My younger Buff years

[guitarman314]

Holy cow! Where did you get that photo? That was at the old P.S. 9 school, on Jan. 3, 1963, Box 2148 a 5th Alarmer which I got to see. The CD pumper was Engine 83's wagon, the truck is my all-time favorite rig, Ladder 17's 1953 American LaFrance and the 1960 Ward LaFrance Firebrand pumper on the left is Engine 46 which responded on the 5th but was positioned directly in front of the fire building. An interesting thing about that CD pumper was that 1st due E83 was able to mount an exterior attack by placing two master streams on the fire using the cab roof multiversal on their 1000GPM Mack C and relaying water to the deck gun of their WLF CD49 hosewagon pumper. 1st due L29 used 2 ladderpipes (one on the tip and one under the bed ladder) while L17 used their 35 ft. bed ladder mounted ladderpipe. 2nd due E60 placed their multiversal in a  courtyard on the exposure 2 side. That fire happened on a night when a couple of ladder companies (L14 & L30) were running with "woodstick" spares and could not fight the fire with ladderpipes.

 

[mack]

Gman - you are amazing.  I think if someone found a story of ancient Rome burning, you would know the first alarm units.  The picture was in UFA's "Fire Lines" (No 1, 2009).  They described the fire  "The morning after, units are still at the scene of a seven-alarm fire that destroyed PS # 9 at Brown Place and East 138th Street in the Bronx on January 3, 1963."  Your memory is unbelieveable.  Thanks for the details.

 

[nfd2004]

You are right "Mack". That G-man sure knows his stuff. This is not the first time that this guy (G-man) has amazed me with his FDNY knowledge. G-man you should write a book. Don't get me wrong, there's alot of guys out there and on this site that also know their stuff. 
  "Mack" those are some Great pictures too. You made my day by posting them.

 

[mack]

These are pictures I found of the old Engine 248 and Bn 41 firehouse on 2261 Church Avenue - an old Brooklyn Fire Department quarters.  It was my father's probie company.  There were always white and green cake boxes in the kitchen from Ebinger's bakery.  
 

 

[mack]

Another old Coney Island firehouse - Engine 244.  It was on W 15th St and is gone now.  Bloomberg disbanded the company in 1968.  I guess it would have been 1st due at Nathan's.

 

[mack]

Pictures of old E 245/L 161/Bn 43 firehouse on W 8th St, Coney Island.

 

[anesti]

Another old Coney Island firehouse - Engine 244.  It was on W 15th St and is gone now.  Bloomberg disbanded the company in 1968.  I guess it would have been 1st due at Nathan's.

LOL Didnt know bloomberg was mayor of new york city for 41 straight years!!! if that was the case we all wouldnt be on nycfire.net as every single company will have been disbanded leaving us with no fire protection.

 

[mack]

E 10 with L 15 in their old quarters on 73 Water St before their divorce.  This looks like a picture from the 1930s to 1940s.  Gman would know.

 

[mack]

This was labeled E 52's firehouse.

 

[mack]

Engine 159 on Richmond Rd, in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, before their "new" and current firehouse was built in 1930.

 

[mack]

169 Schofield St, City Island, old quarters of E 70, L 53.

 

[mack]

Engine 214 old quarters  231 Herkimer St.

 

[mack]

2504 Webster Avenue - home of E 48 until 1977.

 

[nfd2004]

2504 Webster Avenue - home of E 48 until 1977.

After the home of Engine 48, it became the home of Fire Salvage 3. A model cities program to take care of salvage work in residential buildings. When Salvage was closed down, I caught a Second Alarm in this old Webster Ave Firehouse. I heard there was another second alarm shortly after that again in the old fire house.

 

[vbcapt]

The picture of E10/L15's old house. Is the building behind it the old police precinct which is now the NYPD museum at Old Slip & South Street?

 

[guitarman314]

Engine 159 on Richmond Rd, in Dongan Hills, Staten Island, before their "new" and current firehouse was built in 1930.

That's Ladder 81 with a City Service (no aerial) Ladder truck. When that house was demolished to build E159's present house L81 moved in with E160. Later on June 25, 1960 seven days after L85 was placed in service down the road they relocated to their present home with E161 on McLean Ave.

 

[guitarman314]

Pictures of old E 245/L 161/Bn 43 firehouse on W 8th St, Coney Island.

The bottom photo of E245/E326/L161 firehouse at 2929 W. 8th St. also shows E245's old wood frame volunteer house at 2919 W. 8th St. to the left.

 

[guitarman314]

The picture of E10/L15's old house. Is the building behind it the old police precinct which is now the NYPD museum at Old Slip & South Street?

I believe that building behind the firehouse was also the Assay Office where you took valuables to be appraised.

 

[mack]

Gman - Has to be NYPD Museum.

 

[guitarman314]

Gman - Has to be NYPD Museum.

Yes it is but it was also the Assay Office and a Police Precinct house before.