Engine 91's Quarters

[anesti]

Okay so me and a friend accidentally drove by it today and  it got me wondering How old is the firehouse and why is it so huge, and a three bay house but yet from what i know only engine 91 is there anyone now if there was another company there at anyone time or if there might be a reserve rig or other special ops rig stored there now?

 

[johnd248]

At one time, there was Engine 91-2, a section section of Engine 91.  Also, I believe there was a communication unit (splicer) that operated out of that house, and possibly a fire marshal unit.

 

[catry]

When the house was first opened in 1913 it held E91 and L43, and a few years later E91-2 (officially disbanded 1974).  Ladder 43 also moved out in 1974 into a new house with E53.  It has since then also housed Division 4 (1949-1956), Battalion 25 (1969-1989), and Salvage Unit 2 (1979-1991).  Now Engine 91's house is home to the engine and RAC1.

 

[guitarman314]

  BTW, that type of firehouse, had a solid wall dividing the engine and ladder, also E93/L45 and E264/E328/L134 firehouses are the almost identical. In fact, both E91/L43 and E93L/45 firehouses were opened on the same day, March 20, 1913.

 

[catry]

   BTW, that type of firehouse, had a solid wall dividing the engine and ladder, also E93/L45 and E264/E328/L134 firehouses are the almost identical. In fact, both E91/L43 and E93L/45 firehouses were opened on the same day, March 20, 1913.

Don't forget E92/L44!

 

[guitarman314]

   BTW, that type of firehouse, had a solid wall dividing the engine and ladder, also E93/L45 and E264/E328/L134 firehouses are the almost identical. In fact, both E91/L43 and E93L/45 firehouses were opened on the same day, March 20, 1913.

Don't forget E92/L44!

  Yes, but the three I mentioned are 3 bay firehouses built in 1913.

 

[anesti]

When the house was first opened in 1913 it held E91 and L43, and a few years later E91-2 (officially disbanded 1974).  Ladder 43 also moved out in 1974 into a new house with E53.  It has since then also housed Division 4 (1949-1956), Battalion 25 (1969-1989), and Salvage Unit 2 (1979-1991).   Now Engine 91's house is home to the engine and RAC1.

thanx for the info guys for some reson i thought rac came out of engine 76

 

[FDNY150]

Bronx Communications Electricians still operate out of the house.

 

[tbendick]

91 also keeps a reserve Ladder in the house.  Not sure which unit Ladder 7XX. Bay all the way to the right is communications.

 

[HCO]

The reserve ladder is 701, currently a 1991 Seagrave rearmount.

 

[catry]

I believe the 91's have mostly been retired and replaced by 94's.