VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

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
 
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,
 
 
 
captaindewey50267021@gm said:
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,
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I think you mean Ladder 174 was established with Engine 310 in the Spring of 1966.
As far as I know, Ladder 172 was established with Engine 330 in the Spring of 1965.
 
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