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Both the Mystic and the Old Mystic fire departments have one station each in the towns of Groton and Stonington. Groton units are dispatched from Groton while Stonington is dispatched from Westerly, Rhode Island. The Sub Base FD is dispatched from Virginia.

Groton Fire Alarm dispatches: Dept 1 & 2 - Groton City FD - 2 stations Dept 3 - Poquonnock Bridge FD - 2 stations Dept 4 - Noank FD - 1 station Dept 5 - Mystic FD - 2 stations (one in Town of Stonington) Dept 6 - Old Mystic FD - 2 stations (one in Town of Stonington) Dept 7 - Center Groton FD -...

The pictured firehouse was constructed in 1882. The firehouse pictured with a tiller in front was constructed in 1949. Engine 49 was always a combination company (one crew staffing engine and ladder apparatus). The 750 Main St firehouse was constructed in 1981. The Fire Academy moved to the...

In the HISTORY section on this site, forum FDNY, sub forum Houses/Stations, Mack has posted loads of information, photos, articles and links about Engine 49 and the history of Blackwells/Welfare/Roosevelt Island. Take a look at these pages...

E290/L103 was lettered E296/L145 when opened.

From 1929 to 1961, no new ladder companies were organized. In the 1960's, eight new ladders were established. In the Bronx, Ladders 54 and 55 received the next available numbers, and on Staten Island, Ladders 85 and 86 were next up. In Brooklyn and Queens, the next up numbers began at 171, but...

Newest unit - E168 (technically S8 existed before (1960-1966 in Manhattan) and so did E168 (1905-1913 in Queens) - 2005 Newest station - 1815 Sterling Pl- R2 - 2019 Newest EMS Station - 49 - 2022 Manhattan increased in area when fill from the World Trade Center created the Battery Park City area.

Newark had a foam unit (Engine 35/Foam 1) until 1983 at the port.

Exactly. The reach of a stream operated from 600 feet up is no different than a stream operated at ground level. As it breaks up into droplets, it becomes just like rain. Getting pressure up to that height is the challenge. Building fire pumps are critical.

10, 39, 40 were renumbered to present day 29, 30, 31 45, 47, 43 were renumbered to present day 35, 37, 33

Paul Hashagen's Fire Department City of New York, 2000, Turner Publishing WNYF magazine World Almanac, Brooklyn Public Library

207 W 77th St firehouse was built for Engine 74 and Ladder 25. The firehouse at 120 W 83rd St was built for Engine 56.

Firehouse closures are more political than scientific. Communities fight to keep the local firehouse from being closed but oppose new ones (not in my back yard). Firehouses are positioned for response time/distance. Companies are deployed for effectiveness in operations and are more easily...

15 & 17 were further apart until a new firehouse was built between them for 17, 35 & 36 were also further apart until a new firehouse was built between them for 35, 82 & 85 started out together in 82s house

Engine 11 was similarly and previously re-activated temporarily for the Callahan Tunnel closure 10 years ago.

January 3, 1991 Engine 17, Engine 294, and Marine 2 were disbanded Engine 15 moved to Engine 17s location, 10 years later Engine 294 was re-instated, 3 years later Marine 1 is now in Marine 2s location, 20 years later

Google Maps; Ray Campos/WTKR Before and after pictures of the home shows the fire's damage.

Studies have been done every decade since the 1980's. The most common evaluation is regarding time to accomplish tasks. Staffing has been evaluated in the performance of simple and complex tasks but is difficult to assess for multiple simultaneous tasks due the differences in training...

https://www.nycfire.net/forums/threads/fdny-frequently-asked-questions.1273/ Q: What is the "G-Man Theory or *G-Man* A: The "G-Man Theory", postulated many moons ago by long-time member (and mean ax-man) Guitarman314. For every 10-75 or greater job, the one thing that is most probable is that...