My little project ...End of 2013 fires per engines

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Well, as i have not been on for a while, I have however still been collating 10-75s and upwards for working fires per engine company area, collating info together form this forum, the gothamist, emt bravo, news websites etc..

Since october... Dabronx... E45, E43, E62 E42 have all seen a good amount of fire activity as first or second due engines, on some occasions as second due engine getting in first!!!

Man- again... A pretty even spread.. E93, E37, E54 and E1 along with E33 and E55 and E14 all  about  level with workers, but nothing of any significance as regards the amount of 10- 75s and above... All pretty evenly spread out.. As it always seems to be on the island of dreams!!!

Brooklyn.. E235, E234, E 280, 290, 332. 236 and 231 and 240 have seen a lot of fire.. My guess is 240 and 42 in the bronx must be two of the busiest single engine companies for fires around!!!

Queens and staten island... They will feature in my 2014 reports!!!!

Jt
 
Charging in 113 said:
If u can brake it down even further to company in each battalion  I would love to know.
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Definitely the 18th in the Bronx has been catching work left and right!
 
Just to clarify a couple of points raised...

In the Borough of Manhattan, there is no real area or neighbourhood, or in this case, engine company area that gets more 10-75s or a above, it pretty much moves around and the work is spread equally between the Washington heights companies, harlem companies upper east and west side midtown, and lower Manhattan and downtown companies.

The work moves mainly between Washington heights, harlem midtown and the  companies in the villages and chinatown and little italy,  statistically, it really is evenly spread with no real regular fire hotspots on the island.

E42 and E240... These companies statistically, and we are talking every other day, they will be called to a working fire in either their second or third due district, and at times have got in there first. On average every three or four days these companies will be stretching a line into a working fire in their first due districts,  so in essence, on average they see fire every  day, but ofcourse on some days they don't see fire , then on any one day they may see two or three working fires.... Basically... As it stands at the moment...as single engines... These guys see the fire...

As for engines housed with trucks, who see a lot of fire, head to 290, 332, 45,43, 62...281(not 280 as previously posted my bad) ...

So to sum up... If your a buff and want to see fire and watch an engine work... 42 240 290 332 45 43 62 and 281... Hang out in these areas... You will see the red devil...

JT
 
Don't forget E227 in Brownsville. Single engine who were #8 last year in the city in all hands. They run with a bunch of top 10 companies in the city
 
Don't forget E248 in Bklyn, in my opinion probably one of the best First Due areas for work.
 
One thing i had noticed about manhattan, is most of the first and second due engine company response areS are relatively small, in comparison to other boroughs, with a couple of exceptions.

One glaring exception, unless  I am mistaken, which if i am im sure I will be corrected rather promptly...  Is E74.. Who's first and second due engine area is the whole of the upper west side...with 40/35 to the south, L25 a couple of blocks away, and E47 to the north...running into harlem...

As regards population density, life risk etc.. That is not bad going!! I know the Upper West Side is very affluent, with many stars and celebs and music gurus calling it home, and fires are not in abundance... But still.. In terms of the island of dreams thats a pretty impressive stretch of real estate to have under your watch..

JT
 
Rodent251 said:
One thing i had noticed about manhattan, is most of the first and second due engine company response areS are relatively small, in comparison to other boroughs, with a couple of exceptions.

One glaring exception, unless  I am mistaken, which if i am im sure I will be corrected rather promptly...  Is E74.. Who's first and second due engine area is the whole of the upper west side...with 40/35 to the south, L25 a couple of blocks away, and E47 to the north...running into harlem...

As regards population density, life risk etc.. That is not bad going!! I know the Upper West Side is very affluent, with many stars and celebs and music gurus calling it home, and fires are not in abundance... But still.. In terms of the island of dreams thats a pretty impressive stretch of real estate to have under your watch..

JT
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  E76/ TL22 @100th St. is next firehouse north of E74 ;)
 
The reason why E-74 has such a big response area is that they are quartered in a fire station that was home to Engine 56 & then Squad #6. Engine 74 was next door to Lad 25 until those two companies were closed down. Eng 74 was moved there to maintain the station.
 
When you look at Eng 42, you will find that they run 1 & 2 due with Eng 43, 46, 48(?), 68 (?), 75, & 92. Remember that over the years their  response neighbors (two of the same type of companies who respond 1 & 2 due) might change depending upon the response assignment, the way they were figured out & by who!  Example would be boxes north of East 180 St where Eng 88 responded 1st due & maybe now 48 is 1st due & 42 is 2nd due. Changes like this is what messes up this type of project. Also Eng 46, 48, 68, & 75 all have moved. Another factor can be Eng 93 crossing the 181 St bridge (Washington Bridge) responding into the Bronx. These all would have an impact on Eng 42.

Also during the war years, Eng 46 had a second section that later on moved over to Eng 88. Later on, the unit became Eng. 72.

Have fun.
 
Around 1970 or 71 they (job) built a tin house 169th and Boston Rd for E85/L59. I remember the day they dedicated these qtrs. well. I was in 50 engine that morning and 19 truck had B.I. Those days we (engine) would switch rigs with the truck so the truck would be more readily available for runs. Around 1000 I took 19 out to pick up the food at a local market for the meal. At the tin house dedication 85 and 59 were placed out of service for the ceremony with all the brass at the house. As we were going for the meal we got a first due box over the radio. No additional phone calls just the one box. They called 19 and told them (chauffeur) to take the box in. 19 was doing schools and it took a number of minutes to get all the guys out of the school from the different floors to respond. They only assigned 1 and 1 to the box. As we pulled up to the building we had a good fire 4th floor apartment. There was only one woman standing there in front of the building. She was frantic and was yelling that her baby was in the apartment. We would get that a lot at boxes but from the way she looked you knew it was real this time. I gave an urgent 19 to the Bronx twice with no fast response then went up to the fire apartment. The fire was out the apartment door into the hallway when we got up there, can did nothing trying to push it back. Apartment was fully involved. We got in about 10 feet and I was able to only search a bathroom which was the first room on the right on entry. 5 or 6 minutes later. We found the babies body in a rear bedroom, he looked like a cigarette ash with bumps where his arms and legs had been. The little guy had turned one the day before. Had a lot of fires those years but this one I can never will forget.

In keeping with this thread. With the tin house at 169th and Boston and 82/31 at 169th and Intervale, 82/31 were second due 1 1/2 blocks West of qtrs.

 
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