[quote name='yelrowekim' post='277633' date='Jan 29 2009, 18:23 ']Question for FDNY boys... E 82's house has 2 doors.... "back in the day" how did they fit... E 82, E 85, L 31,TCU 712 and a chief?
Are the bays deep, so they could back in next to each and still get out?[/quote]
LEFT TO RIGHT AS YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE -
Ladder 31 (a Tiller) took up the left side
Battalion 27 was in the middle - usally entered and exit through the Engine Co side.
Engine 82 and 85 could be backed in DEEP and "stacked" on in front of the other. There were times when both engines were side by side in the rear with the Chief left outside
Since TCU 712 while it was assigned was a rear mount Mack, the size was CLOSE to that of an Engine... IT COULD Squeeze in, in front of the engines.
All these Companies were VERY ACTIVE. So them being "IN" the house at the same time was rare. Also in talking to a Former Captain of Engine 82 (AFTER 85 and 712 moved to the Tin House on Boston Rd.) he said it was not uncommon to have as many as FIVE other Engine Companies at the house as ACTING ENGINE 82.
Also in later years (73-75) they used an INTERCHANGE program when slower companies "switched" houses for the shift. Engine 82 was covered like this...
Monday - 82 would switch with E295 in Queens
Tuesday - 82 would become Engine 82-2 and Squad 2 would be Engine 82-1 (Not sure if they were called this on Radio but Sq 2 would cover 82's First Due and then 82 would respond after Sq 2 was on a run. (7pm to 1am)
Wednesday - 82 would go to Engine 297
Thursday - Sq 2 again (same as Tuesday)
Friday & the weekend 82 was first due as normal
*The nights that Squad 2 was not at E-82, they would cover and respond from Engine 73.
During the INTERCHANGE rotation Engine 82 (When the Captain was on) only cought 1 Fire while over in Queens. And the Company was doing 1800 STRUCTUAL FIRES with 1600 HOURS of WORK!!!!
The Busiest MONTH he had was July 1975...
210 Building Fires and 205 Hours of WORK
DO NOT GET THIS CONFUSED WITH THE "RUNS and WORKERS" that FDNY talks of now...
in 1974 Engine 82 had 6,427 RUNS!
Are the bays deep, so they could back in next to each and still get out?[/quote]
LEFT TO RIGHT AS YOU LOOK AT THE HOUSE -
Ladder 31 (a Tiller) took up the left side
Battalion 27 was in the middle - usally entered and exit through the Engine Co side.
Engine 82 and 85 could be backed in DEEP and "stacked" on in front of the other. There were times when both engines were side by side in the rear with the Chief left outside
Since TCU 712 while it was assigned was a rear mount Mack, the size was CLOSE to that of an Engine... IT COULD Squeeze in, in front of the engines.
All these Companies were VERY ACTIVE. So them being "IN" the house at the same time was rare. Also in talking to a Former Captain of Engine 82 (AFTER 85 and 712 moved to the Tin House on Boston Rd.) he said it was not uncommon to have as many as FIVE other Engine Companies at the house as ACTING ENGINE 82.
Also in later years (73-75) they used an INTERCHANGE program when slower companies "switched" houses for the shift. Engine 82 was covered like this...
Monday - 82 would switch with E295 in Queens
Tuesday - 82 would become Engine 82-2 and Squad 2 would be Engine 82-1 (Not sure if they were called this on Radio but Sq 2 would cover 82's First Due and then 82 would respond after Sq 2 was on a run. (7pm to 1am)
Wednesday - 82 would go to Engine 297
Thursday - Sq 2 again (same as Tuesday)
Friday & the weekend 82 was first due as normal
*The nights that Squad 2 was not at E-82, they would cover and respond from Engine 73.
During the INTERCHANGE rotation Engine 82 (When the Captain was on) only cought 1 Fire while over in Queens. And the Company was doing 1800 STRUCTUAL FIRES with 1600 HOURS of WORK!!!!
The Busiest MONTH he had was July 1975...
210 Building Fires and 205 Hours of WORK
DO NOT GET THIS CONFUSED WITH THE "RUNS and WORKERS" that FDNY talks of now...
in 1974 Engine 82 had 6,427 RUNS!
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