FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

[68jk09]

During their busiest years SQ*3 responded in a stretch Carryall like Conneticut Limousine used to have....very few pictures of this Rig...one in J. Calderone's book on the SQs & another in a WNYF Whats New of the 2nd FDNY stretch Carryall that CANS (Community & News Service) had....1 was a Chevy & 1 a GMC.....i remember many busy nights seeing them in the Carryall w/dinner plates trying to eat something between runs.....many great Officers & FFs in SQ*3 & ENG*230 back in the day plus Al Donchin was a familiar friendly face then too ....also longtime Buff Nicky Rocco was always around working in the day in the old UFA Supply Store & spending nights @ 230 & in later years 237.   

 

[raybrag]

Not the FDNY rig, but this is what the Squad 3 Carryall looked like:

 

[lad72der]

During their busiest years SQ*3 responded in a stretch Carryall like Conneticut Limousine used to have....very few pictures of this Rig...one in J. Calderone's book on the SQs & another in a WNYF Whats New of the 2nd FDNY stretch Carryall that CANS (Community & News Service) had....1 was a Chevy & 1 a GMC.....i remember many busy nights seeing them in the Carryall w/dinner plates trying to eat something between runs.....many great Officers & FFs in SQ*3 & ENG*230 back in the day plus Al Donchin was a familiar friendly face then too ....also longtime Buff Nicky Rocco was always around working in the day in the old UFA Supply Store & spending nights @ 230 & in later years 237. 

Was able to pick up Al's book on eBay not long ago for a very  good price . The fire duty in that part of Brooklyn was unbelievable . JK I'm sure you were part of some of those pictures when you were still with 108. Was squad 3 the originators of BMA?

 

[68jk09]

"BMA ON THE WAY" was ENG*232 RIP.

 

[68jk09]

Not the FDNY rig, but this is what the Squad 3 Carryall looked like:

Ray... Thanks that is the model.

 

[auxlteng225]

ref to those stretched squad rigs. The idea of a stretched vehicle came about in WW2 over in England where they were used to ferry bomber crews from the airport to barracks. We have one of these stretch limos up here in Cold Brook, NY that is used for wedding parties, etc.

 

[mack]

Chief - 1966 new Community and New Service van similar to Squad 3's van:

 

[68jk09]

Chief - 1966 new Community and New Service van similar to Squad 3's van:

Thanks Mack ...now we have photos of both sides showing the passenger doors only on the curb side....these Rigs were stick shift & non power steering....they were heavy duty but when loaded w/an Officer & 6 FFs plus their tools & masks (& sometime Al Donchin) they were full.....a friend of mine who later transferred to R*2 was a Chauf in SQ*3 driving it during a heavy snowstorm & as he rounded a corner w/the wheels cut he unexpectedly hit a hard packed snow bank & the steering shaft snapped....luckily he was going very slow......  the CANS picture is outside their QTRS which was w/Marine 1 on Pier A at the Battery.....the CANS Unit responded to major Fires & dealt w/news media & the reason for the large size vehicle for a Unit comprised of only a LT & a FF was that at times they transported displaced Fire victims to lodging if i remember correctly. 

 

[mack]

Engine 230 members who died in the line of duty:


    FF Raymond Farrell, 27, Havemeyer Street Fire  August 21, 1923
   
    FF James J. Sullivan, 24, Havemeyer Street Fire  August 21, 1923

         
   

    Lt Brian G. Ahearn, 43, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001

         

          http://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/brian-g-ahearn/

   
    FF Frank Bonomo, 42, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001

         

          http://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/frank-j-bonomo/


    FF Michael Scott Carlo, 34, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001

         

          http://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/michael-scott-carlo/


    FF Jeffrey Stark, 30, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001

         

          http://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/jeffrey-joseph-stark/


    FF Eugene Whelan, 31, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001
     
         

          http://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/eugene-m-whelan/

   
    FF Edward James White III, 30, World Trade Center, September 11, 2001

         

          http://www.firehero.org/fallen-firefighter/edward-j-white-iii/

 

[mack]

Engine 19/Boat Tender 2  firehouse 355 W 25th Street  Chelsea, Manhattan

    Engine 19 organized 355 W 25th Street former firehouse volunteer Mazeppa Engine 48      1865
    Engine 19 moved to 338 W 25th Street                                                                          1879
    Engine 19 returned to 355 W 25th Street                                                                        1880
    Engine 19 disbanded                                                                                                    1947

    Boat Tender 2 organized 355 W 25th Street at Engine 19                                                1893
    Boat Tender 2 disbanded                                                                                              1909


355 W 25th Street 1938:



Engine 19 1939 WLF 1000 GPM pumper:


Engine 19 LODDs:

    FF David McBride, February 17, 1882

    FF Thomas Madigan, box 66-44-432, 654 W 30th Street, falling wall, April 27, 1904

    Never forget.


Notes: Engine 19's firehouse was built in 1864 by volunteer Mazeppa Engine 48.

    Mazeppa Engine 48 organized Fitzroy Road and 19th Street                                              1828
    Mazeppa Engine 48 moved to W 13th Street and 6th Avenue                                            1842
    Mazeppa Engine 48 moved to 152 W 26th Street                                                            1843
    Mazeppa Engine 48 moved to W 24th Street and 7th Avenue                                            1851
    Mazeppa Engine 48 moved to 227 (355) W 25th Street                                                    1864

Pre-FDNY volunteer companies selected nicknames for their respective companies.  Engine 48 was known as "Mazeppa" Engine 48.  "Mazeppa" was a name associated with bravery and strength.

Ivan Stepanovich Mazeppa was a Cossack "hetman," or leader, during the late 1600s. Mazeppa built numerous churches, libraries and educational institutions throughout Ukraine during his rule. He bravely stood up to the Russian Czar, Peter the Great, and was the subject of operas, poems and songs. Byron's poem "Mazeppa" details Mazeppa's affair in his youth with a Polish noblewoman and his subsequent punishment, being tied naked to a wild horse by her angry husband. As the legend goes, Mazeppa, though almost killed by the experience, was carried by the horse to the Cossacks of the Ukrainian steppes, where he eventually became ruler. 



Annual report (1800s) - Mazeppa Engine, No. 48:

"Foreman, Charles Cowan. Located 163 West Twenty-fourth street; performs duty in the second and third districts. House ordinary, and too small; new house building at No. 227 West Twenty-fifth street; engine second class, piano, crane-neck style, 8-inch cylinders, 9-inch stroke, in good condition; built in 1855, by James Smith; formerly belonged to Engine Company No. 40; present number of men, 50; 200 feet of hose bad, and 400 feet good. Also, a hose tender, in ordinary condition."  - the History Box

 

[mack]

Corrected pictures for above Engine 19 post:


Engine 19/Boat Tender 2  firehouse 355 W 25th Street  Chelsea, Manhattan


355 W 25th Street 1938:



Engine 19  1939 WLF 1000 GPM pumper:

 

[HCO]

Mack - The FDNY Boat Tenders were modified High Pressure Hose Wagons that carried large diameter hose and large deck pipes. FDNY originally had a few horse drawn and later a few motorized Boat Tenders. See Calderone's "Services Not Required". The Fireboat Tenders SMOKE & later SMOKE II were actually small fireboats. It is unlikely they would have even a small fireboat running out of the quarters of Engine 19, which was about three blocks away from the Hudson River or any other body of water.

 

[mack]

Thanks HCO.  The generalized description about Boat Tenders was confusing.  There were many engine companies in different boros which shared quarters with engine companies in the late 1890s through the early 1900s.  They were seperate units with designated assignments on first alarms on boxes.

 

[fdhistorian]

Mack - The FDNY Boat Tenders were modified High Pressure Hose Wagons that carried large diameter hose and large deck pipes. FDNY originally had a few horse drawn and later a few motorized Boat Tenders. See Calderone's "Services Not Required". The Fireboat Tenders SMOKE & later SMOKE II were actually small fireboats. It is unlikely they would have even a small fireboat running out of the quarters of Engine 19, which was about three blocks away from the Hudson River or any other body of water.

The Fireboat Tenders were smaller boats than the Engine Company Fireboats and included the Velox, Captain Connell, Smoke, and Smoke II.  I don't think that the first Smoke was known as Smoke I because how could they have known that its replacement would also be named Smoke?

Their were nine Boat Tenders as described by HCO.  BT 6, 8, 9 were renumbered as 2, 3, and 4 in 1917, while 7 was disbanded.

 

[mack]

FDNY had Boat Tenders between 1893 and 1933 at many locations to include:

E 8 (E 208); E 12 (E 212); L 15; L 10; E 34; E 268; E 19; L 131; L 18; L 115; L 59; L65

There were up to 9 Boat Tenders in service in the early 1900s up to 1917.  The are listed on assignment cards as 1st alarm units. 

 

[mack]

Engine 306 - firehouse  40-18 214th Place, Bayside, Queens

    - Company visited during NYC Firenet Get-Together October 2014


Ladder 152 was located at 40-18 214th Place from 1924-1960


History from Engine 306 website:

    Organized: November 15, 1924

    Disbanded: July 2, 1975

    Reorganized: July 4, 1975

"Engine Company 306, 40-18  214th Place, Queens. This Bayside engine company entered service on November 15, 1924, at 40-18  214th Place to replace the volunteer company, Bayside Engine 1. Their first apparatus was a 1924 American LaFrance 700-gpm engine. Two members of Engine company 306 have made the Supreme Sacrifice--Firefighter Charles R. Nagle in 1926 and Firefighter Antonio J. Assent in 1951. In 1926 Firefighter Charles R. Nagle received a medal for his heroic actions. Engine company 306 has received three Unit Citations. Their response area is widespread and consists primarily of residential dwellings of newer construction, small apartments, and storefronts. Engine company 306 is one of the first-due engines into the Fire Academy located at Fort Totten. The Bayside Bulls currently respond with a 1993 Seagrave 1000-gpm pumper."

Interesting facts:

Engine company 306 member receives posthumous award...first time in department history.

Engine company 306 member...first line of duty death in a confined space.

Engine company 306 responded to Box # 55-8087 on September 11, 2001. 


Engine 306 website:  http://engine306.tripod.com/id4.html

Awards:

2014 Frank T. Tuttlemondo Award - Captain Frederick N. Fuchs, Engine 306, Queens Box 75-6128, March 11, 2013:




2014 Service B Award - FF Stephen Bounavita, Engine 306, Queens Box 75-6128, March 11, 2013.


40-18  214th Place firehouse 1926:




Orders:


Engine 306 1939 Ward LaFrance 1000gpm w/no booster tank (Shop #38869):


Thanks for apparatus correction - John, Ray, 3511 and Gman.

October 2014:



Engine 306 - Pictures from "Irish" taken during October get-together:

 

[johnd248]

I could be wrong but the rig listed as a 1924 is probably closer to 1942.

 

[raybrag]

I could be wrong but the rig listed as a 1924 is probably closer to 1942.

And it's a Ward LaFrance, not an ALF.

 

[3511]

1939 Ward Lafrance. 1000gpm. Not a popular rig. Broke down often and tough to steer. Matching hose wagons were the last large batch of wagons (except for 3 Macks in 1941) to be purchased for frontline use.

 

[guitarman314]

I could be wrong but the rig listed as a 1924 is probably closer to 1942.

  It's a 1939 Ward LaFrance 1000gpm w/no booster tank (Shop #38869) that served E306 until 1958 when a new 1958 Mack C 750gpm pumper was assigned to them.