SOC Quarters

thefirefreak911 · Aug 30, 2023

was SOC quarters purpose build for SOC or was it a regular house before becoming SOC?

Skyler Fire · Aug 30, 2023

thefirefreak911 said:
was SOC quarters purpose build for SOC or was it a regular house before becoming SOC?

MSU I believe

68jk09 · Aug 30, 2023

thefirefreak911 said:
was SOC quarters purpose build for SOC or was it a regular house before becoming SOC?

It was built to be a FH for Units that were never organized....the Fire Marshalls were there for awhile until SOC took it over.

Sfdc111 · Aug 30, 2023

68jk09 said:
It was built to be a FH for Units that were never organized....the Fire Marshalls were there for awhile until SOC took it over.

Was there ever company numbers assigned or did it not get that far?

68jk09 · Sep 2, 2023

^^^^ Never heard a suggested Company number.......the FH is also used to stage Units during a planned shutdown of the Bridge or other large scale water events......on another Roosevelt Island Bridge OOS subject part of a contingency response plan is Manhattan Units responding on the Subway to the Island's stop.....at the present time there may be a Service interruption at times for work on that Subway Line.... https://www.google.com/search?q=Ser...0l2j33i299.26371j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

thefirefreak911 · Sep 3, 2023

68jk09 said:
^^^^ Never heard a suggested Company number.......the FH is also used to stage Units during a planned shutdown of the Bridge or other large scale water events......on another Roosevelt Island Bridge OOS subject part of a contingency response plan is Manhattan Units responding on the Subway to the Island's stop.....at the present time there may be a Service interruption at times for work on that Subway Line.... https://www.google.com/search?q=Ser...0l2j33i299.26371j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

so my guess would be that the 500 engine stationed there is kept ready incase a fire breaks out during shutdowns

In2theJob · Sep 4, 2023

thefirefreak911 said:
so my guess would be that the 500 engine stationed there is kept ready incase a fire breaks out during shutdowns

If there is just a planned bridge work then they will relocated an engine and ladder to the island for the day. Sometimes takes a couple of days, so they will rotate the companies.

They will use the reserve rigs and staff an engine and ladder over there for when the UN is in assembly. All boat traffic is shut down on the west side of the island and forced to the East which causes the bridge to go up and down multiple times a day.

The bridge was never that reliable and tends to get stuck up or out of alignment. Hence the need to have units staffed.

thefirefreak911 · Sep 4, 2023

In2theJob said:
If there is just a planned bridge work then they will relocated an engine and ladder to the island for the day. Sometimes takes a couple of days, so they will rotate the companies.

They will use the reserve rigs and staff an engine and ladder over there for when the UN is in assembly. All boat traffic is shut down on the west side of the island and forced to the East which causes the bridge to go up and down multiple times a day.

The bridge was never that reliable and tends to get stuck up or out of alignment. Hence the need to have units staffed.

time to fix/replace the bridge

memorymaster · Sep 4, 2023

thefirefreak911 said:
time to fix/replace the bridge

The time for that was when it was built.

thefirefreak911 · Sep 4, 2023

memorymaster said:
The time for that was when it was built.

true but now they can fix that mistake

NYBravest82 · Sep 4, 2023

thefirefreak911 said:
true but now they can fix that mistake

If only the city worked that way.