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Engine 225/Engine 225-2/TCU 531/Engine 332  657 Liberty Avenue firehouse  East New York, Brooklyn

    Engine 25 Brooklyn Fire Department organized 420 Liberty Avenue  1886
    Engine 25 BFD new firehouse 657 Liberty Avenue                          1890
    Engine 25 BFD became Engine 25 FDNY                                        1898
    Engine 25 became Engine 125                                                      1899
    Engine 125 became Engine 225                                                    1913
    Engine 225 new firehouse 799 Lincoln Avenue w/Ladder 107          1970

    Engine 225-2 organized 657 Lincoln Avenue at Engine 225              1968
    Engine 225 became Tactical Control Unit 531                                  1969
    Tactical Control Unit 531 moved to new firehouse 799 Lincoln Ave    1970
    Tactical Control Unit 531 disbanded                                                1972

    Engine 332 organized 657 Liberty Avenue former quarters E 225      1970
    Engine 332 new firehouse 165 Bradford Street w/Ladder 175          1985


Engine 25 BFD at 657 Liberty Avenue firehouse:






657 Lincoln Avenue Engine 332 firehouse 1980s:




657 Lincoln Avenue:


799 Lincoln Avenue firehouse - Engine 225/Ladder 107/Bn 39


Engine 225 1947 Mack:


Engine 225 1965 Mack:

Engine 225 at 799 Lincoln Avenue firehouse:


Engine 225's former apparatus:


Engine 225:







 
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Engine 47  firehouses  South Bronx/Morningside Heights, Manhattan

    Engine 47 organized 909 E 149th Street  Bronx            1881
    Engine 47 disbanded                                                  1882
    Combined Engine 47 organized 766 Amsterdam Avenue 1882
    Combined Engine 47 became Engine 47                        1891
    Engine 47 new firehouse 502 W 113rd Street                1891
    Engine 47 disbanded                                                  1975
    Engine 47 reorganized                                                1875

766 Amsterdam Avenue:


The 766 Amsterdam Avenue house originally quartered Ladder 16 from 1876 to 1882, when they were reorganized as Combined Engine Company No. 47 (steam engine, plus hose wagon, plus ladder truck). In 1891 CEC-47 was re-organized as a standard engine company (E-47) and moved to their current quarters on West 113th St. Ladder Company 22 was organized and quartered at 766 Amsterdam when E-47 moved out and worked there until 1960 when they both 145 W. 100 Street (with 76 Engine, also at 766 Amsterdam from 1957-1960). Ladder 16 was reorganized in 1887 and quartered at 157 East 67th Street.

502 W 113rd Street:








Engine 47:











Engine 47 + Engine 74 FDNY


Morningside Heights: http://morningside-heights.net/ 




 
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Is the FDNY still using 114's old house for anything? I saw a Technology Development Systems van parked outside of quarters on Google Maps.
 
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Engine 323    firehouse    6405 Avenue N    Mill Basin, Brooklyn

    Engine 323 organized 6405 Avenue N    1932

6405 Avenue N firehouse:














Engine 323:






Engine 323 FDNY, Brooklyn


May 10, 1962  Mill Basin Fire  Box 55-4137 (8 alarms), Sinclair Oil Terminal:





The largest oil fire in the City since the Standard Oil fire in 1919 started on May 10, 1962. The Sinclair Oil Terminal in Mill Basin caught fire while workmen were working on a leaking pipe. Gasoline fumes were ignited and spread very rapidly through out the plant. Two storage tanks, each holding 50,000 gallons of gasoline, were ignited along with a store house holding petroleum products and the loading docks. Fire companies from all over Brooklyn and Queens responded along with foam fire trucks both from the Navy's Floyd Bennett field and the Brooklyn Army Base. The fifth alarm fire and a Simultaneous Call (3rd alarm for Queens Box 1749) would be required before the fire was brought under control.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdnyhome/sets/72157633465413654/with/8726032741/


Engine 323 LODD: LT Thomas P Sheridan
May 28, 1971
Box # 77-3162, Avenue H & E. 59th Street


Mill Basin:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Basin,_Brooklyn




 
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Mill Basin fire: This site's "Mets 69" father worked at this fire as captain of Marine 8.
 
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Shortly after that fire, Capt. Bob Lindgren became Captain of Engine 248 and was my first Captain there.  True gentleman, just like his son, Garrett.
 
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Mack, the photo of E 323's Quad is a blast from the past for me. When I was a kid growing up in the Marine Park area, two of my neighbors were assigned to 323 (one was a lieutenant and the other was his MPO). Often, after having responded to a run in the area, they would come down the block with the quad and let the neighborhood kids climb on it. There was always a blast of the siren and some bell ringing as they headed back to quarters.


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Picture of Marine 8 operating under Captain Lindgren at 1962 Mill Basin Boro Call fire.
 
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There were 4 Ward LaFrance quads operating on SI in the 1950s-1960s.  2 engine companies and 2 truck companies.  E 152 and E 161 were single engine companies that often responded with each other.  L 76 and L 82 were South Shore truck companies in areas with a lot of brush fires and mostly single family homes. 

Their apparatus was always special to see.
 
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The quads were assigned to both engine and ladder companies as apparatus.  Single engine companies in outlaying areas could use the compliment of ladders carried.  Truck companies supplied quads (L 76 and L 82) could also pump water.  Later quads were used as hose carriers with their extended body length. 

FDNY has operated several engine and ladder combination units from the 1880s through present-day: Combination Engine Companies (both engine and ladder apparatus in one company), formed back in 1880's as FDNY expanded into Harlem, the Bronx and parts of Brooklyn; early manpower squads, formed during WWI, WWII and the early War Years; Combination Fire Companies, formed in the 1970s to reduce expenses during budget crisis; and the modern-day SOC squads.   
 
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and let us not forget E310 in Brooklyn who not only ran a quad but also wound up with a telesquirt before finally pairing up with a newly formed ladder company. Yes indeed, those quads were interesting pieces of apparatus.
 
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Yes indeed Mack, one of the quads was at E308 in Queens as the Idlewild Airport hose wagon. Idlewild also known as New York International Airport was renamed for J. F. Kennedy after his assassination. Not sure about who was first due engine at Laguardia Airport but they also had one.
 
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auxlteng225 said:
Yes indeed Mack, one of the quads was at E308 in Queens as the Idlewild Airport hose wagon. Idlewild also known as New York International Airport was renamed for J. F. Kennedy after his assassination. Not sure about who was first due engine at Laguardia Airport but they also had one.
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E316 is first due at LaGuardia.
 
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  That 1952 Ward LaFrance Quad was Reg.#2613, originally assigned to E96 then went to E310 where E96 got 310's 1951 Ward. Later on was reassigned to E323 and E310 got E323's 1953 WLF. ;)
 
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Combined Engine Company 70 firehouse 169 Schofield Avenue City Island, Bronx (approx 1900):


Engine 70 Ladder 53 firehouse 169 Schofield Avenue  City Island, Bronx (approx 2012):


 
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Engine 324/Hydrant Service 14/High Ladder 2/Satellite 4/Division 14/Division 5/Battalion 46    firehouse  108-01 Horace Harding Expressway  Corona, Queens

    Engine 324 organized 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway                              1940

    Hydrant Service 14 organized 27-12 at Engine 316                                        1936
    Hydrant Service 14 moved to 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at E 324      1949
    Hydrant Service 14 became Thawing Unit 5                                                    1957

    High Ladder 2 organized 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at Engine 324      1965
    High Ladder 2 disbanded                                                                              1965

    Satellite 4 organized 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at E 324                  1983

    Division 14 located at 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at E 324          1990-1995
    Division 14 located at 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at E 324      1997-present

    Division 5 located at 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at E 324            1995-1997
 
    Battalion 46 located at 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at E 324        1996-1997

(Thanks - FDNYHistorian for inputs)

108-01 Horace Harding Expressway:




Engine 324:

1939 shop-built pumper (Ward LaFrance body, ALF pump)





Satellite 4:





Engine 324 responding:
Fdny Engine 324

Engine 324:
FDNY ENGINE 324

FDNY battalion 46 and engine 324 at the firehouse

Satellite 4 stretching a line:
FDNY - Satellite 4 Stretching the line - EQ2B Usage

Corona, Queens:  http://forgotten-ny.com/2005/12/corona-crown-of-queens/

Note:  Horace Harding Expressway and Horace Harding Boulevard ertr named for Horace J. Harding (1863?1929), a finance magnate who directed the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and the New York Municipal Railways System. Harding used his influence to promote the development of Long Island's roadways, lending strong support to Robert Moses's "great parkway plan". Harding also urged construction of a highway from Queens Boulevard to the Nassau County Line, in order to provide better access to Oakland Country Club, where he was a member. After his death, the boulevard he helped build was named for him.

 
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Engine 324/Hydrant Service 14/High Ladder 2/Satellite 4/Division 14/Division 5/Battalion 46    firehouse  108-01 Horace Harding Expressway  Corona, Queens


    High Ladder 2 organized 108-01 Horace Harding Expressway at Engine 324      1965
    High Ladder 2 disbanded                                                                              1965
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  I think there were Two High Ladder Units. They were 150 feet correct ? If I remember the other high ladder unit was in Manhattan, maybe Engine 1 ?

  And didn't these rigs become TCU Ladder Companies during the War Years ?
 
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