Incidents Squad 61 Responded To:

2009     |     2008     |     2007    |     2006

 * Note - Not All Incidents Are Reported

2009

04/13/09 - 2nd Alarm Fire - 3101 Bainbridge Avenue - Box # 3563

Fire in the basement of a 25 x 75 taxpayer with two stores involved. The second alarm was transmitted around 08:41 hours.

04/11/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 861 East 228th Street - Box # 3803

Fire in a 2 story 20 x 40 private dwelling with fire in the ceiling at 07:50 hours.

03/28/09 - 3rd Alarm Fire - 4280 White Plains Road - Box # 3348

 Fire in corner building taxpayer with eight stores affected. Partial collapse in exposure 3 side (rear).

03/28/09 - 10-75  All Hands - Monticello Avenue - Box # 3838

Fire in a 2 family - 3 story peaked roof wood-framed private dwelling with fire on the top floor.

03/23/09 - 10-75  All Hands - Webb Avenue @ West Kingsbridge Rd. - Box # 3384

At 09:56 hours Squad 61 responded up North for a Fire on the 3rd floor of a nursing home.

03/22/09 - 10-75 - 235 E 203rd St. - Box # 3527

At 19:40 hours Battalion 19 transmitted the 10-75 for a rubbish fire which extended into walls of a 3 story 20x40 wood frame dwelling.

03/22/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 2303 Hughes Avenue - Box # 3306

Division 7 reports rubbish fire in rear extended to 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors, minor on 3rd, extra engine and truck requested.

03/22/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 4257 Barnes Avenue - Box # 3849

At 13:30 hours Squad 61 responded to an all hands fire around the corner from Engine 63 / Ladder 39 / Battalion 15 for a fire in the basement of a private dwelling.

03/22/09 - 1st Due 3rd Alarm - 123-127 Westchester Square Box # 3084

Squad 61 and Battalion 20 were first to arrive for a reported fire in bar at 06:07 hours. The units found heavy fire on arrival throughout which extended to mutiple stores and a 2nd alarm was transmitted instantly and 4 tower ladders were placed into operation.

more photo can be found here and here at BronxAllHands.com




photos by Kevin Heckman


photo by Lou Minutoli

03/22/09 - 10-75  All Hands - 3228 Johnson Avenue - Box # 3738

Battalion 19 transmitted the 10-75 at 00:49 hours for a fire in a 3-story private dwelling and requested an extra engine and truck.

03/21/09 - First Due 10-75 All Hands - 1624 Eastchester Avnue - Box # 3273

At 12:57 hours on the 9 x 6 day tour, Squad 61 received reports of a fire in 1 story auto garage. Upon arrival a 2 1/2" handline was stretched into the 75 x 100 taxpayer and the fire was extinguished.

03/21/09 - 2nd Due 10-75 All Hands - 2015 Blackrock Avenue & Puglsey Avenue - Box # 2855

Squad 61 responded second due to Engine 64 for a fully involved one-story garage.

03/18/09 - 3rd Alarm Brush Fire - Orchard Beach / Hunter Island

Squad 61 responded to a large area of brush off of City Island.

02/25/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 1657 Lurting Ave. Box # 3255

Battalion 20 on scene reported a fire in a 2 story 20 x 30 brick private dwelling

02/22/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 434 Olmstead Avenue - Box # 2634

Division - 6 had fire on the 2nd floor of a 2 story private dwelling

02/21/09 - 2nd Alarm Fire - 2136 Ellis Avenue - Box # 2885

BC-20 reported fire in two 2-stry 20 x 30 private dwellings with extension to exposure 2.

02/20/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 751 E 224th St. Box # 3683

Battalion 15 on scene reported a fire in the basement of a private dwelling.

02/18/09 - 2nd Alarm Fire - 1332 Taylor Avenue Box # 2891

Squad 61 was sent to a 10-75 given by the first due companies and Battalion 20. Upon arrival, heavy fire was seen on the 2nd and 3rd floors of a 3 story 25 x 75 flat roof private dwelling. Squad units operated on the top floor as well as the roof to assist with roof ventilation and overhaul on the top floor. Fire was later discovered in the cockloft and a 2nd alarm was transmitted by Division 6.

02/17/09 - 2nd Alarm Fire - 100 South Place & Carver Loop Box # 4482

Squad 61 was sent on phone calls for a reported fire on the upper floors of a 33 story building. Upon arrival a 10-77 was transmitted for heavy fire on the 26th floor. SQ-61 was ordered by Battalion 15 to deploy the fire blanket used for fires in hi-rise buildings to prevent the problems we sometimes face by wind-driven fires. During the deployment, SQ-61's chauffer gave a 10-45 transmission for an unconscious fire victim on the fire floor hallway and was removed to safety with the assistance of Ladder 51 and Engine 90. The victim was later placed in the hyperbaric chamber in stable condition. This was a successful operation of the fire blanket, for this is a new concept in fighting hi-rise fires affected by high winds.

02/17/09 - 1st Due @ 10-75 All Hands - Metropolitan Avenue - Parkchester

Squad 61 responded 1st due and stretched and operated a handline to the roof of a fireproof multiple dwelling with no standpipe. Units found a fully involved storage shed on the roof which used to be an incinerator, but converted to a compactor.

02/16/09 - 10-75 Fire - 4705 Henry Hudson Pkwy - Box # 3793

02/16/09 - First Due @ 10-75 All Hands - 1400 Pelham Parkway South - Box # 8724

Squad 61 responded first due at Jacobi Hospital for a fire on the 5th floor of a 400 x 525 14 story building.

02/07/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 1143 Thieriot Avenue Cross Gleason Box # 2873

Car fire with extension to a two story private dwelling.


photos by Kevin Heckman - (L to R - Jimmy Skelly and
James "Stan" Meusel)

02/06/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 1210 Pugsley Avenue

Battalion 20 on scene reported fire on the 1st floor of a 6 story 250 x 100. One fire victim was rescued by Ladder 47 members in a lobby apartment.

02/02/09 - 10-75 All Hands - 3036 Bailey Avenue - Box # 3505

Battalion 27 on scene reported fire on the 5th floor of a 6 story 125 x 50 multiple dwelling.

01/25/09 - 2nd Alarm - 155 E 182nd Street @ the Grand Concourse - Box # 3182

Fire was in a 6 story 100x100 'H' type occupied multiple dwelling. Units on arrival had fire in the top floor and cockloft of the 'B' wing of this building.


photo by Matt Daly

01/20/09 - 5th Alarm - East 213rd Street and Paulding Avenue

Fire in multiple wood frames and in the cocklofts.


photos by Kevin Heckman - (L - R / Brian Biggs, Tony Zeolla,
Alex Streichenwein, Mike Razukiewcz, and Jimmy Skelly)

01/21/09 - 10-75 - 4530 Whiteplains Road @ 240 Street - Box # 3874

Fire was in an electrical panel on the 2nd floor of a NYC Transit substation. the Purple K unit was requested along with Haz-Mat#1.
photos by Matt Daly

01/13/09 - 2nd Alarm - East 235th Street & White Plains Road


photos by Kevin Heckman

 

2008

11/23/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2542 Bouck Avenue - Box # 3434
Fire was in the basement of a 1 story brick private dwelling 50x50.


photo by Matt Daly

11/15/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 213 Husson Avenue - Box # 2612
Fire was in the basement and 1st floor of a 2 story P/D 20x40. This is the Clason Point section of the Bronx.


A member of Squad 61 enters the 2nd floor window via 20' portable ladder - photo by Matt Daly

 

11/03/08 - 2nd Alarm - 1807 Gleason Avenue @ Taylor Avenue - Box # 800

Fire was in the basement and through the walls to the cockloft of a 3 story frame 20 x 80.


photos by Matt Daly

10/21/08 - Hazmat - 386 E 206 Street

Squad 61 responded with Hazmat for a report of people overcome by fumes in an occupied multiple dwelling. During the investigation units found the super of the apartment to have painted entire basement with an oil-based paint.

10/11/08 - 2nd Alarm - 684 E 222 Street at Whiteplains Street - Box # 3675

Fire was on the 3rd floor of 6 story brick OMD 70x85. (6) fire victims were reported.


 photos by Matt Daly

10/01/08 - 2nd Alarm - 725 Pelham Parkway South - Box # 3255

Squad 61 responded as a 2nd due engine to support Engine 90 with the first line for fire on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors of a 6 story occupied multiple dwelling.
 

09/21/08 - 10-75 All Hands - Paulding Avenue @ East 221st Street - Box # 3655

Fire was on the 1st floor of a 2 story private dwelling.


photo by Matt Daly

09/15/08 - 2nd Alarm - 555 East 242nd Street - Box # 3887

Fire in a 2 story 200 x 250 factory which extended into the cockloft.


photo by Tom Bendick

09/06/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2503 Arthur Avenue - Box # 3373

03:26 Hours - Fire in a 25 x 60 2 and a half story frame. Heavy fire upon arrival.
 

08/26/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 535 Havemeyer - Box # 2659

At 12:45 in the afternoon Squad 61 responded to a fire on the 4th floor of a 20 story Apartment Building.
 

08/22/08 - 10-75 All Hands- 55 East Mosholu Parkway - Box # 3552

At 10:20 Battalion 19 reported that they were using All Hands for a fire in a the dental office on the 1st floor of a 6 story 75 x 100 multiple dwelling.
 

08/19/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 3547 Corsa Avenue - Box # 3637

At 17:53 Squad 61 responded to a fire in the kitchen on the 3rd floor of an occupied multiple dwelling.
 

08/14/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 854 Cranford Avenue - Box # 3883

At 15:53 Hours Engine 63 was first due reporting smoke showing from a 1 story 20 x 45 private dwelling. Squad 61 responded thereafter.
 

08/07/08 - 5th Alarm Fire - 550 East 180th Street - Box # 4791

Squad 61 responded on the initial fire in a 1 story taxpayer occupied by multiple businesses. Three tower ladders were in operation and 4 handlines were stretched.


photos by Kevin Heckman
 

08/06/08 - 2nd Alarm Fire - 17 West Mosholu Pkwy- Box # 3553

At 04:13 hours Squad 61 responded on the 10-75 to an unusual fire in several separate vacant apartments on different floors and wings of a 5 story 75 x 75 occupied multiple dwelling H-type.
 

8/05/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 880 Colgate Avenue - Box # 2680

At 09:53 hours Engine 96 reported fire out the windows of the
5th floor of a 20 story occupied multiple dwelling.
 

07/31/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 1165 East 229th Street - Box # 4844

At 00:05 all hands were going to work for a fier on the 7th floor of a 14 story 100 x 75 occupied multiple dwelling.
 

07/28/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 1330 Harding Park - Box # 2618

At 22:41 units reponded to a fire in the attic of a 1 story peaked roof private dwelling.
 

07/25/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 136 Husson Avenue - Box # 2604

At 07:54 hours companies responded to a fire on the 2nd floor of a dwelling.
 

07/24/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 375 East 209th Street - Box # 3579

At 23:33 Squad 61 responded to a fire on the 1st floor of a 6 story Occupied Multiple Dwelling.
 

07/24/08 - Car Accident / Hazmat - Cross Bronx Xpwy @ Bruckner

07/21/08 - 10-75 All Hands - Byron Avenue at East 236th Street - Box # 3897

At 0:137 first due companies reported fire on the 2nd floor of a private dwelling.
 

07/19/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 3309 Perry Avenue - Box # 3309

At 07:04 Battalion 15 Reported fire in a 2 story private dwelling. Squad 61 Responded on the 10-75
 

7/17/08 - 4th Alarm Fire - 2887 Newbold Avenue & Cross Bronx Expressway - Box # 2887

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click here for the video from ABC News Channel 7

While taking up from an an electrical emergency in Co-Op City, Squad 61 received a ticket at 01:18 hours for a fire in a multiple dwelling. Upon arrival companies were met with a 6 story non-fireproof occupied H-type multiple dwelling with fire out 4 windows on the top floor. Squad 61 operated with Squad 41, Rescue 3 and other units on the top floor to extinguish the blaze on the top floor, which engulfed more than 6 apartments.

Article from New York 1 News:

Bronx Apartment Fire Leaves Dozens Homeless

Several people were injured, and many more left homeless, after an early-morning fire tore through an apartment building in the Bronx. Flames broke out around 2 o’clock this morning on the top floor of a six-story building in Parkchester. The heavy smoke and intense flames forced dozens of people from the building. Two young girls, a boy, and four firefighters were treated at Jacobi Medical Center for minor injuries. Department of Buildings inspectors are checking to see if the structure is safe before letting anyone back in. Residents said they are anxiously waiting for the all clear so they can see if their apartments have been damaged. ”There’s a chance of me being homeless,” said one resident. “I don’t want to do that. I have a kid on the way; I have a son. There are no words to describe how I feel right now. It’s really, really hard to deal with this. ”Fire sources say the fire was accidental, caused by an electrical problem.
 
7/15/08 - 10-75 All Hands - Magenta Street & White Plains Road

Fire on the first floor of a taxpayer with a wood frame above.


photo by Kevin Heckman

07/10/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2751 Hone Avenue - Box # 4816

At 12:00 hours first due units received a ticket for a fire in a private dwelling. Squad 61 was sent upon the transmission of the 10-75 and responded to a fire in a two story occupied private dwelling.
 

07/08/08 - 2nd Alarm Fire - De Kalb Avenue & East 213th Street - Box # 3592

At 06:26 Hours Squad 61 responded to heavy fire in a 1 story commercial building.
 

6/21/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2089 Arthur Avenue - Box # 3143

The second job on the day tour was at a 6 story 120 x 100 non fireproof multiple dwelling. The original caller stated there was smoke in the basement at the address of 2089 Arthur Avenue (cross East 179th Street) at box #3143.
 

6/21/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 3250 Perry Avenue - Box # 3565

Today’s day tour started with a job up North at 3250 Perry Avenue between East 207th Street and East 209th Street for a fire on the 6th floor of a multiple dwelling.
 

06/20/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 150 West 225th Street - Box # 3702

Squad 61 was sent up to 150 West 225th Street (cross is Jacobus Place) for a fire in a 33 story 190 x 100 fireproof multiple dwelling.
 

6/18/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 4070 Paulding Avenue - Box # 3690

Soon after the 09:00 day tour roll call, SQ-61 was sent to 4070 Pauling Avenue (Box # 3690) between East 229th Street and East 228th Street for a fire in a multiple dwelling.
 

6/17/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2815 Grand Concourse - Box # 3398

At 0:856 hours SQ-61 received a ticket to respond to 10-75 box # 3398 at 2815 Grand Concourse between East 197th Street and Miriam Street at a 5 story 75 x 100 Non-Fireproof Multiple Dwelling.
 

6/16/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2334 Hughes Avenue - Box # 3327

SQ-61 responded to a fire on the 3rd floor of a non-fireproof multiple dwelling at 09:38 hours.
 

6/14/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 1860 Morris Avenue - Box # 2966

Multiple Dwelling fire on the 3rd floor at 1860 Morris Avenue between Mounthope Place and East 176th Street.
 

6/13/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2161 Barnes Avenue - Box # 3227

Squad 61 responded as a Squad to assist with searches on the floors above the fire which started in the bathroom on the first floor of a 6 story brick 100 x 75 non-fireproof multiple dwelling.
 

06/13/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 333 East 138th Street - Box # 2149

Squad 61 responded at 01:30 hours for an all hands fire on the 3rd floor of a non-fireproof multiple dwelling at 333 East 138th Street between Willis Avenue and Alexander Avenue.
 

06/12/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2020 Walton Avenue - Box # 3117

Squad 61 Responded as a Squad at 22:28 hours to 2020 Walton Avenue between East 179th Street and Burnside Avenue for a fire on the 5th floor of a 6 story non-fireproof multiple dwelling.
 

06/12/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2070 Creston Avenue - Box # 3148

At 21:34 hours Squad 61 responded to Box #3148 for a fire on the first floor of a five story 90 x 90 class 3 (non-fireproof) multiple dwelling at 2070 Creston Avenue between East 180th Street and East Burnside Avenue.
 

6/11/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 588 East 188th Street - Box # 3344

Squad 61 responded at 14:16 hours for a fire on the first floors of a multple dwelling at 566 East 188th Street between Lorillard Place and Hoffman Street.
 

6/10/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 735 East 182nd Street - Box # 3172

At 10:59 hours SQ-61 responded to a fire in Apartment 1C on the first floor of a 5 story 40 x 60 non-fireproof multiple dwelling at 735 East 182nd Street between Prospect Avenue and Clinton Avenue.
 

6/10/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 4030 Bronx Blvd. - Box # 3801

At 05:13 hours Squad 61 was sent by Bronx Dispatch for a fire at a 6 story 90 x 100 class 3 non-fireproof multiple dwelling at 4030 Bronx Blvd. between East 228th Street and East 226th Street.
 

6/4/08 - 2nd Alarm Fire - 709 E. 214 St. & White Plains Road

At 02:45 hrs Squad 61 responded to a reported fire in a private dwelling with reported people trapped in the North Bronx. Upon arrival Battalion 15 ordered Squad 61 to stretch a third line to assist the two lines operating in a three story brick non-fireproof multiple dwelling with a taxpayer (commercial occupancy) on the first floor. After relieved on the line, the company was used to assist in secondary searches on the first floor as well as assist truck companies with extensive overhaul. With three floors of fire, the second alarm was transmitted by the Deputy Chief of the 7th Division and all companies were used for relief and search purposes.
 

5/25/08 - 10-75 All Hands - E.224 St.& Laconia Ave.

At 18:29 hours Squad 61 responded to a fire in a two-story frame 20 X 40 flat roof occupied dwelling.
 

 5/25/08  - 3rd Alarm Fire - 286 City Island Avenue - Box # 4541

Squad 61 responded as a Squad to 286 City Island Avenue (cross is Fordham Street) at Box # 4541. Division 7 on scene requesting a 3rd alarm for a fire from a 2 story commercial building (Bar & Grill Restaurant) at 12:45 pm. The attached exposures was a pizza shop and a pharmacy.


photo by Kevin Heckman

5/25/08 - 2nd Alarm - 779 Burke Avenue - Nicosia Bakery

Fire in a one story taxpayer.


photo by Kevin Heckman

2 Accidents on The Bronx River Parkway @ 233rd Street

Squad 61 responded to a reported vehicle in the water off of the Bronx River Parkway at 233rd Street Northbound. Upon arrival, units were operating and no use of the extrication tools were required. Upon returning back to our first due area we get notified to respond back with Rescue 3 to the same location for a confirmed pin in the Southbound lane of the Bronx River Parkway at 233rd street. Apparently a “rubber necker” traveling at high speeds swerved into the median divider. Extrication tools were used by all units and the victim was freed.


photos by FF Dave Collado - SQ61

5/01/08 - 10-75 All Hands - East 221st Street & Carpenter Avenue

Fire in a 2 1/2 story peaked roof private dwelling.


photo by Kevin Heckman

4/24/2008 - All Hands Truck Fire with Hazmat on I-95

A vehicle accident at Middletown Road & the New England Thruway (I-95) with a car into a tractor trailer resulted in a fire and a hazardous material fuel spill. The Squad responded to off-load the remaining diesel fuel from the tractor trailer involved.


photos by Kevin Heckman

4/17/08 - 3rd Alarm - East 228th Street & Lowerre Place

Fire in occupied wood frame dwellings.


photo by Kevin Heckman

3/24/08 - 10-75 All Hands - West 231st Street and Kingsbridge Avenue


photo by Kevin Heckman

2/04/08 - 2nd Due @ 5th Alarm - Lydig Avenue and White Plains Road

Heavy fire in a one story taxpayer with multiple stores.


photos by Kevin Heckman

1/21/08 - 3rd Alarm - East 149th Street & Third Avenue

Heavy fire in the basement of a three story taxpayer with vertical fire spread up the walls.


photos by Kevin Heckman

1/03/08 - 10-75 All Hands - 2765 Matthews Avenue

Fire in a 6 story H type multiple dwelling.

1/03/08 - 2nd Due @ 3rd Alarm - 3009 Westchester Avenue

Heavy fire in a two story taxpayer with extension to adjoining stores as well as a wood frame dwelling in the rear.


photos by Kevin Heckman

2007

12/19/07 - 2nd Alarm Fire - Adams Place & East 183rd Street - Box #3307

Adams Place and East 183: 2nd alarm for a fire on the 1st and 2nd floors of a 2 story 80′x100′ commercial  on the first floor and  apartments above.
 

12/18/07 - 1st Due 2nd Alarm Fire - 2958 Roberts Avenue - Box #4228

12:48 Hours: 2958 Roberts Avenue between Crosby Avenue & Plymouth  Avenue.

Fire on the 3rd Floor of a 5 Story H-Type Multiple Dwelling
 

12/17/07 - 10-75 All Hands - Co-Op City - Box #4496

140 ALCOTT PLACE (CO-OP CITY)

Fire on the 14th Floor of a 33 Story 170X290 Occupied Multiple Dwelling

2nd Alarm 11/28/2007


photo by Michael Messar - onthejobny.com
 

11/18/07 - 2nd Alarm Fire - 15 East 205th Street - Box #3536

Address: : 15 E 205 st @ Jerome ave
Fire in the walls & cockloft of a 3 story frame 50×75

click here to view more photos by matty daly
 

11/17/07 2nd Alarm Fire - 1148 Colgate Avenue - 13:01 hrs. Box #2899

1148 Colgate Ave. @ Westchester Ave.
fire in the cockloft of a 4 story OMD.
 

8/21/07 - 10-75 All Hands - Morris Park Box #3253

1029 Hone ave @ Morris Park Avenue, fire was on the 1st floor of a 2 story P/D 35×50.


photo by matty daly - nycfire.net
 

8/12/07 - 2nd Due @ 10-75  All Hands - 1936 East Tremont

Fire at a fireproof multiple dwelling at the Parkchester Apartment Complex.
 

8/08/07 - 2nd Alarm - 45 Mosholu Parkway North

Fire in a 5 story H type occupied multiple dwelling.


photo by Kevin Heckman

7/21/07 - 10-75 All Hands - 3320 Edson Avenue

Fire on the second floor of a three story multiple dwelling.


photo by Kevin Heckman

7/20/07 - 1st Due at 10-75 All Hands - 2409 East Tremont Avenue

Fire in a wood frame multiple dwelling


photo by Kevin Heckman

7/16/07 - 10-75 All Hands - 1260 Manor Avenue

Fire on the top floor of a three story multiple dwelling.


(FF James "Stan" Meusel - SQ -61) photos by Kevin Heckman

7/10/07 - 2nd Due @ 10-75 All Hands - 2347 St. Raymond Avenue


photo by Kevin Heckman

7/01/07 - 10-75 All Hands - Bronx River and Westchester Avenue

Fire in a 1 story tire shop.


photo by Kevin Heckman

6/30/07 - 10-75 All Hands - 1419 Merry Avenue

Fire in a 2 1/2 story peaked roof private dwelling.


photo by Kevin Heckman

6/29/07 - 10-75 All Hands - Box #3387

2738 Webb ave @ 195 st,fire on the 2nd floor rear of a 2 story P/D 20×50.


FF Dave Collado - SQ61 assists L-46 Roofman with ventilation

 
FF Kevin Legacy - SQ61 assists with searches - photos by matty daly - nycfire.net

6/28/07 - 10-75 All Hands - 2012 Ellis Avenue

Fire in the 3rd floor A wing of a 5 story occupied multiple dwelling.


photo by Kevin Heckman

4/29/07 - 10-75 All Hands - Box #3144

4417 3rd ave @ 181 Street, fire in a 3 story frame with Commercial Occupancy on 1st floor.

2/11/07 - 4th Alarm - Creston Avenue and East Kingsbridge Road

Heavy fire in a one story taxpayer with extension.


photo by Kevin Heckman


2006

3/10/06 - 4th Alarm - City Island Avenue / Morris Yacht Club


photo by Kevin Heckman
 

Special Thanks to retired NYPD Sgt. Herbie Koota for his assistance with gathering this information for our site.

 

       News

03/29/09
2008 - STATS
RUNS : 3,314
WORKERS: 2,016
OSW: 367
 

07/01/08  - 10 Year Anniversary - Squad 61


Company members both past and present, joined to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Squad 61. Prior to July 1st, 1998 Squad 61 was Engine Company 61 in the same firehouse.

05/28/08 - Squad 61 Goes White Water Rafting

On Wednesday May 28th, 2008 9 members of Squad 61 went up to Warrensburg, NY (next to Lake George) for two days of White Water Rafting with an overnight of camping in tents along the Hudson River. Another rafting trip has been scheduled for April 2009.
 


05/16/08 - Squad 61 - Code 3 Model Sold Out!!!

Squad 61’s rescue-pumper was the first Seagrave Commander II series apparatus in FDNY. This apparatus was donated to the FDNY by the management and employees of Seagrave Fire Apparatus of Clintonville, Wisconsin. The Seagrave employees sponsored various fund raising events to help defer the cost of this vehicle. The 2003 rescue-pumper, which carries FDNY registration number SP03016, was assigned to Squad Company 61 on December 17, 2003. In a special ceremony at the FDNY Fire Academy on Randall’s Island, it was presented to the Fire Commissioner, the Chief of Department, and the captain, lieutenants and firefighters of Squad 61, by the President of Seagrave. 
 

12/19/2007 -Throgs Neck Bridge Rescue

(L to R) Lt. Aldo Adissi, FF Michael Fassino, FF Steven Hardwick, FF James Skelly and FF David Collado of Squad 61 with a stokes basket they used to save a construction worker on the Throgs Neck Bridge.

Firefighters from the Bronx and Queens came to the rescue on December 19, saving a construction worker who was trapped by falling scaffolding as he was standing on safety netting more than 20 feet above the roadway of the Throgs Neck Bridge.

“All that we were thinking about was keeping the incident from escalating and keeping everyone safe,” said Lt. Aldo Adissi from Squad 61. “It was definitely a group effort by all the companies involved.”

Members of Ladder 167 and Squad 61 were among the first to arrive on the scene at around 1:45 p.m.

Firefighters from Ladder 167 extended their aerial ladder to the victim and members from all responding units, including Rescue 3 and Battalion 20, climbed to the victim. They quickly packaged and stabilized the victim, who had injured his leg.

Members of Ladder 54 extended their bucket ladder and firefighters moved the victim to the bucket and lowered him to the roadway safely. Although the victim was in a great deal of pain, firefighters said he was smiling as he was lowered.

EMS members transported the victim to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition.

“This is an evolution that we practice on a daily basis,” said Firefighter David Collado of Squad 61. “There’s more pressure when it’s the real deal, but everything went really smoothly.”

11/02/07 - Congrats To Newly Promoted Lieutenant Tommy Costa

On November 2nd, 2007 at 11:00 hrs. Firefighter Tommy Costa was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Good luck to you Tom.