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Engine 33 on Broadway near the station on Great Jones Street. Engine 33 Company was originally organized on Mercer Street in lower Manhattan on November 1, 1865, but then moved to its present location on June 1, 1899. [4] Ladder Company 9 was organized in 1865; its first house was on Elizabeth Street. It moved to 42 Great Jones Street in 1948. [5]
Fire stations frequently contain working and living space for the firefighters and support staff. In large U.S. cities, fire stations are often named for the primary fire companies and apparatus housed there, such as "Ladder 49". Other fire stations are named based on the settlement, neighborhood or street where they are located, or given a number.
The Engine House No. 11 in Tacoma, Washington, also known as Fire Station No. 11, at 3802 McKinley Ave., was built in 1909. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] It has a flared gable roof. [2] In 1985, it was still an active fire station. [2]
The firepole in a fire station in Toronto, Ontario. A fireman's pole (also called a firefighter's pole, sliding pole or a fire pole) is a pole that firefighters slide down to quickly reach the ground floor of a fire station. This allows them to respond to an emergency call faster, as they arrive at the fire engine faster than by using a ...
Firehouse, Hook & Ladder Company 8 is a New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station, located at 14 North Moore Street at its intersection with Varick Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Its exterior has become famous for its appearance in the supernatural comedy franchise Ghostbusters.
The Fire Station in Doha, Qatar, is a former base for the Qatari Civil Defense Authority repurposed for the Artists in Residence programme of the Qatar Museums. Khalifa Al Obaidli is the director and Saida Al Khulaifi is the head of programmes and exhibitions. [ 1 ]
Fire Station No. 2 (1901), Athens, Georgia, a gridiron-shaped station included in the Cobbham Historic District [16] Fire Station No. 6, Atlanta, Georgia, included in the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park; Fire Station No. 11 (Atlanta, Georgia), listed on the NRHP in Georgia; Fire Station 19 (Atlanta, Georgia)
The Central Fire Station of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, also known as Station No. 1, at 100 S. Minnesota Ave., was built in 1913. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It was designed by architect Joseph Schwarz to hold horse-drawn fire apparatuses, and to stable the horses. [2]