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DISBANDED FDNY UNITS - Nycfire. net Engine 85 - 1264 Boston Rd , Bronx - Disbanded May 20, 1986 to reorganize Ladder 53 - Current quarters of FDNY EMS Station 26 Engine 88-2 - 2225 Belmont Ave , Bronx - Disbanded Nov 22, 1972 to reorganize Engine 72 Engine 512 (Tactical Control Unit) - 925 E Tremont Ave , Bronx - Disbanded Nov 27, 1971
Tower Ladder 85 79 - Nycfire. net From "Ladder 85" "NYCFireBuffs" on Facebook: FDNY Tower Ladder 85 recently received a 2014 75' Seagrave TL, and now its going to Tower Ladder 79 T085 will now receive a brand new 95' Tower Ladder T085 used to be a 95', the only 95' on Staten Island - but it didn't fit in the firehouse
Engine 85 Ladder 59 - nycfire. net A LITTLE MORE HISTORY: Manhattan's Engine 85 became Marine 3 on 7-1-1959 when all the fireboats were renamed "Marine Companies " Engine 85 was organized at Engine 82's qtrs on 7-1-67 as a separate company Moved to the Tin House on Boston Rd on 7-8-71 Closed members transfered to Tower Ladder 53 on May 20, 1986 Ladder 59: Was created on 11-15-69 as a partitive fire company, TAC Ladder 712
FDNYs Classic Rig Logos - Nycfire. net In another thread on this site (FDNY Firehouses - also in the History Section), I learned that Ladder 85, the First FDNY Mack Tower Ladder to get the entire roof and boom area painted all white was referred to as "The Big Vanilla" from "mack" So often company logos were painted on the rigs
Engine 82 during the war years - Nycfire. net Ladder 31 a Tiller was on the side marked Ladder 31 Bn 27 was in the middle usally outside during day light hours Engine 82 and 85 would park in the side marked Engine 82 side by side- TCU 712 would be in front of these IF During the time TCU was in quarters otherwise they might be "stacked" one in front of the other
FDNY and NYC Firehouses and Fire Companies - 2nd Section Note: FDNY purchased 1969 10 Mack MB-series tractors for older aerial ladders Some of the truck companies who received the new Mack tractors were: L 5; L 39; L 85; L 115; L 140
A LOOK BACK. | Page 8 | Nycfire. net The aerial in the L 85 photo looks like a Pirsch Not much ladder when you got to the top when fully extended XPFD - You are right about the Pirsch Ladder 85 went into service April 16, 1960 with a 1938 FWD 85 ft tiller It had a 1948 Ward LaFrance tractor It came from Ladder 106 In
The Lime Yellow Experiment - Nycfire. net Re FDNY lime yellow, not lime green, pumpers: The first was a 1980 ALF to Engine 65 The ten others were all 1981 Mack CFs They went to Engines 10 (later to Engine 4), 41, 42, 45, 46, 58, 85 (later to Engine 263 and later to Training), 94, 236 (later to Engine 73), 277 (later to NYC Department of Correction) The ones originally assigned to Engines 10, 45 and 46 were later repainted red, with