Ladder 30 - 100 Years
FDNY, NEW YORK FIRE NEWS
By JASON THOMASMAY 21, 200712:04 PM
On Saturday May 21, 2007 Ladder 30 of the FDNY celebrated their 100 years in service. Ladder 30 is also known as “The Harlem Zoo” becuase of having to fight fires in the always changing neighborhood over the last 100 years. Ladder 30 shares a house with Engine 59 in Harlem New York.
“The guys that were on the job when I came on the job, we had some World War II vets, and we used to kid them quite a lot,” said FDNY Battalion Commander Frank Donnelly.
“The first thing I have to do is straighten out a rumor that Lieutenant Lester Kirk and Chief Billmore we here when the company was organized 100 years ago,” said FDNY Chief William Siegal.
Ladder 30 has responded to some major events in their history. Fires included the General Slocum steamer fire in 1904 in which more then 1000 people died (most of them children), and the Collyer Brothers Mansion in 1947.
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FDNY, NEW YORK FIRE NEWS
By JASON THOMASMAY 21, 200712:04 PM
FDNY – HARLEM LADDER 30 CELEBRATES 100 YEARS
On Saturday May 21, 2007 Ladder 30 of the FDNY celebrated their 100 years in service. Ladder 30 is also known as “The Harlem Zoo” becuase of having to fight fires in the always changing neighborhood over the last 100 years. Ladder 30 shares a house with Engine 59 in Harlem New York.
“The guys that were on the job when I came on the job, we had some World War II vets, and we used to kid them quite a lot,” said FDNY Battalion Commander Frank Donnelly.
“The first thing I have to do is straighten out a rumor that Lieutenant Lester Kirk and Chief Billmore we here when the company was organized 100 years ago,” said FDNY Chief William Siegal.
Ladder 30 has responded to some major events in their history. Fires included the General Slocum steamer fire in 1904 in which more then 1000 people died (most of them children), and the Collyer Brothers Mansion in 1947.
FDNY – Harlem Ladder 30 Celebrates 100 Years
On Saturday May 21, 2007 Ladder 30 of the FDNY celebrated their 100 years in service. Ladder 30 is also known as “The Harlem Zoo” becuase of having to fight fires in the always changing…
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