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The financial cost of the fire, which began Saturday, May 19, 1934, [2] was estimated at US$8 million (about $182 million today). [3] Six square blocks were destroyed. [4] One employee and thousands of animals died. [2] A fire station, six fire engines and a hook-and-ladder truck were among the losses. [1]
Captain David B. Kenyon. According to a November 1872 article in the Chicago Daily Tribune announcing the purchase of three new steam pumpers, which would allow for the creation of three new fire stations, "of course it is conceded on all sides that one of the companies will be composed of colored men, but it is not definitely known whether it will be commanded by a Caucasian". [1]
Hook and Ladder No. 1 and Hose Co. No. 2, in Grand Forks, North Dakota; Hook and Ladder No. 3, in Hudson County, New Jersey; Hook and Ladder No. 4, in Albany, New York; Hook and Ladder House No. 5–Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop, in Detroit, Michigan; Hose and Hook and Ladder Truck Building, in Thomaston, Connecticut
Engine Company 261 served both Long Island City and the nearby community of Roosevelt Island until 2003, until it was closed as a cost-saving measure, while Ladder Company 116 still operates out of the firehouse. Fire officials, local residents, and business owners have argued that the engine company should be re-opened.
Ladder Climb: In ladder climb, competitors race each other for the fastest time to reach the top of a ladder. Bucket Brigade : In the bucket brigade race, competitors must work together in a bucket brigade to transfer a set amount of water, such as 25 gallons, from one container to another spilling as little as possible.
Firefighter 1st Class Chris Deberry said the ladder truck can flow 2, 000 gallons of water a minute and can handle 1, 000 pounds in the basket at 100 feet and has some features the current ladders ...
Pirsch patented a compound trussed extension ladder in 1899 and went on to make hand- and horsedrawn ladder trucks. His first motorized ladder truck was on a Rambler chassis, and this was followed by others based on Couple Gear, White, Duplex, Nash and Dodge. In 1926 came the first complete Peter Pirsch fire engines; these were 150 to 750 gpm ...
The crash involving a truck from Ladder 43 happened around 8:45 p.m. near 112th Street and Third Avenue, the FDNY said. The FDNY truck appeared to crash through a fence on a sidewalk. Dennis A. Clark