VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

[Lt. Q]

Plate # 793 is a '56 Ford; the station wagon is a '64 Ford.

In the background on the highway is a white 59 Chevy convertible

 

[captaindewey50267021@gm]

As child I vividly remember FDNY vehicles like these. The photo above of the Quad behind the 1964 Ford reminds me of buffing on my bike at the Quarters of Brooklyn's Engine 310, where my friend father Fr. Fred Fitting Senior was a fireman. E-310 once had a Ward or American LaFrance open cab Quad. It had a large red light on top of the front of the windshield that flashed through a lens that had the word "FIRE" printed in black on the front of the lens. I was an is one of my favorite old rigs. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired

 

[captaindewey50267021@gm]

 

[68jk09]

EARLY FIELD COMM UNIT ....into the 1960s there were two In Service....one at ENG*259 & one at ENG*39 .......

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[smachalek]

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Was ladder 160 ever in this house?

 

[68jk09]

Was ladder 160 ever in this house?

No there was never an actual LAD*160 until 1984 when the present LAD*160 was organized on Springfield Blvd. in QNS.

 

[captaindewey50267021@gm]

Later in, I believe in the late 1960 Ladder 172 was formed and quartered with E-310. In the early 1970s E-310 (Brooklyn) and E-71(South Bronx) were both assigned rigs with a 55" Squirt articulated booms on I think 1970 Mack 1,000 GPM pumpers. A great idea that Philadelphia FD still uses. But the fact that the pumps were only 1,000 GPM did not allow the Squirt to be used and also supply truly viable handlines, from the same rig. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired,