FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

mack · Oct 25, 2017

Rescue 2 Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8pMg6bwQaU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euu51SM_ElA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGRmce8XgEk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsi8yMVjlc4

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bc3xNzd1JE

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia6aeRs2imM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Tubf6Ic2g

mack · Oct 26, 2017

1925 - Rescue 2 initial members:

1932 - Rescue 2 mascot "Mickey" - a Dalmation:

1946 - Rescue 2:

1951 - Rescue 2 rescue:

Crown Heights neighborhood:

Crown Heights was originally Crow Hill until Crown Street was laid through the neighborhood in 1916.

https://wp.nyu.edu/crownheights/history-and-geography/early-history/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights,_Brooklyn

NYPD:

71st Precinct - http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/71st-precinct.page

1976 - Old 71st Precinct:

77th Precinct - https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/77th-precinct.page

http://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/building-of-the-day-645-grand-avenue/

mack · Oct 26, 2017

1884 Crown Heights fire - St John's Orphan Asylum for Boys - 26 killed

"The Lost Boys of St. John?s by Suzanne Spellen

The responsibility of taking care of those who couldn?t take care of themselves in Victorian Brooklyn was taken on by both private and religious charities. One of the most pressing needs was the care of children. In 1826, a group met in Brooklyn that would eventually become the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum Society. Various orphanages were set up in Brooklyn in the following years, run by different groups of brothers and nuns. In 1868, the Saint John?s Orphan Asylum for Boys was built on St. Marks Place, between Albany and Troy Avenues in what is now Crown Heights North. The institution grew both physically and in population, becoming a huge complex, which at its peak, housed over a thousand boys.

Photographs and records from the institution show that by the 1880?s, St. John?s was one of those large, dark and forbidding Victorian institutions that have almost disappeared from modern America. The large enclosed campus housed dormitories, a chapel, kitchen, laundry room and infirmary. It was run by the Sisters of St. Joseph, and overseen by the Diocese of Brooklyn.
It was not easy being a poor child in Brooklyn, especially in the latter half of the 19th century. There was little protection from the law, child labor was common, and even expected, and the huge surge of immigration, tenement living, civil unrest, and the industrial revolution all contributed to thousands of children without homes or parents.

There were many orphanages in Brooklyn, most segregated by sex, race and religion, and all were full to capacity. A search of the Brooklyn Eagle for the latter part of the century illustrates the life of a child who might find himself at St. John?s home. A boy did not have to be an actual orphan to end up at the home. Not that there weren?t plenty of actual orphans, given the horrible conditions of tenements and poor or nonexistent health care for parents and children alike. There are countless stories in the Eagle of boys sent to St. John?s by the courts because one or both of their parents is jailed for public drunkenness or theft. Far too many stories involved women who gave up their children because their drunken or abusive husbands had been jailed, or had died, and they were just unable to care for them. The mothers were able to visit, but the children actually now belonged to St. John?s.

Life at St. John?s was probably no picnic, either. The boys were referred to as inmates, but a perusal of all kinds of charities from the period shows that this was a common word, and may not have had the same connotation it has today. We do find records of decently dressed and fed boys, all of whom had Irish surnames, who were schooled at the Home, some for the first time in their lives. They were expected to help pay their way, and many of the older boys were sent out to farms outside of the city to work in the summers. The Home also had a very large and busy choir and band, which provided entertainment, seemingly at almost every Catholic function in Brooklyn, as well as many political events and charitable balls and fund raisers. Some boys, however, inevitably ran away, and the Eagle has many stories throughout the years of kids escaping and being picked up and returned to the Home. Some escaped to look for their parents, some got into trouble, and at least one died by drowning in a pond.

This is the backdrop for one of the worst disasters in Brooklyn history, the St. John?s Orphan Asylum fire of December 18, 1884.

The fire started in the laundry, caused by burning rags left to dry, but soon travelled to the building?s mansard roof, which acted as a flue, spreading the fire throughout the complex.
The disaster was further complicated by a lack of fire escapes in the building. There were some, but not near the infirmary, where most of the damage took place.
There also weren?t enough fire hydrants in the streets, and the closest fire house was on Bedford and Myrtle Avenue (note - Ladder 2 BFD), which would be far for a fire truck today, much worse for a fire truck pulled by horses on a cold December night in 1884.

Reports in both the Brooklyn Eagle and the NY Times, echoed the horror of that night. Most of the dead were found in the infirmary. Body after small body was pulled from the wreckage, most burned beyond recognition. Two children were found huddled together in the laundry, where they had fallen through the infirmary floor from above. The body of a priest was found protectively crouched over the body of a child. The body of a mother who had gone to visit her child was also found, as were other many, many children. One of the nuns, a Sister Mary Josephine, aged 36, died when she had crawled out onto the mansard roof of the orphanage and slipped off the roof. She had been trying to reach a fireman?s ladder. After all of the investigations and shifting through the rubble, the death toll reached 21 children and at least 5 adults.

The official inquiry after the event concluded that most of the children in the infirmary had been too sick to escape from the fast moving blaze which did a lot of damage to that wing of the building, but spared most of the rest of the institution. The sad funeral procession that took place on December 27th 1884, was led by three hearses, as all of the remains of the 21 boys fit into only three coffins. The funeral took place at nearby Our Lady of Victory Church on MacDonough and Throop Ave, and the children were buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Flatbush. In the weeks following the disaster, St. John?s received thousands of dollars in donations from all across the greater NY area. In short order, the infirmary wing, and other damage was rebuilt, and the institution carried on.

The city fathers ordered a new fire house for the St. Marks District, more hydrants, and the Asylum was rebuilt with more and better fire escapes. Almost four years later to the date, on January 31, 1888, another fire broke out at the Asylum, again at night. At that time there were 600 boys living there. The nuns were able to get them all out in a rapid and orderly fashion, to safety. The fire turned out to be from an overheated stove in an office, the damage was noted, and the boys returned to their beds. Life at St. John?s returned to normal. The boy?s choir and band continued to play at charity and civic events for many years to come, well into the 20th century. In June of 1948, the last mass was said in the chapel, before the re-named St. John?s Home relocated to Beach Street in Rockaway Beach.

Today, the institution is still there, now housing at-risk teenage boys who attend school there or in nearby public schools. The huge Victorian complex was torn down to build the Albany Houses, one of New York?s many housing complexes, which opened in 1950. St. John?s Orphan Asylum for Boys is only a footnote in Brooklyn?s history. Nothing remains of the complex or the story of one of the worst fires in our history."

- from http://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/walkabout-the-l-1/

Brooklyn, NY Male Orphan Asylum Fire, Dec 1884:

http://www.gendisasters.com/new-york/11000/brooklyn-ny-male-orphan-asylum-fire-dec-1884

Engine 14, BFD, located at 231 Herkimer Street,was the 1st due engine.

"The worst fire that ever occurred in this territory was the burning of St. John's Home for Boys, in which over 1000 children were being cared for. It broke out late in the afternoon of Dec. 18, 1884. The fire had gained twenty minutes' headway before No. 14 was summoned to it. About 1000 of the inmates were gotten out in safety. A Sister of Charity and fourteen boys lost their lives, however. Nearly all of the latter were in the infirmary in the upper part of the building. No. 14 and its gallant crew did splendid work at this disastrous fire and prevented a frightful holocaust.
Foreman McGROARTY (now District Engineer of the Eighth District) distinguished himself at the fire by catching in his arms a boy who had jumped from a window of the upper story. Mr. McGROARTY was standing on the top rung of a ladder at the time."

- from "Our firemen: the official history of the Brooklyn Fire Department, from the first volunteer to the latest appointee"

Note: The paid Brooklyn Fire Department only had 20 engine companies, 6 ladder companies and 6 district engineers (battalion chiefs) when the St John's fire occurred in 1884. Engine companies were equipped with steamers. Both engine and ladder company apparatus were pulled by horses and most responded great distances to this tragic blaze.

mack · Oct 27, 2017

Engine 246/Engine 327/Ladder 169/Relay Hose Wagon 105 - original firehouse - 2731 E 23rd Street - Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn

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SHEEPSHEAD BAY AND 100 YEARS FIRE SERVICE By Mike Boucher S.I. CO

Engine 246 and Ladder 169 have been responding to fires in the Sheepshead Bay area of Brooklyn since December 9, 1895. One hundred years ago this area was part of the City of Brooklyn, the fourth largest city in America, and not New York City. The fire trucks were not even painted red but, two tone green. Brooklyn placed Engine 46 and Ladder 17 in service in the former quarters of the Sheepshead Bay Volunteer Fire Department.

The Sheepshead Volunteer Fire Department was organized around February of 1889 with Friendship Ladder 1. Before the volunteers were disbanded on December 9, the Department had grown to one steamer, one hose company, one hand engine, and one ladder companies. All four companies were located at 2728 East 23rd Street, then known as Anthony Place and then renamed to Delamere Street before becoming East 23rd Street.

Engines 44, 45, 46, 54 and Ladders 16 and 17 replaced all of the volunteer companies in the late Town of Gravesend. The towns of New Utrecht, Gravesend, and Flatlands were annexed into the City of Brooklyn on May 3, 1894. This annexation more than double the size of Brooklyn. When annexed, the fire protection would be provided by the volunteers until the City's paid force could be expanded into the newly annexed area. All of the expenses to operate the volunteers would be paid for by the City.

Engine 46 was placed in service with eight men with a used 1893 Silby 4th size (300-200 gpm) steamer and a new P.J. Barrett hose wagon. Ladder 17 received a new Gleason & Baily, 50 foot aerial and was manned by ten men. Members of the Friendship fire companies were given preference in hiring for the new companies. The steamer and hose wagon were both pulled by two horses and came from the town of Gravesend, The ladder was pulled by a three horse hitch and was purchased by the City of Brooklyn. Both companies were located in the former quarters of the Friendship companies on the west side of East 23rd Street. The rent for the two story building was $500.00 a year.

Engine 46 and Ladder 17 would belong to the Brooklyn Fire Department only until January 1, 1898. On that day, the Cities of Brooklyn, New York, and parts of Queens and Bronx Counties, along with Staten Island merged into the Greater City of New York and its five boroughs. On January 28, both Engine 46 and Ladder 17 became part of Brooklyn and Queens Fire Division of the New York City Fire Department.

Ladder 17 was disbanded on April 15, 1898 as a single unit and combined with Engine 46 to form Combination Engine 46. The Captain of the ladder was replaced by a Lieutenant and Engine 46 was painted on the side of the ladder truck. Both companies would respond as Engine 46 on most runs, but the truck could respond as a single unit and would be called Ladder 46. The total number of runs between the two would be reported under Engine 46.

To avoid confusion with the Manhattan and Bronx companies, the Brooklyn and Queens companies were renumber on October 1, 1899. Combination Engine 46 became Combination Engine 146. Combination Engine 146 would be renumber again on January 1, 1913 to Combination Engine 246 due to the increase of new companies being placed into service in Brooklyn and Queens.
When Brooklyn placed these two companies in service it was with the intention of building new quarters for both Engine 46 and Engine 45 at the earliest possible date. Both of these houses were not built with living quarters in them. The Fire Department had to put several thousands of dollars into these houses to fix them for the paid members.
With the merger of New York and Brooklyn, new quarters were put off for the time being. In 1902 money was allotted for the construction of new houses in Brooklyn and plans were drawn up. New quarters were built for Engines 224, 231, 245, 246 and several other houses were remodeled.

Combination Engine 146 moved into a new three bay, two story fire house on December 22, 1904. The house was located at 2731 East 23rd Street. The fire house measured 73 feet in the front and 84' feet deep. The building was built on a lot that was purchased by the late town of Gravesend on August 23, 1878 from James B, and Anna Voorhies for a total of $750.00. The lot measured 75 feet by 196 feet. To build the fire house an old school building was torn down. The house cost $73,072.00 to build.

With the vast area that Engine 146 had to cover, a second section was placed in service on December 22, 1904. The second section would respond with the first section on most call. Other times it would stay in quarters and respond to another fire which wasn't to often. The first year in service all three rigs responded to only thirty four runs.

Motorization came to East 23rd Street in 1920. The second section received a used 1905 W. S. Nott 2nd size (700-900 gpm) steamer with a Christie front end drive. The first section received a new 1921 American LaFrance 700 gpm pumper. In 1921 the ladder received a new Pirsch/White combination chemical & city service ladder truck. The hose wagon was replaced with a new 1922 Mack/Boyd hose wagon on December 21, 1922.

On October 16, 1929, General Order Number 59 would place Ladder 169 in service with twelve members effective two days later. After thirty-one years of service and no identity, Brooklyn Ladder 17 was given one, Ladder 169. Most of the members that were assigned to the ladder portion of Engine 246 were assigned to Ladder 169. A lieutenant was still in charge of the ladder and not a captain. The company received a used 1924 American LaFrance 75' aerial from Ladder 123.

Engine Company 246 was discontinued as a Double Combination Company and reorganized as a Double Engine Company with two engines and one hose wagon. The second section of 246 was renumber on August 16, 1939 to Engine 327.

Because of World War 2 and the Germans bombing England, five Hose Wagons were placed in service through out the City. Relay Hose Wagon 105 was placed in service at Engine 246's quarters on December 26, 1942 and disbanded on May 15, 1945. These wagons were older aerial ladder trucks that the shops converted by removing the ladders and converting it to carry 3,000 feet of 31/2" hose.

The block of East 23rd Street where the firehouse sat became a dead end street once the Belt Parkway was built in the early 1940's. The response time to Sheepshead Bay was reduced. The company had to travel away from Sheepshead Bay to cross over the Parkway. In the Capital Budget for 1944 Engine 327 and a new ladder company were going to be placed in a new house around 20th Avenue and East 64th Street. The condition of the 1904 fire house was beginning to show its age. These three factors, dead end street, Engine 327 moving and the age of the building sealed the fate of the old fire house.

The Fire Department started looking for a new location as early as November 1943. A lot was picked out on the northwest corner of Neptune Avenue and West 11th Street and given to the Fire Department on October 20, 1955. This location would cut the time responding to Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach. Plans for the new house were drawn up in 1950 by the Department of Public Works. The house was going to be two stories with a four story hose tower in the front and to the right of the apparatus door.

Early in 1958 it was learned that Neptune Avenue was going to widen by forty feet on the north side of the street, thus the lot would be to small for the fire house. A smaller lot, owned by the City, on East 11th Street and Banner Avenue was chosen.

Because of the move in location the cost of the house went from $293,057.00 to $360,326.00. Back in 1944 the estimated cost for the building was $115,000.00. Since the lot was smaller the hose tower was cut out of the plans.

On July 16, 1960, twenty three years after starting the process of building a house, Engine 246 and Ladder 169 moved into their new firehouse at 2732 East 11th Street. Engine 327, slated for new quarters in 1944, was disbanded on that day. Since moving here only one other company has responded from these door and that was Battalion 43 from July 24, 1968 until August 7, 1971. The Battalion moved from Engine 245's old quarters when it was torn down for a new station.

Two member of each company have received medals for bravery. The first members to received a medal was Firefighter 1st grade Peter S. Viola of Ladder 169. He was awarded the Steuben medal for rescuing a woman from a fire at 8 Brighton 15th Street on February 23, 1972. The next two members were both from the engine in 1985. The first was Lt. John R. Fullam for rescuing an unconscious firefighter from a 2nd alarm fire at 2335 Coney Island Avenue on January 16, 1985. He received the Lt. Robert R. Dolney Medal. The Uniformed Fire Officers Association Medal was awarded to Captain Patrick J. Boylan of Engine 246 for a rescue at 1816 Voohries Avenue on December 16, 1985. The last member to received a medal was Firefighter Oscar Thomason of Ladder 169. He received the Emerald Society Medal for rescuing a elderly lady from 3130 Brighton 6th Street on March 28, 1988.

One member of Engine 246 has paid the supreme sacrifice by giving his life. Lieutenant Harry M. Maloney was partially paralyzed after the engine backed over him at a grass fire at Ave. "X" and East 23rd Street. The accident happen on March 25, 1940, two months after taking the lieutenants test. On January 1, 1945 Firefighter Maloney was promoted to a lieutenant. He died of complication from his injuries on August 9, 1948. He joined the Fire Department on January 1, 1937. He left a wife and a daughter.

After one hundred years of service, the Brooklyn Fire Department, horses, green rigs, a second section, and three different locations Engine 246 and Ladder 169 have been faithfully serving the people of Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach. They have been there for fires, floods and other emergencies and will continue to serve the people of New York City.

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ROLL OF HONOR:

STEUBEN ASSOCIATION MEDAL
Awarded to Fireman 1st Grade Peter S. Viola, Ladder Co. 169, for heroic work, at Unusual Personal Risk, in effecting the rescue of a woman from a fire at premises 8 Brighton 15th Street, Brooklyn, Box 2-2 3685, 0632 hrs., February 23, 1972. Also award $100.00 Saving Bond by the Steuben Association.

LIEUTENANT ROBERT R. DOLNEY MEDAL
Awarded to Lieutenant John R. Fullam, of Engine 246, for heroic actions at Unusual Personal Risk in effecting the rescue of an unconscious F.D.N.Y. Lieutenant from a Second Alarm fire at 2335 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, on January 16, 1985, Box 3343, at 0854 hours. Also awarded $500, to be presented by Dominick Della Rocca.

UNIFORMED FIRE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION MEDAL
Awarded to Captain Patrick J. Boylan of Engine Company 246 for his selfless and heroic actions at Unusual Personnel Risk in the rescue of an unconscious baby boy from an "All Hands" fire at 1816 Voohries Avenue, Brooklyn Box 3287, on December 16, 1985, at 0831 hours. Awarded $350.00 cash.

EMERALD SOCIETY PIPES & DRUMS MEDAL
Awarded to Firefighter 1st grade Oscar C. Thompson of Ladder Company 169 for his great initiative and perseverance in attempting to rescue an elderly woman from a fire at 3130 Brighton 6th Street, Brooklyn, Box 3657, on March 28, 1988, at 2119 hours. Also awarded $400.00 in Savings Bonds from several persons.

EDITH B. GOLDMAN MEDAL
Awarded to Lieutenant Lawrence W. Weston of Ladder 169 for operating under extrme personal risk in rescuing a nine year old child and adult male from a fire at 59 Brighton 10 Court, Brooklyn, Box 3651, on August 14, 1994.

FRANK W. KRIDEL MEDAL
Awarded to Lieutenant John Rementeria, Engine 246, in 1998 - addition to original list.

MAYOR FIORELLO H. LAGUARDIA MEDAL
Awarded TO FF John V. Kroczynski, Ladder 169, in 2005 - addition to original list.

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This is the Department Order listing Lt. Harry M. Maloney death. He was injured while operating at a grass fire at Avenue "X" and Coney Island Avenue.

HEADQUARTERS FIRE DEPARTMENT CITY OF NEW YORK

SPECIAL ORDER No 136 NEW YORK, August 11, 1948

I With regret, the death of Lieutenant Harry M. Maloney, of Engine Co. 246, which occurred at 5.30 A. M., August 9, 1948, from injuries sustained in the performance of duty while operating at Signal Station 5-3297-246, Brooklyn, received at 8.42 P. M., March 25, 1940, is hereby announced to the Department.

The heartfelt sympathy of the entire Department goes out to the family, relatives and friends of the deceased in the midst of the great loss which they and the Department have sustained.

The funeral will take place from his late residence, 3617 Glenwood Road, Borough of Brooklyn, at 9.30 A. M., Friday, August 13, 1948. Interment at St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale, L.I.

THE FOLLOWING FUNERAL HONORS ARE ORDERED:

The funeral escort shall consist of a Regiment of two Battalions, two companies each (twenty-four men to a company).

First Deputy and Acting Fire Commissioner James J. Moran

Deputy Fire Commissioners Dr. Harry M. Archer & Nathan C. Hoewitz

Secretary to Department Harvey Rosen

COMMANDING Chief of Staff and Operations Frank Murphy (2)

AIDE Acting Battalion Chief Winford L. Beebe

STAFF

Chief of Department Peter Loftus

Acting Assistant Chief of Staff and Operations Martin Carrig

Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Operation Edward M. F. Conway Henry C. Wehde David J. Kidney

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The General Order placing Engine 46 and Ladder 17 in service with the Brooklyn Fire Department.

Headquarters Department of Fire 365 and 367 JAY STREET,
GENERAL ORDER No. 7, NINTH SERIES.

I. On and after 8 o'clock, A. M., December 9th, 1895, this department will organize and place in service Engine Companies Numbers 44, 45, 46 and 54, and Hook and Ladder Companies Numbers
16 and 17, in the 31st Ward, late Town of Gravesend.

II. The signal 2-4-3 "there is a fire in station No.--- annexed district," preceded by the signal 2-2 and followed by the station number, will be used to notify the department of all first alarm fires in said annexed district. In case of a second or third alarm call, the requisite number of strokes will precede the station number.

III. Company commanders will be guided by the "Second Series" of the running card book, in regard to the station and assignments for duty in the annexed district.

By order of

CHESTER B. LAWRENCE
Commissioner

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The Special Order relocated Engine 146 into new quarters and made it a double company:

FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF NEW YORK BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS
SPECIAL ORDER NO 133 NEW YORK CITY, DECEMBER 20, 1904

I) By direction of the Fire Commissioner, Engine Co. No. 145, located in West 8th Street, near Surf Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, is hereby Re-organized as a double engine company (and will locate in the new quarters adjoining present premises), to take effect from and after 8 o'clock A. M., December 22, 1904.

II) Engine Co. No. 146 at the same time and date will locate in their new quarters on the east side of East 23rd Street, near Voorhees Avenue, Borough of Brooklyn, and to be Re-organized as
a double engine company with the addition OF a combination Hook & Ladder truck.

By Order of,

EDWARD F. CROKER
CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT

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Department Order placing Ladder 169 in service in 1929:

HEADQUARTERS FIRE DEPARTMENT CITY OF NEW YORK
GENERAL ORDER NO 59 NEW YORK, October 16, 1929

I By direction of the Fire Commissioner the following is directed, made and promulgated to take effect at 9 A. M., October 18, 1929:

Hook and Ladder Company 169 organized, located at No 2731 East Twenty-Third Street, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, equipped with a 75 foot American LaFrance Hook and Ladder Truck, and Assigned to the 43rd Battalion, 12th Division.

Engine Company No. 246 is discontinued as a Double Combination Company and reorganized as a Double Engine Company, equipped with two 2nd Size American LaFrance Gasoline Propelled and Pumping Engine Hose Wagons (single units), and a Mack Auto Chemical and Hose Wagon, and Assigned as at present.

By Order of the Fire Commissioner

Joseph B. Martin,
Assistant Chief of Department.

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The first members assigned to Ladder 169.

Lieutenant:
Joseph A. Morrissey, Engine 246
James A. Molloy, Engine 246
Firemen 1st grade:
Peter J. Groom, (Chauffeur) Engine 246
Edward G. Gilcher, " Engine 246
Francis J. Dowling, " H.&L. 105
Thomas H. McQuillan, " " 109
Joseph E. Flatley, Engine 246 William M. Walsh, Engine 246
Thomas S. Curley, " 246 Frank Gallagher (2), " 246
Marion McGibney, " 246 William Klinck, H.& L. 102

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Department Order disbanding Engine 327 and moving Engine 246 and Ladder 169 into new quarters:

FIRE DEPARTMENT CITY OF NEW YORK UNIFORMED FORCE
DEPARTMENT ORDER NO. 128 July 7, 1960

2.1 DISCONTINUANCE OF ENGINE CO. 327

Effective 9 A. M. on July 16, 1960, the operations of Engine Co. 327, located at 2731 East 23rd Street, Brooklyn, shall be discounted as a fire fighting unit. The following procedures shall govern such discontinuance:
(a) The transfer of officers and fireman presently assigned to Engine Co. 327, shall be promulgated on Department order.
(b) The disposition of apparatus and equipment assigned to Engine Co. 327 shall be under the direction and control of the officer in command of the Division of Repairs and Transportation.
(c) The necessary changes of administrative districts and assignments shall be promulgated on Department Order Supplement.
(d) The packaging, marking, storage and/or redistribution of all records of Engine Co. 327, shall be under the direction and control of the Division Commander, 12th Division.
(e) The disposition of department property, other than apparatus and fire fighting equipment, assigned to Engine 327, shall be under the direction and control of Bureau of Accounts and Procurement.

2.2 RELOCATION OF ENGINE 246 & LADDER 169
Effective 9 A. M. on July 16, 1960, the operational and administrave activities of Engine Co. 246 and Ladder Co.169, shall be transferred from 2731 East 23rd Street, Brooklyn, to 2732 East 11th Street, Brooklyn

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THE APPARATUS OF ENGINE 246 & LADDER 169:

*1893 Silsby 4th size (300-500 gpm) steamer #2243 from the Town of Gravesend
*1899 LaFrance 3rd size (500-700 gpm) steamer #415
*1883 Amoskeag 2nd size (700-800 gpm) steamer #585 received 1909 after rebuilt
*1891 Amoskeag 2nd size (700-800 gpm) steamer #669 received 1910 rebuilt in 1899
1921 American LaFrance 700 gpm #3571
1938 Ahrens Fox 1000 gpm #3441 went to Engine 253
1951 Ward LaFrance 750 gpm #2602 went to Eng. 32 as hose wagon
1958 Mack 750 gpm #1059 from Eng. 327 7-16-1960
1969 Mack 1000 gpm #MP6902 from Eng. 222 in 1972
1970 Mack 1000 gpm #MP7009 from Eng. 23 in 1976
1979 Mack 1000 gpm #MP7950
1987 Mack 1000 gpm #MP8717

ENGINE 246 2nd section:

*1893 LaFrance 2nd size (700-800 gpm) steamer #277 to Eng. 253
1905 W S Nott/Christie 2nd size (700-800 gpm) steamer #616 front drive tractor in 1920
1920 American LaFrance 700 gpm #2991 from Eng. 76 in 1925
1931 American LaFrance 700 gpm #7341 received 12-26-1930
ENGINE 327
1931 American LaFrance 700 gpm #7341 from Eng. 246 (2)
1938 Aheren Fox 1000 gpm #3424 from Eng. 23 8-21-48
1958 Mack 750 gpm #1059 to Eng. 246 7-16-1960

HOSE WAGONS:

*1895 P. J. Barrett 2nd size
*1892 P. J. Barrett 1st size assigned to 2nd section in 1905
1922 Mack/Boyd 12-16-1922 - 10-11-1930
1928 FWD/Pirsch from Eng. 19

LADDER 169:

(Units assigned to (in order) Ladder 17, Engine 46, Engine 146, Engine 246)
*1896 Gleason & Bailey 50' aerial #5B
*1910 Seagrave 50' aerial w/ Chemical tank #4229
1921 Pirsch/White combination Chemical & City Service #202
(Units assigned to Ladder 169)
1924 American LaFrance 75' aerial #227 from Lad. 123 10-18-1929
1928 American LaFrance 75' aerial #273 used
1938 FWD 85' aerial #329 from Lad. 16 went to Lad. 174 with 1948 Ward LaFrance tractor
1940 Ahrens Fox 85' aerial #342 from Lad. 125 with 1948 Ward LaFrance tractor pulling it
1955 FWD 75' aerial #393 from Lad. 166 in 5-1968
1972 Seagrave 100' rear mount #SL7216
1980 Seagrave 100' rear mount #SL8017 in 1981
1988 Seagrave 100' rear mount #SL8801
* horse drawn units

HOUSE LOCATIONS:

2728 E. 23rd Street Between: Shore Parkway & Voorhies Avenue Faces: East

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HISTORY

SHEEPSHEAD BAY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT:

ENGINE 1 1889 - December 9, 1895
LADDER 1 Feb. 1889 - December 9, 1895
HOSE 1 1889 - December 9, 1895
HAND ENGINE 1 1889 - December 9, 1895

BROOKLYN FIRE DEPARTMENT:

ENGINE 46 December 9, 1895 - January 28, 1898
LADDER 17 December 9, 1895 - January 28, 1898

NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT (F.D.N.Y.)

ENGINE 46 January 28, 1898 - April 15, 1898
LADDER 17 January 28, 1898 - April 15, 1898
COMB. ENGINE 46 April 15, 1898 - October 1, 1899
COMB. ENGINE 146 Oct. 1, 1899 - December 22, 1904 2731 E. 23rd STREET Between: Shore Parkway & Voorhies Avenue Faces: West

HISTORY:

COMB. ENGINE 146 December 22, 1904 - January 1, 1913
ENGINE 146 (2) December 22, 1904 - January 1, 1913
COMB. ENGINE 246 January 1, 1913 - October 18, 1929
ENGINE 246 (2) January 1, 1913 - August 16, 1939
ENGINE 246 October 18, 1929 - July 16, 1960
ENGINE 327 August 16, 1939 - July 16, 1960
LADDER 169 October 18, 1929 - July 16, 1960
RELAY HOSE WAGON 105 December 26, 1942 - May 15, 1945

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Engine 246/Ladder 169 Firehouse 2732 East 11th Street Brighton Beach, Brooklyn

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mack · Oct 27, 2017

Engine 327 DISBANDED

Organized 2731 E. 23rd Street at Engine 246 1939
Disbanded 1960

mack · Oct 27, 2017

Sheepshead Bay/Brighton Beach fires:

Ladder 169 1st due:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0IOwJyyEUs

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wj09lGWBDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U53N47pTIaw&t=56s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEUsGu3QeSc

Engine 246/Ladder 169:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-NxkSAHhuQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkfK24HZUvo

Engine 246 - 1921 restored American LaFrance 700 gpm apparatus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQbT2iTS_mo

mack · Oct 27, 2017

Engine 246:

Ladder 169:

mack · Oct 29, 2017

Engine 232/TCU 732/Ladder 176 Tin House 266 Rockaway Avenue Brownsville, Brooklyn 1971-1988

Engine 232: DISBANDED

TCU 732: DISBANDED

Ladder 176: RELOCATED NEW FIREHOUSE 25 ROCKAWAY WITH ENGINE 233 1987

Currently 266 Rockaway Avenue FDNY EMS Bn 44:

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/ems-home-firehouse-vanished-article-1.813259

mack · Nov 1, 2017

The Bronx is Burning - 1972 Man Alive Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQO5CXdiwqQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSKxV1_VVvM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LExWjeKRgG0

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

When the Bronx Was Burning: John Finucane, E 85

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhOjRoPN4U

Why the Bronx burned? - Joe Flood NY Post May 16 2010

It was game two of the 1977 World Series, a chilly, blustery October night in the South Bronx. The Yanks were already down 2-0 in the bottom of the first inning when ABC?s aerial camera panned a few blocks over from Yankee Stadium to give the world its first live glimpse of a real Bronx Cookout. ?There it is, ladies and gentlemen,? Howard Cosell intoned. ?The Bronx is burning.? The scene quickly became a defining image of New York in the 1970s, a fitting summation of the decade perfect in every way but one: It never happened. Cosell, tapes of the game show, never said, ?The Bronx is burning.?

?It?s a great quote, if it had been a real one,? says Gordon Greisman, who co-wrote and produced ESPN?s ?The Bronx is Burning? mini-series based on the Jonathan Mahler book. ?But we got all of this footage from Major League Baseball, including the entire broadcast of that game, and we went through all of it and it?s not there, because God knows if it was there we would have used it.? More likely, the phrase was invented by New Yorkers ? what the broadcaster should have said ? and spun by credulous journalists.

But Cosell?s ?Play It Again, Sam? moment is hardly the only myth that has sprung out of one of the darkest chapters of New York City history. The South Bronx (along with Brooklyn?s Brownsville, Bushwick, and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods, and Manhattan?s Harlem and Lower East Side) was indeed burning. Seven different census tracts in The Bronx lost more than 97% of their buildings to fire and abandonment between 1970 and 1980; 44 tracts (out of 289 in the borough) lost more than 50%. ?The smell is one thing I remember,? says retired Bronx firefighter Tom Henderson. ?That smell of burning ? it was always there, through the whole borough almost.? But many of these fires were not ? as was suggested then and is popular opinion now ? caused by a rash of arsons. In fact, there?s a good chance that not even the World Series blaze was intentional. That fire was in an abandoned schoolhouse, there was no insurance policy for anyone to cash in on.

Hoodlums did not burn The Bronx. The bureaucrats did.

In 1971, Mayor John Lindsay asked the FDNY?s Chief of Department, John O?Hagan, for a few million dollars in savings to help close a budget deficit. O?Hagan turned to a team of statistical whiz kids from the New York City-RAND Institute, a joint endeavor of the mayor?s office and the Santa Monica-based defense think-tank famous for all but inventing the fields of game theory, systems analysis and nuclear strategy (and for devising a series of spectacular strategic failures in Vietnam). NYC-RAND?s goal was nothing less than a new way of administering cities: use the mathematical brilliance of the computer modelers and systems analysts who had revolutionized military strategy to turn Gotham?s corrupt, insular and unresponsive bureaucracy into a streamlined, non-partisan technocracy.

For O?Hagan?s fire department, RAND built computer models that replicated when, where, and how often fires broke out in the city, and then predicted how quickly fire companies could respond to them. By showing which areas received faster and slower responses, RAND determined which companies could be closed with the least impact. In 1972, RAND recommended closing 13 companies, oddly including some of the busiest in the fire-prone South Bronx, and opening seven new ones, including units in suburban neighborhoods of Staten Island and the North Bronx. RAND?s first mistake was assuming that response time ? a mediocre measure of firefighting operations as a whole, but the only aspect that can be easily quantified ? was the only factor necessary for determining where companies should be opened and closed. To calculate these theoretical response times, RAND needed to gather real ones. But their sample was so small, unrepresentative and poorly compiled that the data indicated that traffic played no role in how quickly a fire company responded.

The models themselves were also full of mistakes and omissions. One assumed that fire companies were always available to respond to fires from their firehouse ? true enough on Staten Island, but a rarity in places like The Bronx, where every company in a neighborhood, sometimes in the entire borough, could be out fighting fires at the same time. Numerous corners were cut, with RAND reports routinely dismissing crucial legwork as ?too laborious,? and analysts writing that data discrepancies could ?be ignored for many planning purposes.? Finally, the models fell prey to the very thing that technocracies are supposed to prevent, political manipulation. At the outset the RAND studies didn?t need to be manipulated ? they provided what the politicians wanted without prompting. The models? flaws all tended to make it appear that poor, fire-prone (and generally black and Puerto Rican) neighborhoods were actually over-served by the fire department, and recommended the cuts be focused in these politically weak areas. But as the cuts deepened, the models began recommending closings in wealthier, more politically active communities, an untenable development for the ambitious chief O?Hagan, who was well-connected in the Democratic clubs of Brooklyn and Queens and was later appointed fire commissioner.

?There was no question that where the commissioner kept his car was not a house that was going to be closed,? says RAND?s Rae Archibald, who was later hired as an assistant fire commissioner. ?If the models came back saying one thing and [O?Hagan] didn?t like it, he would make you run it again and check, run it again and check.? When the results still didn?t come back to his liking, O?Hagan?s men handled the problem. ?Mostly we used [the RAND models] for the cuts, but if they came back saying to close a house in a certain neighborhood, well . . . if you try to close a firehouse down the block from where a judge lived, you couldn?t get away with it,? says retired chief Elmer Chapman, who ran the department?s Bureau of Planning and Operations Research. In those cases, continues Chapman, you could simply skip down the list of closings to a company in a poorer neighborhood. The models said there were less painful cuts to be made, ?but the people in those [poorer] neighborhoods didn?t have a very big voice.?

As the city?s budget deficit ballooned, the RAND studies were used to close dozens more companies; in all, 50 fire units were shuttered or moved. Fire inspections were cut by 70%; the fire marshal program was gutted; ancient rigs with outmoded safety features and rickety wooden ladders were pressed into service, and fire alarm boxes broke down by the score. ?I?d say a quarter to a third of the hydrants didn?t work,? says Jerry DiRazzo, who fought fires in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn. ?You can see the way an area changes when they don?t repair a neighborhood. Every day I drove over the border from Queens to Brooklyn to go to work, and it was like this imaginary line was crossed. Almost like suddenly the sun wasn?t shining, like it was darker somehow . . . People would ask me, ?How can you deal with this, seeing that every day?? And I?d tell them, ?I have a front row seat to the greatest show on earth.? This was history being made, a city collapsing.?

Despite the models? predictions of minimal impact, response times shot up and the number of fires that nearby companies fought as much as quadrupled. Citizens who lost their neighborhood firehouses protested. But by citing the supposed statistical infallibility of RAND and its computer models, City Hall was able to mollify the constituencies that really mattered. When the firefighters? union filed a lawsuit to stop the closings, the department trotted out the models and convinced a U.S. District Court judge to threw the case out, and convinced New York Times editorial page to come out in favor of the closings and to credulously cite one RAND analyst who said the cuts would have no serious impact on coverage. With fire rates already rising thanks to poverty, family dysfunction and an overcrowded, aging housing stock, the closings helped turn the fire problem into a scourge, consuming block after block of once densely populated, viable neighborhoods.

Thanks in large part to technological innovations like smoke detectors and fire-retardant building materials ? O?Hagan?s own pet projects ? the country at large experienced a 40% drop in fire fatalities from the mid 1960s to late 1970s. In the city O?Hagan was charged with protecting, though, fire fatality rates more than doubled.
Despite the conventional wisdom that arson was to blame, it was ordinary fires, caused by things like faulty wiring, errant cigarettes, and space heaters that drove the destruction. During the 1950s, city fire marshals attributed less than 1% of fires to arson. Until 1975, when the final round of fire cuts went into effect, that ratio never rose above 1.1%.

Where arson was a problem, it was largely the consequence of government intervention intended to mitigate the social consequences of the fires, namely no-questions-asked fire insurance for landlords in fire prone neighborhoods, and special welfare payments made to fire victims. But even at its peak in the late 1970s, arson made up less than 7% of fires, and occurred primarily in already burned-out, abandoned buildings. The fire cuts even helped lead to the Son of Sam shootings. In the mid-1970s, fire marshal Mike DiMarco was staking out David Berkowitz?s Bronx home after his yellow Ford Galaxy was spotted fleeing the scene of two trash fires set on City Island in the Bronx. ?We had him under surveillance for months, watching his car late at night when we didn?t have any fires to run off to,? says DiMarco. But when Berkowitz moved to Brooklyn, the cut-to-the-bone fire marshal division dropped the tail, Berkowitz forgotten until he was arrested for the Son of Sam murders.

As New York City faces its worst budget shortfall since it almost went bankrupt in 1975, some shadows of the RAND fire closings loom. The mayor?s initial budget plan calls for closing 20 fire companies by July 1, with more closings likely to come if other savings aren?t realized. The fire units up for closing will be announced this week.
Once again, the fire department is making cuts with computer models based on data of questionable validity, releasing incomplete and misleading statistics when it suits the department?s purposes, and refusing to release raw data so that their claims can be verified by anyone outside the department. But FDNY spokesperson Frank Gribbon says this time will be different. ?The chiefs are looking at other factors as well,? as the models, he says. ??There?s a whole host of criteria, and then it?s the expertise of the chief officers who have to consider all of the facts and all of the data.?? Gribbon says the department doesn?t share the data behind the models, nor will it discuss the specifics of how the models work. ?The public doesn?t understand,? Gribbon continued. ?In terms of what the criteria [for closings] are, we?re not going to convince anybody by discussing, you know, the facts. We?re not going to convince anybody.?

Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano finds himself is in a difficult spot. On the one hand is an understaffed fire department going on as many calls as it ever has (building fires are down 50% from the 1970s, but the department now responds to more 200,000 medical emergencies every year). On the other hand is the man who Cassano, who was the chief of department before being promoted last year, owes his last two jobs to, a mayor intent on closing a looming budget gap. Like the 1970s, firehouses are being closed while futuristic technology projects, outside consultants and computer models are still being funded. Last year the department paid computer consultants from Hewlett-Packard $3.5 million, about as much as it costs to keep two firehouses open and fully staffed for a year, to continue fine-tuning the Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) system they?d already installed. AVL is part of a new dispatch modeling system built by Deccan International (the same company that built the computer models being used to close fire companies), which in turn is part of a $2 billion overhaul of the city?s emergency dispatch system.

That the department needs to maintain a modern communication and dispatch system is clear, but the usefulness of spending millions to update street-corner fire alarm boxes that the department is planning on shutting down anyway, and equipping 911 operators with special software programs to receive live video feeds from callers, is questionable when basic city services are being slashed. In a move strangely reminiscent of Rudy Giuliani?s ill fated decision to put all of his Office of Emergency Management eggs in a 7 World Trade Center-housed basket, the department is spending more than $300 million consolidate each borough?s fire dispatch office into one unit at the department?s Metrotech headquarters, and hundreds of millions more to build backup dispatch unit in The Bronx in case the Metrotech unit breaks down or is attacked.

The city has spent more than $20 million on a new Unified Call Taker (UCT) system that lets 911 call takers write down fire information and send it directly to fire dispatchers, instead of simply passing the caller along to more experienced fire call takers. Firefighters have taken to calling UCT the ?U Can?t Tell? system after being sent to a series of incorrect addresses by the 911 call takers. And fire call takers are now playing a larger role in the call taking process ? eliminating much of the reason for building the UCT system in the first place ? after 911 call takers sent fire crews to the wrong addresses for fires in Brooklyn and Queens last November, and three people died in each fire.

A month after the fatal fires, Deputy Mayor Skyler praised UCT in testimony before the city council, saying that it ?lowers response times in an effort to save lives.? But according to fire union critics, those lower response times are only true on paper, not in reality. Unlike most fire departments, the FDNY does not count the time a caller spends on the phone with a 911 operator in its response time calculations. And now that 911 operators are taking down fire information, that time is more than a minute, according the Uniformed Firefighters Association. This means that while the FDNY is reporting faster response times, the amount of time it actually takes fire crews to arrive might actually be longer.

There is little in New York?s current criminal, economic or building fire trends to indicate that the city will be returning to the ashen anarchy of the 1970s any time soon, but some of the management lessons to be learned from that era are clear: Whiz Kid consultants with plans to save the city through technology have their place, but shouldn?t come at the cost of basic services. And while numbers can sometimes cut through the fog of government decision-making, they can just as easily be mistaken or manipulated.

?The models might be able to help you a little bit with closing fire companies,? says former fire commissioner Thomas von Essen, who led the department through the terrorist attacks of 9/11. ?But there are so many other parts to those decisions, not just response time but the effectiveness of the unit, the political response from the neighborhood, what kind of buildings are nearby, whether there are schools or hospitals or terrorist targets. ?There?s no question that there are neighborhoods where if the firehouse is removed, it will have a minor impact. But there are also many communities that need additional fire units. It should be an ongoing process, not just something to scare the public in a fiscal crisis.?

-http://nypost.com/2010/05/16/why-the-bronx-burned/

Report From Engine 82 - 1972 Dennis Smith

https://www.amazon.com/Report-Engine-Co-Dennis-Smith/dp/0446675520/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

mack · Nov 2, 2017

Bronx/Harlem videos

1979:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zDvsS8JsnY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpyiI5_TSGY

E 75 L 33 "Fire - Hell on Earth":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuo-DKlxyls

Rescue 3 - 1885:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e64-se6Lq2I

Rescue 3 - 1991:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoODMNefL6A

Rescue 3 - 1991:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd9G4D3WbjA

- Thanks R1 SmokeEater

mack · Nov 2, 2017

NYPD 1973 Ft Apache - S Bronx:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0EMu2I_yoM&t=645s

South Bronx:

1970s 1980s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4aX6ZE6Aj8

S Bronx 1982:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AVzkTd9R44

mack · Nov 4, 2017

Engine 75/Ladder 33/Battalion 19 Firehouse 2175 Walton Avenue West Bronx 5th Division, 19th Battalion

Combination Engine 75 organized 2283 Jerome Avenue 1901
Combination Engine 75 became Engine 75 1907
Engine 75 new firehouse 2175 Walton Avenue w/Ladder 33 2000

Ladder 33 organized 2283 Jerome Avenue at Engine 75 1907
Ladder 33 new firehouse w/Engine 75 2000

Battalion 19 organized 491 E 166th Street at Combination Engine 50 1903
Battalion 19 moved 205 W 77th Street Manhattan at Ladder 25 1903
Battalion 19 disbanded 1904
Battalion 19 Marine organized at Engine 57 Marine 1906
Battalion 19 Marine disbanded 1908
Battalion 19 organized 2283 Jerome Avenue at Engine 75 1930
Battalion 19 new firehouse 2175 Walton Avenue at Engine 75 2000

2283 Jerome Avenue firehouse 1901-2000:

2283 Jerome Avenue former firehouse - EMS Battalion 19 current:

http://Combination Engine 75 organized 2283 Jerome Avenue 1901
https://s1.postimg.cc/36i2y55fnf/E_75_fh_40_Jerome_EMS_Station_19.jpg

2175 Walton Avenue firehouse 2000-current:

2175 Walton Street - 1st new FDNY firehouse in 15 years:

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/bx-firehouse-history-bravest-city-new-digs-15-yrs-article-1.896560

Engine 75:

Ladder 33:

Ladder 33 100 years:

https://firefighterspot.com/2007/05/16/fdny-bronx-ladder-33-celebrates-100-years/

Battalion 19:

Engine 75/Ladder 33/Battalion 19 members:

Engine 75/Ladder 33 medals awarded:

JAMES E. MC ARDLE FF. ENG. 75 OFF DUTY AUG. 26, 1936 1936 1937 DEPARTMENT

LODD 1957 from injuries.

FRANK J. SOMSKY CAPT. ENG. 75 DEC. 18, 1982 1982 1983 WAGNER

PETER J. LO CASTRO LT. ENG. 75 OCT. 9, 1985 1985 1986 STIEFEL

ANTHONY V. CRESCITELLI FF. LAD. 33 JAN. 19, 1950 1950 1951 BROOKMAN

RICHARD W. KIRRSTETTER FF. LAD. 33 JUN. 29, 1969 1969 1970 HISPANIC

EDWARD M. LAMB FF. LAD. 33 APR. 5, 1971 1971 1972 KRIDEL

THOMAS J. MANNION FF. LAD. 33 DEC. 14, 1977 1977 1978 SCOTT

JAMES G. OLIVERI FF. LAD. 33 DEC. 8, 1977 1977 1978 LA GUARDIA

WILLIAM P. SPINELLI FF. LAD. 33 FEB. 25,, 1979 1979 1980 MC ELLIGOTT

JOHN P. SINGER LT. LAD. 33 JAN. 21, 1980 1980 1981 STEUBEN

JOHN P. SINGER LT. LAD. 33 MAR. 5, 1981 1981 1982 TUTTLEMONDO

PETER G. RICE LT. LAD. 33 OCT. 11, 1982 1983 1984 AMERICAN LEGION

RICHARD MC CORMICK FF. LAD. 33 DEC. 21, 1983 1983 1984 THIRD ALARM

VINCENT J. LEAHY FF. LAD. 33 NOV. 5, 1984 1984 1985 GOLDMAN

CHARLES A. EMERY FF. LAD. 33 DEC. 8, 1985 1985 1986 LAUFER

JAMES E. GRANEY FF. LAD. 33 OCT. 9, 1985 1985 1986 KRIDEL

JOSEPH J. MAGGI FF. LAD. 33 MAR. 12, 1986 1986 1987 BROOKMAN

JAMES E. GRANEY FF. LAD. 33 JUN. 18, 1986 1986 1987 MARTIN

RALPH X TISO LT. LAD. 33 APR. 14, 1987 1987 1988 JOHNSTON

JAMES E. GRANEY, JR. FF. LAD. 33 NOV. 28, 1987 1987 1988 FIRE CHIEFS

ANTHONY W. SCERRA FF. LAD. 33 JUL. 3, 1989 1989 1990 GOLDMAN

BRIAN J. FINK FF. LAD. 33 FEB. 3, 1991 1991 1992 EMERALD

BRIAN J. FINK FF. LAD. 33 AUG. 31, 1991 1991 1992 GOLDENKRANZ

JOHN M. KING FF. LAD. 33 SEP. 5, 1992 1992 1993 BROOKMAN

ANTHONY W. SCERRA FF. LAD. 33 JUN. 3, 1994 1994 1995 EMERALD

ALL MEMBERS LAD. 33 DEC. 12, 1995 1995 1996 ELSASSER

KEVIN J. LAVELLE FF LAD 33 AUG 14, 2016 2016 2017 LAUFER

Engine 75/Ladder 33/Battalion 19 LODDs:

FIREFIGHTER LOUIS J. FARRELL LADDER 33 September 24, 1922

FIREFIGHTER HENRY B. INNES LADDER 33 May 18, 1945

USMC KIA WWII 6th Marine Division Okinawa Operation Iceberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u1mFHnQxw0

FIREFIGHTER JAMES E. McARDLE ENGINE 75 June 14, 1957

BATTALION CHIEF WILLIAM C. RINSDALE BATTALION 19 August 1, 1971

FIREFIGHTER MICHAEL C. REILLY ENGINE 75 August 27, 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/31/nyregion/31wake.html

BATTALION CHIEF MICHAEL FAHY BATTALION 19 SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

http://nypost.com/2016/09/27/fdny-chief-michael-fahy-rip/

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/2016/09/27/bronx-home-explodes/91158272/

RIP. Never forget.

Engine 75/Ladder 33/Battalion 19 Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/FDNYEngine75Ladder33batt19/photos/?tab=album&album_id=948058231962859

West Bronx neighborhood:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordham,_Bronx

Engine 75/Ladder 33/Battalion 19:

FDNY EMS 19:

mack · Nov 4, 2017

Engine 75/Ladder 33/Battalion 19:

1970s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ty7sxaTBGM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjDkZ0sYOmY&t=59s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuo-DKlxyls&t=106s

Current:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8scQ93m3Jqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3RnnWcN_XU&t=24s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRxwk4GsI-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4XEGtVwJyI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcPN1Fj7z7w

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

mack · Nov 4, 2017

"Analysis of FDNY Runs and Workers"

- Highlighting any Engine or Ladder that ranked in the top 25 for any year between 2000 and 2011

- thanks to Ira Hoffman

Runs:

36 Engine companies placed within the top 25 for the years 2000 - 2011:

1, 3, 8, 14, 22, 33, 37, 38, 42, 45, 48, 53, 54, 58, 59, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69, 75, 76, 79, 82, 92, 93, 96, 231, 234, 235, 248, 249, 255, 257, 283, 289, 290, 298

1) Engine companies with 5300 or more runs:

Engine Runs Yr
75 5790 2005
58 5387 2008
75 5696 2006
75 5387 2004
58 5627 2007
58 5363 2006
62 5498 2009
290 5350 2007
62 5457 2010
290 5338 2011
62 5444 2007
75 5330 2007
75 5439 2009
79 5324 2010
75 5433 2010
298 5324 2007
290 5407 2010
69 5323 2007
69 5400 2005
62 5321 2006
75 5395 2008
58 5300 2009

2) The top 10 Engines by Total Runs and Avg Runs/Year:

Engine Total Runs Avg Runs/Yr
75 63949 5329
290 60700 5058
62 59175 4931
92 58550 4879
96 56811 4734
93 56498 4708
69 55952 4663
48 55613 4634
1 55108 4592
65 54363 4530

3) Engine companies who placed number 1 in runs:

Engine Yrs

75 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 290 2001, 2011
62 2009, 2010
58 2007

4) Engine companies who placed in the top 25 in runs every year:

Engines 1, 48, 62, 65, 69, 75, 92, 93, 96, 290

5) Most Avg Runs/Year by Boro:

Boro Engine Avg Runs/Yr

Manhattan 93 4708
Bronx 75 5329
Brooklyn 290 5058
Queens 298 4665
Staten Island n/a

6) Most consistent unit - ranking most stable: Engine 75 - within the top 4 every year

Engine Workers

51 Engine companies placed within the top 25 for the years 2000 - 2011:

1, 3, 5, 8, 14, 16, 33, 35, 37, 38, 42, 44, 45, 48, 53, 54, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 75, 76, 79, 81, 82, 90, 92, 93, 96, 231, 234, 235, 246, 248, 249, 255, 257, 273, 283, 290, 298, 302, 303, 305, 317

1) Engine companies with 4100 or more workers:

Engine Workers Yr

290 5350 2007
257 4823 2011
290 5407 2010
96 4728 2001
290 5338 2011
290 5121 2006
75 5696 2006
96 4682 2000
298 5324 2007
75 5433 2010
92 4471 2011
75 5192 2011
3 4927 2007
257 4892 2005
257 5057 2010
257 5000 2009
257 4956 2008
290 4893 2009
8 5115 2004
75 5790 2005

2) The top 10 Engines by Total Workers and Avg Workers/Yr:

Engine Total Workers Avg Workers/Yr:

290 49217 4102
257 47172 3931
75 46686 3891
96 46589 3882
62 43760 3647
92 43377 3615
255 42721 3560
1 41568 3464
234 40783 3399
298 40624 3385

3) Engine companies who placed number 1 in workers:

Engine Yrs

8 2004
75 2006
96 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
257 2005, 2008, 2009 290 2007, 2010, 2011

4) Engine companies who placed in the top 25 in workers every year:

Engines 1, 62, 75, 92, 96, 234, 255, 257, 290

5) Most Avg Workers/Yr by Boro:

Boro Engine Avg Workers/Yr

Manhattan 1 3464
Bronx 75 3891
Brooklyn 290 4102
Queens 298 3385
SI n/a

6) Most consistent unit - ranking most stable:

Engine 290 - within the top 4 every year

Engine Occupied Structural Workers (OSW)

49 Engine companies placed within the top 25 for the years 2000 - 2011:

9, 38, 42, 43, 45, 48, 50, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 67, 69, 75, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 217, 227, 231, 234, 235, 248, 249, 255, 257, 273, 275, 280, 281, 283, 287, 290, 298, 302, 303, 305, 310, 315

1) Engine companies having 500 or more OSW:

Engine OSW Yr

75 606 2009
255 523 2005
75 596 2008
75 522 2006
75 596 2011
75 519 2000
75 595 2010
255 519 2011
255 578 2007
75 510 2005
255 556 2010
255 508 2006
255 552 2008
45 507 2009
290 541 2006
290 507 2007
290 536 2005
45 502 2010
231 524 2011
92 501 2000
248 523 2911

2) The top 10 Engines by Total OSW and Avg OSW/Year:

Engine Total OSW Avg OSW/Year

75 6250 521
255 5956 496
290 5462 455
92 5394 450
248 5342 445
45 5122 427
231 5106 426
249 5057 421
257 4791 399
62 4996 416

3) Engine companies who placed number 1 in OSW:

Engine Years

75 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
92 2002
255 2007
290 2003, 2005, 2006

4) Engine companies who placed in the top 25 in OSW every year:

Engines 45, 48, 62, 75, 92, 248, 249, 255, 257, 290

5) Most Average OSW/Yr by Boro:

Boro Engine Avg OSW/Year

Manhattan 58 388
Bronx 75 521
Brooklyn 255 496
Queens 298 300
SI n/a

6) Most consistent unit - ranking most stable:

Engine 75 - within the top 5 almost every year

Engine All Hands (reporting started in 2010)

34 Engine companies placed within the top 25 for the years 2010 - 2011: 38, 42, 46, 48, 62, 75, 79, 82, 97, 214, 217, 225, 230, 231, 234, 235, 236, 248, 249, 255, 275, 281, 283, 285, 290, 298, 301, 302, 303, 308, 310, 315,317, 332

1) Engine companies having 92 or more All-Hands:

Engine All-Hands Yr

310 127 2011
290 99 2011
275 125 2011
290 98 2010
283 118 2011
75 98 2011
303 117 2011
298 98 2011
248 114 2011
308 98 2011
285 112 2011
283 97 2010
275 108 2010
214 97 2011
249 108 2011
248 96 2010
332 107 2010
255 96 2010
62 107 2010
235 95 2011
234 103 2011
310 92 2010
46 102 2011
79 92 2010
298 100 2010
38 92 2010
231 100 2011
315 92 2011
303 99 2010
317 92 2011

2) The top 10 Engines by All-Hands and Avg All-Hands /Yr:

Engine All-Hands Avg All Hands/Yr

275 233 117
310 219 110
303 216 108
283 215 108
248 210 105
298 198 99
290 197 99
332 194 97
62 192 96
46 189 95

3) Engine companies who placed number 1 in All Hands:

Engine 275 for 2010; Engine 310 for 2011

4) Engine companies who placed in the top 25 in All Hands every year (2010, 2011):

Engines 46, 48, 75, 79, 231, 248, 255, 275, 283, 290, 298, 303, 308, 310, 317, 332

5) Most Average All-Hands/Yr by Boro:

Boro Engine Avg All-Hands/Yr

Bronx 62 96
Brooklyn 310 110
Queens 275 117
Manhattan n/a
SI n/a

6) Most consistent unit - ranking most stable:

Engines 275 - ranked #1 & #2 for 2010, 2011

manhattan · Nov 4, 2017

Holy cow, mack - that's some bit of work you did! Thank you.

mack · Nov 4, 2017

1987 FDNY:

https://911-photography.smugmug.com/In-The-Past-1/FDNY-1/i-w5VzqhG

mack · Nov 4, 2017

Engine 75/Ladder 33/Battalion 19 & Bronx units:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhKqTw2irDM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYYvAWUr55A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzBvE_5wiCM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhd3rWVQDNY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h-OgXlOQWM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76EviM3T_r0

mack · Nov 4, 2017

3rd alarm Grand Concourse 12/21/10:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhCoE1QrWSk

All Hands Box 2990 10/21/10:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKownQGIY10

BC Fahy LODD House Explosion 9/27/16:

FDNY:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBsaAXJoFro&t=199s

NYPD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhC023Roj3Q&t=38s

mack · Nov 4, 2017

Lt Howard Carpluk, Engine 42, was working OT in Engine 75 and also lost his life along with Prob FF Michael Reilly, Engine 27. at the August 26, 2006 commercial building fire and collapse. RIP. Never forget.

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/bravest-kin-hail-selfless-lt-9-11-hero-bright-light-troubled-time-article-1.637620

FF Michael Reilly signal 5-5-5-5 and memorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYxjziMU7ZM

http://nypost.com/2007/11/18/mayday-mayday-running-out-of-air/

NIOSH Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200627.html

FEMA Report : https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/firefighter-fatalities/fatalityData/detail?fatalityId=3334

mack · Nov 5, 2017

Engine 75 former member, retired Captain Engine 23, US Army Veteran, all-around great guy - site member John Bendick:

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