FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

[guitarman314]

Looks like:
Engine 10 had 10 different firehouses
Engine 40 - 7 firehouses
Engine 1  - 6 firehouses
Engine 6  -  6 firehouses
Engine 31 - 6 firehouses

Ladder 10 had 10 different locations
Ladder - 8 firehouses

Engine 77 (Marine) - became Marine Co 7 - had 6 different berths in 4 different boroughs - Manhattan, Bklyn, Queens, SI
Engine 43 (Marine) had 9 different locations

  Ladder 2 had 10 diffrent locations and Ladder 19 in the bronx moved around to different houses in distant areas (E68, their own house on Forest & 160th St., E96, then back E50, and then a new house on Washington Ave.).

 

[68jk09]

What about the time spans for some of these mentioned above ?........112 occupied their four FHs in under a 40 year span.

 

[mack]

Chief - Looks like Ladder 112 relocated quarters in 1973, 1976, 1976, 2002, 2007. 

 

[mack]

Rescue 3 has had 7 different homes  moving from the Bronx, to Manhattan, and back to the Bronx. 
    BX - L 17, E 42, E 71, E 42
    MN - E 93
    BX - L 58 then alone, then move to new firehouse

Rescue 1 had 5 quarters or relocations.

 

[mack]

Division 5:
    1904  BX  E 71
    1906  MN  E 44
    1930  MN  E 80
    1949  BX  E 79
    1951  MN  E 80
    1990  MN  E 35
    1995  QN  E 324
    1995  MN  E 35
    1995  QN  E 324

 

[mack]

Battalion 60 operated during the War Years from 1970-1975.  They were located at Engine 218 but they were relocated to different firehouses - I believe daily - to relieve the burden of surrounding BCs.

 

[nfd2004]

Squad 1 was organized in 1955.

Has any other FDNY company had as many relocations and has served in as many different boroughs? 
    - 6 different firehouses
    - Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn

Also, does any FDNY company (engine/ladder/rescue/squad) have a response area as large as Squad 1's - good part of Bklyn and all of SI?

Does anyone have longer runs on 10-75s?  They are 1st due squad in Tottenville, SI, over 25 miles?

  At our recent Get Together (Oct., 2013) we visited Squad Co 1 in Brooklyn. The map in their firehouse shows the huge response area they cover on transmission of an All Hands Fire or Greater. They also cover Squad 18s and I believe Squad 270 if those units respond to a job 1st, 2nd, or 3rd due. Their response area is 25 miles of some of the most populated and industrial areas of any major city.

  And when Squad 1 was assigned to Eng 59/Lad 30s quarters, there was a picture of their Mack CF in an ad of a few Fire Engineering Magazines. Another one that I had framed on my bedroom wall (similar to Eng 234s), and wish I had today. Anybody remember that photo ?

 

[68jk09]

Battalion 60 operated during the War Years from 1970-1975.  They were located at Engine 218 but they were relocated to different firehouses - I believe daily - to relieve the burden of surrounding BCs.

They worked around the clock & rotated thru 3 BNs hitting each every third night acting as an additional section .....BN*35...BN*44...& i forget the third ?..... they would be there from 1800 till 0100 then they would return to 218 & respond as directed by the BKLYN Disp....they also had administrative responsibility for 218....(the only BN w/just 1 Admin Unit).

 

[fdny1075k]

Here's a few photos from nfd2004 (Willy "D") of Squad 1's Mack CF during it's Harlem years from the early '70's at 59/30:



And a Mack ad from the '70's featuring Engine 234:

 

[nfd2004]

Thanks very much Emmett for posting these for me. The photos were actually passed onto me by a Lt in one of the Harlem companies.

I think earlier on in this thread we (actually I believe 69mets), had mentioned the photo of Eng 234 as the 1000th Mack CF purchased for the FDNY.

The Squad 1 photo was also used in an ad for FDNY Mack Pumpers.

 

[mack]

Engine 329 - Ft Tilden, Rockaway, Queens

 

[mack]

Engine 154  60 Hannah St Tompkinsville, SI and 3730 Victory Blvd  Travis, SI

    Engine 204 organized 44 Sarah Ann St SI (former quarters of volunteer Niagara Engine 5)  1905
    Engine 204 address changed to 44 VanDuzer St  1910
    Engine 204 changed to Engine 154 1913
    Engine 154 moved to 60 Hanah St  1913
    Engine 154 moved to new firehouse 3730 Victory Blvd  1972
    Engine 154 disbanded  1975
    Engine 154 reorganized 1975
    Engine 154 disbanded 1975
    Engine 154 reorganized 1981

    Relay Hose Wagon SI moved from Engine 31 to 60 Hannah St at Engine 154  1965
    Relay Hose Wason SI moved to 345 Annadale Rd at Engine 167  1972

    Foam 84 organized 3730 Victory Blvd  1984
    Foam 84 became Foam 154  1998

    Brush Fire Unit 4 organized 3730 Victory Blvd 1997

    Division 8 also quartered at 60 Hannah St w/Engine 154 during 1939-1940 and 1941-1951

60 Hannah St former firehouse - Tompkinsville, SI:


There is a piece of baseball history associated with this firehouse.  Bobby Thompson, the baseball player who hit the famous "Shot Heard Around the World" home run to win the 1951 pennant for the NY Giants, lived on Staten Island.  He went to this firehouse to celebrate immediately after he won the NL championship at the Polo Grounds.

The walk off home run, one of the most famous in baseball, won the third game of a rare NL pennant playoffs (no playoff system back then). The Giants, were down 13 1/2 games in August and were trailing 4-1 in the 9th inning. It became the "Miracle of Coogan's Bluff."  After he hit the walk off home run, Thompson took the SI ferry to celebrate with his brother Jim, who was on duty with E154.  Jim Thompson's son Jimmy also became an FDNY captain. 

60 Hannah St former firehouse:

Quarters for Engine 154 and Division 8

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/realestate/17habi.html?_r=0

3730 Victory Blvd firehouse:




Engine 154 1940s:


Engine 154:




Foam 154:






Former Brush Fire Units:



BFU 4 damaged by hurricane Sandy



Engine 154 protects a large area of western SI.  It is first due in the Travis and Bulls Head sections of SI. Travis was originally called Linoleumville - the site of America's first linoleum factory in the 1860s.  It was the location of a ferry to NJ at the end of Victory Blvd.  The area was renamed Travis in 1930 after an original area settler.    http://www.statenislandhistory.com/travis.html

http://forgotten-ny.com/2006/03/travis-staten-island/

Bulls Heads neighborhood was named after a 1700s tavern at intersection of Richmond Ave and Victory Blvd:



- 1981 movie scenes from "Splendor in the Grass" were filmed in Travis, vicinity of E 154 quarters

 

[mack]

Engine 168/EMS Bn 23  combined firehouse 1100 Rossville Rd  Rossville, Staten Island
    (also temporary quarters of FDNY Bn 23)

    Engine 168 organized 1100 Rossville Rd  2005

Rossville selected as location for SI's newest firehouse to be built in 30 years:  http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/rossville-spot-s-s-new-firehouse-article-1.868168

http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2001b/pr349-01.html











Engine 168:




Reserve Engine 513:




Bn 23 (fire) - temporary quarters:

Great Kills firehouse renovation

HazTec EMS unit:


Sculpture "Working in Same Direction": http://beatricecoron.com/rossville/index.html

Engine 168 hurricane Sandy: http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2012/111712a.shtml

Rossville:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossville,_Staten_Island

Former names:  Smoking Point and Blazing Star

Ross Castle: http://www.statenislandmuseum.org/collections/history-archives/lyon-castle-rossville-staten-island-ny

The Rossville Fire of 1963 - On April 20, 1963, Rossville was the scene of the worst of three devastating brush fires to strike Staten Island; the three fires collectively destroyed more than 100 homes, rendering over 500 persons homeless and causing in excess of $2 million in damage. Rossville would be transformed permanently by the fire as it turned out, for once the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was opened 19 months later, it and many other Staten Island neighborhoods would witness massive new home construction with many of the homes in Rossville which had been spared by the fire actually being demolished to make way for new, often larger ones.

Rossville shipyard: http://forgotten-ny.com/2010/01/ship-graveyard-rossville-staten-island/

Former LNG tanks: http://www.silive.com/southshore/index.ssf/2013/02/hulking_tanks_on_staten_island.html

Sandy Ground (formerly "Little Africa": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Ground,_Staten_Island

Old Rossville H&L 1 volunteer company:

 

[nfd2004]

On our most recent Get Together (2013), this firehouse was one of our stops.

I was pretty impressed with it. The apparatus floor is entirely open and both the FDNY Fire Apparatus and the FDNY/EMS units are parked there. It is one of Two FDNY Firehouses that share living quarters together by both FDNY and FDNY/EMS personnel. The Fire Captain explained to us that things seem to be working out well in this firehouse with both groups.

Besides getting a tour of the apparatus we were brought into the basement area where a makeshift training area is set up. It consist of a forcible entry door, and several divided areas seperated only by some sheets of plywood to similuate an apartment. There was a simulated bathroom, bedroom, and living room. Also a dummy to train for rescue. Probably the door was the most expensive item. The rest was some plywood, and a few 2 x 4s. Of course an old toilet, sink and some old furniture. We were told that other companies from Staten Island come over to this firehouse for training. (I took some pictures and maybe I can pass them on to "mack" or "fdny1075k" to get posted here.

  Of course like most of us, nothing can replace the atmosphere of those older firehouses. But I was pretty impressed with this newer building. The Captain of Engine 168 was Great to us. We talked to other members of the FDNY and FDNY/EMS. Maybe this firehouse is the future for other new firehouses throughout the city (?). I don't know, but as an "outsider", just a buff, I hope it works.

  Thanks Joe "mack" for posting this thread. An entire history of firehouses of the FDNY from the beginning until now. I think there's more than a few of us who appreciate what you do. (The only problem that I have, is that this damn thread is starting to catch up to the number of views of "My Younger Buff Years", and I got to do something about that ! )

 

[811]

New E168 qtrs. is a pleasant looking utilitarian building.  Unlike the other recent concoctions which seem designed solely to line an architects pocket with their  avant-garde "designs" namely Rescue 3, Engine 277, Marine 1.

 

[mack]

This new facility was impressive to visit.  I believe it cost about $11M, and seemed well-designed and well-built.  Lots of space.  Much room around the firehouse for outdoor training, drills, maintenance.  It is close to the expressway.  Unit covers a lot of SI.  Used to take Engine 164/Ladder 84 about 5 or 6 minutes to respond into Rossville response area as first due units.  Engine 168 can also respond to remote developments along Arthur Kill Road.  Good company, good members. 

 

[mack]

Bureau of Training converted pumper at Engine 168:

 

[memory master]

I'm proud to say that I spent the last five years of my EMS career at this facility. I could not ask to be working with a greater group of Officers, Paramedics and EMT's of EMS Sta. 23 and the entire roster of Officers and Firefighters of E168. They are the best and I thank them all for making the last years the VERY BEST!!

 

[mack]

Memory Master - everyone we met was first rate - officers, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs.  Engine 168 and EMS Bn 23 is a top-notch facility. 

 

[mack]

Hose 7/Engine 159/Ladder 81/Brush Fire Unit 2/Satellite 5 - former firehouse - 1592 Richmond Road  Dongan Hills SI 

    Hose 7 organized 1592 Richmond Rd (former quarters volunteer Cromwell Hose 8)  1912   
    Hose 7 became Engine 159                                                        1913
    Engine 159 moved to 1850 Clove Rd w/Engine 160                      1929
    Engine 159 moved to new firehouse 1592 Richmond Rd                1930

    Ladder 81 organized 1592 Richmond Rd at Engine 159                1915
    Ladder 81 moved to 1850 Clove Rd at Engine 160 w/Engine 159  1929
    Ladder 81 moved to new firehouse 1592 w/Engine 159                1930
    Ladder 81 moved to 278 McLean Ave at Engine 161                      1960

    Water Tender Unit 1 organized 1592 Richmond Rd at Engine 159  1962
    Water Tender Unit 1 disbanded                                                  1970

    Brush Fire Unit 2 organized 1592 Richmond Rd at Engine 159      1970
    Brush Fire Unit 2 moved to 1400 Richmond Ave at Engine 166      1970

    Satellite 5 organized 1592 Richmond Rd at Engine 159                1983

E 159 initial firehouse 1592 Richmond Rd (former quarters of Cromwell Hose 8):




New firehouse 1592 Richmond Rd dedicated 1930:


















Current quarters of Engine 159, Satellite 5:












Satellite 5:



Runs and Workers - Engine 159 was a top 10 FDNY workers engine company:


E 159 100 years:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2012/060112a.shtml

Dongan Hills, SI:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongan_Hills,_Staten_Island

http://fdnytrucks.com/files/html/statenisland/e159.htm