FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies

[mack]

Engine 1/Ladder 24/Division 3/Search Light 1 /Water Tower 3    firehouses  Midtown West, Manhattan

    Engine 1 organized 1 Center Street former volunteer firehouse Northern Liberty Engine 42          1865
    Engine 1 disbanded                                                                                                                1868
    Engine 1 reorganized 165 West 29th Street                                                                              1873
    Engine 1 moved 118 West 33rd Street                                                                                      1881
    Engine 1 new firehouse 165 West 29th Street                                                                            1881
    Engine 1 moved 104 (240) West 30th Street at NYFP 3                                                              1906
    Engine 1 moved 165 West 29th Street                                                                                      1907
    Engine 1 new firehouse 142 West 31st Street w/Ladder 24                                                        1946
    Engine 1 moved 440 West 38th Street at Engine 34                                                                  2002
    Engine 1 moved 142 West 31st Street w/Ladder 24                                                                  2004

    Ladder 24 organized 115 West 33rd Street w/Water Tower 3                                                    1901
    Ladder 24 new firehouse 142 West 31st Street w/Engine 1                                                        1946
    Ladder 24 moved 220 West 37th Street at Engine 26                                                                2002
    Ladder 24 moved 142 West 31st Street w/Engine 1                                                                  2004

    Division 2 located 165 West 29th Street at Engine 1                                                        1897-1902
    Division 2 located 115 West 33rd Street at Ladder 24                                                      1902-1906

    Division 3 located 115 West 33rd Street at Ladder 24                                                      1906-1946
    Division 3 located 142 West 31st Street at Engine 1                                            1946-1951, 1956-?

    Water Tower 3 located 115 West 33rd Street at Ladder 24                                                1901-1946
    Water Tower 3 located at 142 West 31st Street at Engine 1                                                1946-1957
    Water Tower 3 disbanded                                                                                                        1957   

    Search Light 1 located 115 West 33rd Street at Ladder 24                                                1938-1946 
    Search Light 1 located 142 West 31st Street at Engine 1                              1946-1955, 1959-present   
                                                         

Firehouses:

Engine 1 in front of initial firehouse 165 West 29th Street  1873-1881:


Engine 1 firehouse 165 West 29th Street  1881-1946:





Engine 1 firehouse 104 (240) West 30 Street at NYFP 3  1906-1907:







Ladder 24 former firehouse  115 West 33rd Street 1901-1946:





Engine 1/Ladder 24 firehouse  142 West 31st Street 1946-present:











Apparatus:

Engine 1 Amoskeag steamer circa 1865:





Engine 1 steamer:





Engine 1 1912 Cross tractor/1918 American steamer:



Engine 1 1923 ALF 700 GPM pumper:











Engine 1 1929 Seagrave hose wagon:





Engine 1 1934 Seagrave 1000 GPM pumper/1929 Seagrave hose wagon:



Engine 1 1947 ALF 750 GPM pumper:



Engine 1 1988 Mack 1000 GPM pumper at 1997 3rd alarm:



Engine 1 2010 Seagrave 2000 GPM pumper:











Engine 1 apparatus - year/reg number/description:
        1865                Amoskeag 1st Size, Double Vertical Round Tank
      2 Wheel Hose Cart
1873 437       1873 Amoskeag 2nd Size, Crane Neck
      2 Wheel Hose Cart
1882 381       1882 Clapp & Jones 2nd Size, Coil 32" x 60" Style D
1882 42       1882 FEMCO 4 Wheel Hose Tender Seats
1891 14       1891 Gleason & Bailey Hose Wagon
1894 351       1880 Clapp & Jones 1st Size
1898 2575       1898 American 1st Size Water, Tube 36" x 66"
1898 58       1898 Gleason & Bailey Hose Wagon
1905 100       1905 Perkins Hose Wagon
1906 125       1906 Seagrave Hose Wagon
1915       1915 Christie front wheel tractor placed under #2575
        1915 101        1915 Mack Hose Wagon with turret
        1923 4271       1923 American LaFrance 700 GPM with turret
        1929 177       1929 Seagrave Hose Wagon
        1946 2192       1946 Ward LaFrance 750 GPM
        1947 9029       1947 American LaFrance 750 GPM
        1954 1089       1954 Mack 1000 GPM
        1962 1152       1962 Mack 1000 GPM, Booster, Closed Cab
        1969 MP6931  1969 Mack 1000 GPM, Diesel
        1980 MP7916  1979 Mack 1000 GPM
        1989 MP8801  1988 Mack 1000 GPM, Body by Ward White Over Red
        1998 SP9821  1998 Seagrave 1000 GPM


Ladder 24 1948 ALF 85 ft aerial:







Ladder 24 1959 Mack 100 ft aerial:





Ladder 24 1987 Seagrave 100 ft rearmount:





Ladder 24 Seagrave aerial:









Ladder 24 2011 100 ft Ferrara aerial:





Engine 1/Ladder 24:









Division 3:





Water Tower 3 1928 Seagrave:



Search Light 1 1937 WLF




Engine 1/Ladder 24 responding:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpRW3Qb9RSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjLEunUdKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ib5Q0eLy5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZIR_avYY2s


Volunteer history: 

Initial quarters of Engine 1, the first company of the paid Metropolitan Fire Department in 1865, belonged to "Northern Liberty" Engine Company 42.  The volunteer company was organized in 1840 and was located on Beaver Street, John Street, Nassau Street and finally Center Street in 1860 before being disbanded in 1865 for the new paid fire department.  Engine 1 also used the steam pumper which was used by the volunteers.


Neighborhood:

Midtown West:  ?Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in the United States and ranks among the most intensely used pieces of real estate in the world. While Lower Manhattan is the main financial center, Midtown is the country's largest commercial, entertainment, and media center; Midtown Manhattan is also a growing financial center, second in importance in the United States only to Lower Manhattan's Financial District. The majority of New York City's skyscrapers, including its tallest hotels and apartment towers, lie within Midtown. The area hosts commuters and residents working in its offices, hotels, and retail establishments; many tourists, visiting residents, and students populate the district. Some areas, such as Times Square and the Fifth Avenue corridor, have large clusters of retail stores, and Times Square is the center of Broadway theatre. The Avenue of the Americas holds the headquarters of three of the four major U.S. television networks.? Wikipedia



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX9jqz3xH6k


Neighborhood was  previously called the NYC ?Tenderloin?:  ?In the 1870s, when the block ground zero for prostitution, with 22 houses of ill repute lining both sides of the street. That?s in addition to dozens of other brothels on nearby blocks. This was the city?s post?Civil War neighborhood of vice, called the Tenderloin, a sinful stretch of 23rd to 42nd Streets between Sixth and Eighth Avenues.?  Ephemeral New York

https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/the-tenderloin-new-york-city/


Midtown Manhattan growth simulation (expand to full screen when viewing):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NULrNgCVbT8

 

[FDNY793727]

Just another video of Midtown Madness responding from quarters: http://youtu.be/ko8qAAj9oe0

Not sure if I misunderstand the post but it says "Division 3 located 142 West 31st Street at Engine 1 1946-1951, 1956-present". Division 3 is no longer there (even though it still says so on the front of the firehouse). Division 3 is now with Ladder 25. Engine 1/Ladder 24 are actually in Division 1 now. Does anyone know when or why that happened?

 

[mack]

[quote
Not sure if I misunderstand the post but it says "Division 3 located 142 West 31st Street at Engine 1 1946-1951, 1956-present". Division 3 is no longer there (even though it still says so on the front of the firehouse). Division 3 is now with Ladder 25. Engine 1/Ladder 24 are actually in Division 1 now. Does anyone know when or why that happened?
[/quote]

FDNY793727 - Thanks for correction - not sure when they moved to Ladder 25.

 

[fdny1075k]

Here are the past locations of Division 3 and recent Division relocations into and out of Manhattan around the time when the 3rd was still with Engine 1/Ladder 24.

Manhattan:

160 E. 33rd St. (Battalion 8 ) (1/1/1869 - 11/30/1897)
235 W. 58th St. (Engine 23) (11/30/1897 - 6/12/1902)
205 W. 77th St. (Ladder 25) (6/12/1902 - 12/30/1903)
126 E. 50th St. (Ladder 2) (12/30/1903 - 3/1/1904)
221 E. 75th St. (Engine 44) (3/1/1904 - 7/1/1904)
52 E. 114th St. (Ladder 26) (7/1/1904 - 11/1/1906)
115 W. 33rd St. (Ladder 24) (11/1/1906 - 11/3/1946)
142 E. 31st St. (Engine 1, Ladder 24) (11/3/1946 - 5/14/1951)
215 W. 58th St. (Engine 23) (5/14/1951 - 6/1/1956)
142 E. 31st St. (Engine 1, Ladder 24) (6/1/1956 - 1/1/1995)

Bronx:

750 Melrose Ave. (Engine 71, Ladder 55) (1/1/1995 - 1/5/1995)
*Division 2 reorganized at 205 W. 77th St. (Ladder 25) (1/1/1995 - 1/5/1995 Disbanded)

Manhattan:

142 E. 31st St. (Engine 1, Ladder 24) (1/5/1995 - 3/21/1995)
*Division 5 relocated to 2282 3rd Ave. (Engine 35) from Queens (1/5/1995 - 3/21/1995)

Bronx:

750 Melrose Ave. (Engine 71, Ladder 55) (3/21/1995 - 1/25/1997)
*Division 2 reorganized at 205 W. 77th St. (Ladder 25) (3/21/1995 - 1/25/1997)

Manhattan:

205 W. 77th St. (Ladder 25) (1/25/1997 - 4/8/2003)
215 W. 58th St. (Engine 23) (4/8/2003 - 6/23/2004)
205 W. 77th St. (Ladder 25) (6/23/2003 - Present)

 

[68jk09]

[quote
Not sure if I misunderstand the post but it says "Division 3 located 142 West 31st Street at Engine 1 1946-1951, 1956-present". Division 3 is no longer there (even though it still says so on the front of the firehouse). Division 3 is now with Ladder 25. Engine 1/Ladder 24 are actually in Division 1 now. Does anyone know when or why that happened?

FDNY793727 - Thanks for correction - not sure when they moved to Ladder 25.
[/quote]DV *3 moved up to LAD*25 when DV*5 was disbanded they picked up part of DV*5s area & the 6th & 7th picked up the rest.

 

[soda-acid]

I believe the address should be 142 West 31 St. not 142 East 31 St.

 

[mack]

Engine 1/Ladder 24 LODDs:

    FF Robert Wintringham, Engine 1
    Date Of Injury: Aug. 14, 1865, Date Of Death: Aug. 24, 1865
    Box: 7 District, Address: Front St. & Maiden La.
    Cause: Run Over By Tender at Barnum's Museum Fire

    Captain John T. Andariese, Engine 1
    Date of Death: Feb. 26, 1903
    Box: 66-44-341 Address: 837-847 Broadway
    Cause: Fell Down Burnout Stairs, 5th Floor to 2nd Floor

    Lieutenant John E. Murphy, Engine 1
    Date of Injury: Dec. 24, 1939, Date of Death: Dec. 27, 1939
    Box: 66-630 Address: 148 E. 24th St.
    Cause: Killed By Horse

    FF James J. Ryan #4, Engine 1
    Date of Death: Feb. 16, 1945
    Box: 66-22-785 Address: 365 W. 42nd St. 
    Cause: Overcome By smoke

    FF Thomas Halpin, Ladder 24
    Date of Death:  March 26, 1906
    Box: 66-44-256 Address: 43 Downing Street
    Cause: falling wall

    FF Charles G. Lang, Ladder 24
    Date of Death:  November 22, 1961
    Box 66-55-786 Times Square Tower Fire
    Cause of Death:  Overcome by smoke

    FF Robert R. Hurst, Ladder 24
    Date of Death:  November 22, 1961
    Box 66-55-786 Times Square Tower Fire
    Cause of Death:  Overcome by smoke

   

    An exceptionally stubborn and smoky five-alarm fire erupted in the second sub-cellar of the 25-story Times Square Building, familiar as the location of the descent of the White Ball on New Year's Eve. Heavy smoke pushed throughout the entire high-rise structure. Lang and Hurst lost their lives at this fire when they got trapped and ran out of air while    searching for possible trapped occupants on the upper floors. An elevator operator also succumbed to the heavy smoke.

    FF Walter Smith, Jr.
    Date of Death: June 14, 1979
    Box 66-44-714  151 West 34th Street  Macy's Fire
    Cause of death:  overcome by smoke/burns
   
   

He was killed, and 19 others were injured, when a four-alarm fire, which started in a fifth floor storage closet of Macy's Department Store, rapidly spread throughout the fifth floor as firefighters were preparing to stretch a line. As conditions deteriorated rapidly, Smith became disoriented and separated from his company. Due to extremely heavy smoke conditions a search for the missing man could not be made until about 150 windows were taken out to help relieve the heavy smoke condition. He was found face down, in a display area. His air cylinder was empty and he had suffered extensive burns and smoke inhalation. Sprinkler system was out of service.

    Lieutenant Anthony Desperito, Engine 1
    Date of Death: September 11, 2001
    World Trade Center
   

    FF Michael Weinberg, Engine 1
    Date of Death: September 11, 2001
    World Trade Center
   

    Captain Daniel J. Brethel, Ladder 24
    Date of Death: September 11, 2001
    World Trade Center
   

    FF Stephen E. Belson, Ladder 24
    Date of Death: September 11, 2001
    World Trade Center
   


    Never forget.


Engine 1 Medal Winners:

    Capt.  James J. McCartney
    Stephenson Medal 1895, 1896

    FF Edward J. McCarthy
    Wertheim Medal Mar. 3, 1909, 1911

    Captain Martin F. Callagy
    Stephenson Medal 1921, 1922

    Lieutenant Patrick J. Murphy
    Conran Medal Jan. 1, 1942, 1943

    Captain Edward F. Meany
    Stephenson Medal 1950, 1951

    FF William B. Loughlin
    Thompson Medal May 25, 1977, 1978


Engine 1 Unit Citations:

Date         Box Address

June 22, 1964 676 337-339 West 30th Street
May 25, 1977 44-661 28 West 28th Street
February 09, 1981 22-681 23 West 31st Street
April 17, 1981 55-689 Hotel Statler, 401 7th Avenue
February 22, 1985 704 West 31st Street & Broadway
October 08, 1985 22-662 14 East 28th Street
February 27, 1994 22-662 41 East 28th Street
January 10, 1997 33-0689 209 West 30th Street
November 5, 1999 2-2-667 363 7th Avenue


Ladder 24 James Gordon Bennett Medal:

    1946 FF Arthur L. Speyer

 

[mack]

WNYF feature on June 14, 1979 Macy's fire which took the life of FF Walter Smith, Ladder 24.  Engine 1 and Ladder 24 were both 1st due units:

 

[mack]

Engine 326/Ladder 160/Purple K Unit 326/Battalion 53 firehouse 64-04 Springfield Boulevard  South Bayside, Queens

    Engine 326 re-organized 64-04 Springfield Boulevard at Ladder 160                            1984

    Notes:    Engine 326 originally organized at 2929 West 8th Street at Engine 245          1939
                  Engine 326 disbanded                                                                                1952
                  Engine 326 had been formed from Engine 242-2 which served              1904-1939     

    Ladder 160 organized 64-04 Springfield Boulevard                               1984

    Battalion 53 organized 40-18 214 Place at Engine 306                         1930
    Battalion 53 moved to 64-04 Springfield Boulevard at Engine 326                              1984

    Purple K Unit 326 organized 64-04 Springfield Boulevard at Engine 326                      2007

   
64-04 Springfield Boulevard firehouse:















Engine 326 Mack pumper:


Engine 326 pumper:




Ladder 160:





Engine 326/Ladder 160 responding:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFk3s7oG6yc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ytqHiy0p4


Purple K Units: http://issuu.com/gpfeif/docs/2008_wnyf/27


Ladder 160 LODD:

    FF Arthur K Tuck, Ladder 160, injured at Queens Box 9786 transmitted for a restaurant fire March 13, 1992.  Died as a result of injuries January 9, 1993.
 
   

    Never forget.


History:

Engine 326 w/Engine 245/Ladder 161Coney Island, Brooklyn:




Engine 326/Ladder 160 new firehouse opening ceremony July 10. 1984:







NY Times: "City's First New Firehouse in 12 Years Opens in Queens"

    By David W. Dunlap    Published: July 15, 1984
   
"Happy to have the big brick box in their tree-lined midst and eager to get a rare glimpse of their Mayor, the people of Bayside, Queens, filled Springfield Boulevard last Monday for the first opening of a New York City firehouse in 12 years.

''They got Koch here - oh, boy,'' said one to another as they looked over the quarters of two new Queens companies, Ladder 160 and Engine 326. Teen-agers lounged on the fire trucks outside. A few were chased off by a police officer who addressed each as ''Sonny.''

An almost suburban tranquillity was cracked by the sound of Emerald Society bagpipers as the ceremony began.

''They're very glad to see us,'' said Capt. Robert J. Downey of the ladder company, speaking about his new neighbors. One of them, Fire Commissioner Joseph E. Spinnato, said, ''People have been stopping by and chatting with the firefighters.'' Building Cost $2.1 Million

With a grin, he added, ''The fact that I live right behind here has absolutely nothing to do with its location.''

The construction of the firehouse began before he was sworn in as Commissioner last year.

Standing at Springfield Boulevard and 64th Avenue, the two-story, $2.1 million building is distinguished by little other than a black-and-white marble mosaic outside. It depicts firefighters at work.

What is important about the structure, city officials said, is that New York is once again building firehouses. The last one opened in Astoria, Queens, in 1972.

''In the interim, the city suffered a slight financial embarrassment,'' Borough President Donald R. Manes said. ''It's a lot better to open a firehouse than to try to keep one from closing.''

There was no money for the ladder company in the budget proposed by Mayor Koch last April. It was added in negotiations with the City Council and the Board of Estimate. How the Mural Helps

But the Mayor seemed happy to take credit for both companies yesterday before his very receptive audience. He even offered an esthetic assessment.

''The mural makes the firehouse look like a'' - pause - ''library,'' Mr. Koch said. ''Isn't that good? The mural is by Ned Smyth. Smith? Smyth?'' He was told it was Smyth. ''Well, it could've been Smith until you got hoity-toity.''

The Commissioner of General Services, Robert M. Litke, presented the second symbolic firehouse key to the Mayor. The first, made of wood, broke in half the other day when someone sat on it.

''The Mayor said it looked like a library,'' Mr. Litke said. ''The Comptroller said it blended with community design. Let me promise you it will act like a firehouse, and, when the bell goes off, it will sound like a firehouse.'' "

 

[3511]

You're on a roll, mack! Great stuff! (Aka...boodle.)

 

[mack]

Engine 284/Ladder 149/Satellite 3  firehouse  1157 79th Street  Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

    Engine 284 organized 1157 79th Street at Ladder 149                          1913

    Ladder 149 organized 1161 79th Street                                                1914

    Satellite 3 organized 9219 5th Avenue at Engine 242                            1965
    Satellite 3 moved 2318 65th Street at Engine 330                                1975
    Satellite 3 moved 1157 79th Street at Engine 284                                1991
    Satellite 3 moved 2318 65th Street at Engine 330                                1998
    Satellite 3 moved 1157 79th Street at Engine 284                                1998

    Battalion 42 located at 1157 79th Street at Engine 284                        1988

1157 79th Street firehouse 1913:


1157 79th Street firehouse:

















Engine 284:









Ladder 149:







Satellite 3:



Engine 284 responding:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3eUDg29E0

Engine 284/Sattelite 3 7th Alarm2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DpRsdlw6F8

Ladder 149 back in service:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ymjAzBcLw



Engine 284/Ladder 149 Centennial:
 
   

    http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/events/2014/041014a.shtml

    http://www.homereporternews.com/news/castle-on-the-hill-marks-years/article_51a7807e-c0e4-11e3-8ba6-0019bb2963f4.html


Hurricane Sandy:

    http://bigmedicine.ca/wordpress/2012/11/new-york-city-fdny-stories-from-hurricane-sandy-firefighter-nicholas-polovoy/#sthash.ziZ0Vrwd.dpbs


LODDs:

    FF Christopher Quinn, Engine 284, fell off hose tender responding to alarm, November 11, 1926

   


    FF Patrick J. Maloney, Ladder 149, accident returning to quarters after response, injured December 31, 1931, died August 3, 1933


    Captain Walter C. Bersig, Ladder 149, Brooklyn Box 33-1135, 3rd Avenue & 76th Street, overcome by smoke, June 27, 1961
   
   


    Captain John J. Stelmack, Engine 284, Brooklyn Box 22-1172, died as a result of injuries, June 23, 1977

   


    Never forget.


Dyker Heights neighborhood:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyker_Heights,_Brooklyn

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/realestate/dyker-heights-brooklyn-a-neighborhood-for-all-seasons.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0




Thanks fdhistorian.

 

[FDNYSTATENISLAND]

Great Stuff, Mack. Castle On The Hill, huge house.

 

[fdhistorian]

    Search Light 1 located 115 West 33rd Street at Ladder 24                                                1938-1946 
    Search Light 1 located 142 West 31st Street at Engine 1                              1946-1955, 1959-present   

Additional history:

Search Light 1 relocated to 11-15 37th Ave, Queens [Engine 260] in 1972
Search Light 1 disbanded in 1990

 

[fdhistorian]

    Engine 326 re-organized 64-04 Springfield Boulevard at Ladder 160                            1984

    Notes:    Engine 326 originally organized at 2929 West 8th Street at Engine 245          1939
                  Engine 326 disbanded                                                                                1952
                  Engine 326 had been formed from Engine 242-2 which served              1904-1939     

    Ladder 160 organized 64-04 Springfield Boulevard                               1984

Additional notes:

Engine 326 in Brooklyn was originally organized from Engine 245-2
Engine 326 in Brooklyn was disbanded and on the same day Engine 251 in Queens was reorganized in 1952

Ladder 160 was originally intended for 5105 Snyder Ave, Brooklyn [Engine 310] - Didn't happen - unknown why.
Ladder 160 was also once mentioned for 254-20 Union Tpk, Queens [Engine 251] - Didn't happen - not verified, although house was sized for a ladder company.
A ladder company was organized in 1966 at Engine 310 but was numbered 174.  160 was still available but not used.  Might have been reserved for Queens at that point, as the next two ladder companies organized were in Brooklyn.

 

[fdhistorian]

    Engine 284 organized 1157 79th Street at Ladder 149                          1913

    Ladder 149 organized 1161 79th Street                                                1913

Additional info:

Ladder 149 was organized 6 months after Engine 284 in 1914

 

[mack]

Engine 326 in Coney Island.  2929 West 8th Street old firehouse.  1937 Mack 1000 GPM.  Engine 326 was located with Engine 245/Ladder 161/Bn 43.




Coney Island had 4 engines (Engines 244, 245, 318 and 326) and 2 trucks (L 161 and L 166).  There was a history of major fires and Coney Island was a major resort/amusement area.  Engine 326 was disbanded when Coney Island was still in its heyday - 1952.


Coney Island beach 1950s weekend.



October 1, 1952 Brooklyn Eagle - Engine 326 discontinued


October 10, 1952 Brooklyn Eagle -  Union: "Poorest Protection in US"



Coney Island still had Engine 244 located at 2929 West 15th Street.  Engine 244 was disbanded in 1968 leaving Coney Island with 2 engine companies during the War Years.

 

[mack]

Engine 304/Ladder 162  firehouse  218-44 97th Street  Queens Village, Queens
    Battalion 53, Division 14 

    Engine 304 organized 217-16 Hempstead Avenue                            1923
    Engine 304 new firehouse 218-44 97th Street w/Ladder 162            1928

    Ladder 162 organized 218-44 97th Street w/Engine 304                  1928


218-44 97th Street firehouse:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   


Engine 304:

   

   

   

   

   

   


Ladder 162:

   

   

   

   

   


Engine 304 responding:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK_6rrPp53k


Ladder 162:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJnoAtqyA1w

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFr1Mjd937A


Medals:

1988 Emerald Society Medal:

    FF Joseph R. Peterson, Ladder 162

2008 Emerald Society Medal: 

    Captain Robert E. Collis, Engine 304
    January 21, 2007, 1816 hours, Queens Box 5610
    Rescue of 87 year old woman

    https://partner.hpdnyc.org/whalecom81b846a8d7ea6a1bb1b6bf/whalecom0/html/fdny/html/medal_day/2008/fire/pdf/35.pdf

2014 MJ Delehanty Medal:

    Captain Robert F. Reinhardt, Ladder 152
    April 1, 2013, 0146 hours, Queens Box 75-9722
    Rescue of child

   


Engine 304/Ladder 162 members 1933:

   


Engine 304/Ladder 162 website:

    http://www.engine304ladder162.com/


Engine 304/Ladder 162 LODDs:

    FF John F Whelan, Ladder 162, died from injuries September 9, 1969

   


    FF John J. Grogan, Engine 304, died February 15, 1975


    FF Edward J. Winewski, Engine 304, Queens Box 5773, heart attack

   


    LT Joseph P. Faughnan, Ladder 162, heart attack in quarters

   


    FF Brian P. Gaffney, Engine 304, died September 1992


    Never forget.


Queens Village neighborhood:  "Queens Village was founded as "Little Plains" in the 1640s. Homage to this part of Queens Village history is found on the sign above the Long Island Railroad Station there. In 1824, Thomas Brush established a blacksmith shop in the area. He prospered and built several other shops and a factory, and the area soon became known as "Brushville". On March 1, 1837, the railroad arrived. The first station in the area was called Flushing Avenue in 1837, Delancy Avenue by June 20, 1837, and Brushville by November 27, 1837, likely about a mile west of the present station. In 1856, residents voted to change the name from Brushville to "Queens". The name "Inglewood" also was used for both the village and the train station in the 1860s and 1870s. .... Maps from 1873 show portions of Queens Village (then called "Inglewood" and "Queens") in the town of Hempstead, but 1891 maps show it entirely in the town of Jamaica.

After the Borough of Queens became incorporated as part of the City of Greater New York in 1898, and the new county of Nassau was created in 1899, the border between the city and Nassau County was set directly east of Queens Village. A 1901 article in the Brooklyn Eagle already uses the full name Queens Village, a name that had been used as late as the 1880s for Lloyd's Neck in present-day Suffolk County. In 1923, the Long Island Railroad added ?Village? to its station?s name to avoid confusion with the county of the same name, and thus the neighborhood became known as Queens Village.

Queens Village was part of an overall housing boom that was spreading east through Queens from New York as people from the city sought the bucolic life afforded by the less-crowded atmosphere of the area. Today, many of those charming and well-maintained Dutch Colonial and Tudor homes built in Queens Village during the 1920s and 1930s currently continue to attract an interestingly diverse population."  Wikipedia

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens_Village,_Queens


1873 map - Queens Village listed as "Inglewood" in town of "Jamaica" (pre-NYC annexation):

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/1873_Beers_Map_of_Jamaica%2C_Queens%2C_New_York_City_-_Geographicus_-_Jamaica-beers-1873.jpg

 

[memory master]

Where the "Stop & Stor" sign is on the corner of 97 & Springfield, years ago was the warehouse for the now defunct "Howard Johnson's" restaurant chain. I'm sure some of you gents recall the "Hojo's."

 

[raybrag]

Their fried clam sandwich was to die for . . . followed, of course by one (or  more) of their "28 Flavors" of ice cream. 

 

[mack]

Firehouse Quotes ? from Florida FDNY Retirees

? ?If my helmet could talk, it would cough.
? ?You?re on the job, now get into the job.
? ?I?m going horizontal.
? ?You got 2 switches, ?on? and ?moron?.??
? ?Eat till you?re tired, sleep till you?re hungry, stay safe.?
? ?Engine turn out, truck turn over.?
? ?Make your words sweet in case you have to eat them.?
? ?You?re the chief, I am nothing.  That makes you the chief of nothing.?
? ?Give the hardest job to the laziest guy and he?ll find the easiest way to do it.?
? ?My father did 30 years OTJ before I got on and he told me a few good ones from back when.  He said at multiples alarms the chiefs would say ?Save the horses. the firemen we get for free?.?
? ?This job is so easy, it?s hard.?
? Meal instructions ? ?Make a lot, make it late.?
? ?You?re going to be a big man on this job.?
? ?Don?t stand when you can sit down, don?t sit down when you can lay down.?
? ?I heard it in the kitchen.  It has to be true.?
? ?Could you pass down the flavor??
? ?What you see here, what you say here, when you leave here, let it stay here.?
? ?Hey kid, who told you about this job??
? ?Never delay the end of a meeting or the start of a cocktail hour.?
? ?The most important tool on this job is a well-rested firefighter.?
? ?After a job, the engine goes to the burn center and the truck goes to the typewriter.?
? ?Eat till you sleep, sleep till you eat.?
? ?I have more time sliding the pole than you have on the job,kid.?
? ?You got to step up to f**k up ? and you really stepped up.?
? ?You?re like a blister.  You come out when the work is done.?
? ?The worst part about doing nothing is you never know when you are done.?
? ?Half the knowledge in this world can be found seated around this table. The other half comes in to work at 6 PM tonight.?
? ?I?ve got more time waiting for water than you have on the job.?
? ?No matter where you go, it?s the same circus with different clowns.?
? ?Do something, anything, even if it is wrong.?
? Junior man ? ?I?ve got a great idea.?  Senior man ? ?Good.  Go lay down till it goes away.?
? ?FDNY ? 200 years of tradition unimpeded by progress.?
? ?That guy?s retirement party is going to be in a phone booth.?
? ?You don?t have to like it.  You just have to pay for it.?
? ?Listen Johnny, I?ve got more time on roofs than Santa Claus.?
? ?I?ve got more time in reverse on this rig than you have going forward.?
? ?There I was, 50 feet past where I should have been.?
? ?Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.?
? ?You know what all the guys on medal day have in common?  10 feet past common sense.?
? ?Quiet tour ? didn?t turn a wheel.?
? ?The ice cream in the freezer has more time than you, kid.?
? ?What do you want?  You?ve only been here for a cup of coffee.?
? ?The only time I wear a mask, kid, is on Halloween.?
? ?He?s a great guy, give you the couch off his back.?
? ?It was a meal fit for a king ? ?Here King, here dog?.?
? ?I?ve got more time backing into this firehouse than you?ve got pulling out.?
? ?If you gave someone a piece of your mind, you would not get by on what was left.?
? ?You didn?t come here to make friends and you?ve certainly succeeded.?
? ?Never eat more than your mask can hold.?
? ?His heart is in the right place but his head is up his ass.?
? FF One ?The guy might be a dick but he?s good at a fire.?  FF Two ?OK then.  Put a chair outside in front of quarters and we?ll pick him up on the way out when we respond to a fire.?
? ?Entertainment fee ? when you had a detail to the Bronx and had to pay the toll on a bridge.?
? Senior man ? ?I?ve been on this job since you were in diapers.?  Junior man ? ?I?ll still be on this job when you are back in diapers.?
? ?Do something ? either lead, follow or get out of the way.?
? ?Hook up and look up.?
? ?I was going down hallways when you were kicking the slats out of your crib.?
? ?That?s a bad box.?
? TPS ? ?This place sucks.?
? BMA ? ?Brothers my ass.?
? Said looking up through a burned out roof ? ?Nothing like a Bronx sunrise.?
? ?Truck goes to Medal Day, engine goes to Burn Center.?
? ?Hey Lou, don?t you have an office??
? ?If you put the fire out, you don?t have to jump through the window.?
? ?You had 72 hours off to get here and your couldn?t make it to work on time??
? ?Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see.?
? EMS ? ?Engine members suffer.?