One of the very first firehouses that I hung around as a buff, along with my brother, was Engine 58/Ladder 26. That was when Ladder 26 was the ALF tiller. We just sat in our car listening to the scanner. When something came in nearby we chased it. All very busy companies like:
E53/L43
E37/L40
E36 (RIP)
E35/L14 (Lad 14 becoming one of the first tower ladders)
E91 (later to get a second section E91-2)
E59/L30
Ladder 26 also received a second section Ladder 26-2
The reason we decided to make that our buff area is because listening to the FDNY on the scanner at the time, 58/26 was very busy. Plus not really knowing the streets well around the city, these streets were numbered and followed a regular pattern. Except for the few avenues, with few exceptions, even they followed a pattern.
That was right after our riding with Rescue 2 when fire activity was really starting to pick up.
Basically a couple of very lucky young guys that were interested in the fire dept, who got to see the Major Leagues in action.
E53/L43
E37/L40
E36 (RIP)
E35/L14 (Lad 14 becoming one of the first tower ladders)
E91 (later to get a second section E91-2)
E59/L30
Ladder 26 also received a second section Ladder 26-2
The reason we decided to make that our buff area is because listening to the FDNY on the scanner at the time, 58/26 was very busy. Plus not really knowing the streets well around the city, these streets were numbered and followed a regular pattern. Except for the few avenues, with few exceptions, even they followed a pattern.
That was right after our riding with Rescue 2 when fire activity was really starting to pick up.
Basically a couple of very lucky young guys that were interested in the fire dept, who got to see the Major Leagues in action.