MOST ACTIVE BOX IN MANHATTAN

[manhattan]

Does anyone know the most active box/boxes in Manhattan for:
  A:  Fire response
  B:  EMS response
  C:  10-92's?

Even if official figures aren't kept in this manner, perhaps someone on the job has an idea.

 

[FDNY150]

This is just going to be a theory, look at the run statistics for the companies in the borough. Although you have companies like L-2 and L-4 doing a ton of Class 3's you could consider them fire runs. Hence the busiest box would be in midtown. About the best I can suggest to you for a pattern of research.

 

[FD347]

I don't think anyone keeps stats like that. As suggested by my friend, 150, the midtown Class E's would probably rank up there. I don't know if it's still like it was when I was there, but every day between 8 and 9 AM, as businesses open, the same alarms would come in. 55 Water St (Box 24 terminal 20, it's ingrained in my mind even after all these years!) was a daily occurrence, as was the Kenmare Hotel, The Bowery Mission, etc.

Try listening for patterns like this.

 

[turk132]

I know you used to be able to search the intranet at the fire house and get a print out of runs during a range of dates. I was searching a particular box because of excessive EMS runs to document our responses. I guess you would need all the Manhattan box numbers, and search them all for a set range of dates to came up with the most active.

 

[johnd248]

If you are doing that try the 700 and 800 range of Manhattan box numbers.  They are all in Mid-Town.

 

[FDNY150]

When I worked in Manhattan, the boxes beaten into our heads were 684, terminal 1. (Bellevue Mens Shelter), 715(Empire State Building), and up until that morning 7 years ago, 8084 and 8087, 1 and 2 WTC respectively. It actually got to a point where the Alarm Company would call and tell us the Box number, and we could finish off the rest of the call without the operator saying a word. 684, Terminal 1, 400 thru 430 East 30 Street, 1st Avenue, Automatic, Bellevue Mens Shelter, New York Merchants....

 

[catry]

On the subject of 10-35 code 2s, I hear ERS Box 610 (VA Medical Center), Class 3 Box 684, Class 3 Box 8158 (Bellevue Hospital).  Not a day seems to go by without at least 1 of these going off or hearing TL7's EQ2B racing to one of them.  ERS/Class 3 Box 8156 (Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island) also seems to go out a lot.

As for 10-92s, sometimes seems like every box that Battalion 13 gets after 8 pm is either a 10-92 or a 10-75...