[quote name='jim kay' post='166122' date='Nov 24 2007, 07:45 ']And not to forget that prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics the city shut down Sta.11.....Co.11 was moved to Sta.15....and Eng. 15 relocated to Sta.23 to reorganize Co.23......Long Story here.....SHOE fill us in on all the particulars of this as I don't want to leave anything out......[/quote]
OH, OK... Engine #23 had been closed in 1994 when Truck #8 and Truck #34 were disbanded. This left Med-Com #1 alone at Station #23 to keep the lights on. MC-1 was the re-organization of Rescue #8 when it was disbanded. During this time, Station #23 was under the 2nd Battalion. Station #11 was closed just before the Olympics because it was "unsafe for the firefighters". There was a lot of hard feelings about this closing and it was done practically in the middle of the night. Engine #11 was moved to Station #4 on Ellis St. with Engine #6 and Squad #4. Truck #11 was moved to Station #15. That "unsafe" building was rented out and used as a restaurant and bar during the Olympics. Apparently is was not "unsafe" for crowds of bar patrons with cash... Anyway... After the Olympics there was a big push by the Berkeley Park neighborhood to get an engine back at #23. Gwen Langston organized the Berkeley Park Neighborhood Association <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smash.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> for the purpose of re-organizing Engine Company #23 <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drredengine.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . She was adamant with City Council Member Claire Muller in getting that done. In 1997, in order to ease overcrowding at Station #4 and answer the request of the citizens, Engine #15 was moved in it's entirety (rig and crew) to Station #23 and became Engine #23. The house then came under the 3rd Battalion <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drbat.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . Engine #11 was moved from Station #4 to Station #15 and became Engine #15, but they operated as a double company with Truck #11. Truck #11 maintained their own company to keep Company #11 active in the payroll system. Until recently they functioned as a double company in reality, but as two single companies on paper <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . When City Council approved Company #11 as a "new" company in Atlantic Station, it was OK then to change Truck #11 to Truck #15. For many, this was the last ties to the old "Big House" <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/deadhorse.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . I do not know what the status of Company #11 currently is <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_lalala.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> . Med Com #1 was disbanded in June of 2005. In August of 2007, it was re-organized as two one-person units known as Paramedic Supervisor #1 and PS-2 out of Station #23. PS-1 is medical oversight for the paramedic engine companies and PS-2 is medical oversight for the remainder of the companies. Stay tuned... There is sure to be more to come...
Also... Station #11... you know the one that was too "unsafe" for firefighters... is now known as the "Spotted Dog Pub" on North Avenue. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />
OH, OK... Engine #23 had been closed in 1994 when Truck #8 and Truck #34 were disbanded. This left Med-Com #1 alone at Station #23 to keep the lights on. MC-1 was the re-organization of Rescue #8 when it was disbanded. During this time, Station #23 was under the 2nd Battalion. Station #11 was closed just before the Olympics because it was "unsafe for the firefighters". There was a lot of hard feelings about this closing and it was done practically in the middle of the night. Engine #11 was moved to Station #4 on Ellis St. with Engine #6 and Squad #4. Truck #11 was moved to Station #15. That "unsafe" building was rented out and used as a restaurant and bar during the Olympics. Apparently is was not "unsafe" for crowds of bar patrons with cash... Anyway... After the Olympics there was a big push by the Berkeley Park neighborhood to get an engine back at #23. Gwen Langston organized the Berkeley Park Neighborhood Association <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smash.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> for the purpose of re-organizing Engine Company #23 <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drredengine.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> . She was adamant with City Council Member Claire Muller in getting that done. In 1997, in order to ease overcrowding at Station #4 and answer the request of the citizens, Engine #15 was moved in it's entirety (rig and crew) to Station #23 and became Engine #23. The house then came under the 3rd Battalion <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drbat.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> . Engine #11 was moved from Station #4 to Station #15 and became Engine #15, but they operated as a double company with Truck #11. Truck #11 maintained their own company to keep Company #11 active in the payroll system. Until recently they functioned as a double company in reality, but as two single companies on paper <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> . When City Council approved Company #11 as a "new" company in Atlantic Station, it was OK then to change Truck #11 to Truck #15. For many, this was the last ties to the old "Big House" <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/deadhorse.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> . I do not know what the status of Company #11 currently is <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_lalala.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> . Med Com #1 was disbanded in June of 2005. In August of 2007, it was re-organized as two one-person units known as Paramedic Supervisor #1 and PS-2 out of Station #23. PS-1 is medical oversight for the paramedic engine companies and PS-2 is medical oversight for the remainder of the companies. Stay tuned... There is sure to be more to come...Also... Station #11... you know the one that was too "unsafe" for firefighters... is now known as the "Spotted Dog Pub" on North Avenue. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />
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