Boston Fire Department

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[quote name='poindexter6' timestamp='1299213764' post='427901']

I've been searching and all I can find are snippets about the Boston Fire Brigade / Engine 54.



Can anybody give me the run down about them (Staffing, equipment, run cards, etc.)?

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You refer to it as "them". the Fire brigade is not it's own entity. it is a piece of apparatus stationed on Long Island in Boston Harbor to protect several city owned buildings and other interests located on the island. Engine 54 was the designation originally given to the Engine Company that was housed in the station located on the island. In better financial times, Ladder 31 also occupied this house. With Proposition 2-1/2 in the early 80's, both companies were shut down. As some time passed, it was realized that there was a need for protection out there, and an engine company with reduced manpower was organized. Since it doesn't meet the contractual definition of an engine company because of the staffing, it was designated as the Fire Brigade. It is a Boston Fire Department piece of apparatus, staffed by Boston Firefighters (usually a senior man and two other firefighters), and is dedicated to the Island (which is part of the City of Boston), running first due to all points of the island. It does not leave the island for any reason other than training, and is usually covered by Engine 20 when training occurs.