roan, and both young and powerful specimens of fire horses. The company on a first-alarm respond to calls from 48 boxes and on a second-alarm to 45 additional. The territory covered by them on a first-alarm is bounded by Newtown Creek, Kingsland Avenue and Wither Street, North-Ninth Street and by the East River and Newtown Creek.
    Among the large manufacturing establishments in the district are the Kings County oil works, Logwood Works, Smith's box factory. Ward's paper box factory, New York Stamping Company, the Havemeyer sugar works, Orr & Company's lumber yard, Faber's pencil works. Heckler iron works. Smith's American Porcelain Company, Jensen's porcelain works, Reeves & Church's box
factory and lumber yard, New York wire and nail factory, Chelsea jute mills, Crosstown car stables, Kent Avenue car stables, Adler veneering and cane seat factory, Leary's ship-yard, Storm's planing mill, two large sash and blind factories belonging to Young & Gerard, Refrigerator Manufacturing Company foot of Guernsey Street, the Rutherford soap works and McCaffrey & Jacob's varnish works.
    The company has done active service at all the big fires in Greenpoint and the Eastern District since its organization, and the Herseman bakery fire will ever be fresh in their minds, for it was there that Jonathan TYACK, then Acting Foreman, and George HAIGHT, temporarily detailed to the company, lost their lives beneath the falling walls at Pratt's oil works fire on Oct. 11, 1888, where Foreman Joseph J. McCORMICK, James McELROY and Henry HELLEN of Engine Company No. 15, were severely burned, they worked for twenty hours without intermission.  They were present and did active duty at the Reeves & Church's box factory fire, at Havemeyer's sugar' refinery. South Third Street and Kent Avenue, at Church's soda works in 1891, at Heckler's
iron works in 1891, and at Palmer's bagging factory fire at the foot of North Seventh Street at which fire Engine No. 15 was burned up, and several
firemen had a narrow escape from being crushed by falling walls."

L 56 FDNY:


Greenpoint - Sep. 13, 1919 A conflagration at the Standard Oil Plant covering over 20 acres  First Alarm at 14:02; 5th Alarm (77-55-516) at 14:38. First boro call to Manhattan for a 3rd Alarm (77-516-66-33-389) at 15:23; 2nd boro call for 3 more alarms (77-516-66-33-577) at 21:55; plus many special calls bringing over 40 engines (some horse drawn) to the scene. Recall of off duty Firefighters at 22:27. Fireboat "McCellan" rescued by Fireboat "Strong" after being surrounded by sea of fire in Newtown Creek.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-09-14/ed-1/seq-12/;words=plant+Oil+Fire+Plant+Standard+fire+Brooklyn+oil+Newtown

L 106 firehouse 1959:


124 Greenpoint Ave current:


205 Greenpoint Ave firehouse:






Web page: http://nyfd.com/brooklyn_ladders/ladder_106.html

Greenpoint's Bravest: http://www.greenpointusa.com/timeline/fdny_lad6.htm

FDNY Ladder 106

2006 Greenpoint Terminal Fire - 10 Alarms:
FDNY Battles Massive Greenpoint Brooklyn 10 Alarm Fire

Greenpoint history:
http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/ourbrooklyn/williamsburg/index.html

 

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http://mail.aol.com/36962-112/aol-6/en-us/mail/get-attachment.aspx?uid=30191880&folder=NewMail&partId=3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ......      Actual sign from Siegel St qtrs now mounted in the Union Ave qtrs......this was featured in a 9-11 documentary.

 

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Port Authority New York New Jersey Police Department fire facilities - LaGuardia Airport and JFK Airport

http://www.panynj.gov/police/services.html

PANYNJ facilities: http://www.panynj.gov/about/facilities-services.html

LaGuardia Airport:







JFK Airport:




1998 - PAPD opened a state-of-the-art Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Fuel Spill Trainer Facility at JFK Airport. The facility, one of the largest of its kind, is used to train PAPD officers in aircraft rescue and firefighting techniques. It allows emergency situation training in a controlled environment. A 125-foot-diameter pit uses propane to simulate fires. There is also a 75 foot aircraft mockup. 600 PAPD officers are cross-trained annually as aircraft rescue firefighters for JFK, Newark and LaGuardia airport. Officers assigned to aircraft rescue and firefighting undergo training twice a year for FAA certification.



JFK unit:
Fire Truck at JFK Airport


FAA pushes to create stand alone fire department:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/port_authority_admits_lacking.html

 

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Engine 246/Ladder 169 Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn
    E 46 BFD organized 1895 at 2728 E 23rd St (former volunteer quarters); became E 46 FDNY 1898; became CEC 46 1898; became CEC 146 1899; moved to new firehouse 2731 E 23rd St 1904; became CEC 246 1913; became E 246 1929; moved to new firehouse 2732 E 11th St
    E 146-2 organized 1904 at 2728 E 23rd St; became E 246-2 1913; disbanded 1939
    E 327 organized 1939 at  2728 E 23rd St; disbanded 1960
    L 169 organized 1929 at  2728 E 23rd St; moved to new firehouse 2732 E 11th St
    Bn 43 relocated to 2732 E 11th St from 1969-1971

E 46 BFD 1896 pets included:  .
    "The Sheepshead Bay firemen have in their possession as pets a crow, a sea gul, an alligator, several turtles, one duck and a whole flock of chickens."
(from Brooklyn Eagle, 1896)

2728 E 23rd St firehouse - Engine 246/Ladder 169/Engine 327:


2732 E 11th St firehouse 1960:


2732 E 11th St firehouse 1960:


1960s design for new firehouses:



Design concept similar for E 246/L 169, E 165/L 15, E 299/L 152, E 275, E 329/171.











Sheepshead Bay fire history:
http://nyfd.com/history/engine_246_1.html

E 246/L 169 web sites:
http://www.fdnybrooklynsouth.freeservers.com/e246l169.html

http://e246l169.com/

 

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Scroll L & R arrows...... Union Ave today...108..216..35 BN & the 90 Pct...ESS Truck 8 is around the corner in the Pct bldg......    http://www.vpike.com/?place=187+union+ave+brooklyn+ny

 

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The latest "v pike" shot of R*2 s qtrs (former 234/38*BN) taken in '11.......    http://www.vpike.com/?place=1472+BERGEN+STREET+BROOKLYN+NY&submit=Street+View    ....New qtrs are scheduled to be built a few blocks east on a site where the only demolition of a destroyed NYC housing project has taken place...work should have been started already on the new construction....we shall see.