Rescue 1 FDNY

FDNY Rescue Co 1 Pre 9/11, some shots were taken from a ride along with Rescue 1 to a building fire near Theater District in a residential area of Midtown, seen with Rescue 1 is a 1996 HME heavy rescue, seen with Ladder 4 and Engine 54 is a 2001 Seagrave rear mount aerial ladder and an late 1993-early 1994 Seagrave pumper, seen with FDNY EMS is a 1996 Ford F-150 utility ambulance, etc, this segment with the small pieces of the building fire response is to Lower Manhattan on Wall Street for a smoke condition known as a class III, but it turns out there was just an electrical smoke odor on the top floor with a missing elevator car, this was due to a burned out elevator engine located on a nearby floor for the maintenance guys, the units sent were Division 1, Rescue 1, Rescue 3, Engine 55, Engine 9, Ladder 6, and Battalion 4. After the incident they sent the guys home and became available for the next run. Rescue 1’s quarters is located at 530 West 43rd Street between 10th and 11th Avenue near the Javits Center which is in Hell’s Kitchen next to Engine 34 and Ladder 21, Rescue 1’s quarters was built in 1894 and was originally quartering Engine 2 of the NYFD before they became the FDNY, in 1915 Rescue 1 was organized but Rescue 1 didn’t get quartered at 530 West 43rd Street until later on in its life when Engine 2 was disbanded, in 1922 in Brooklyn at the submarine yard a fire broke out down there and sent all companies from Brooklyn to respond and the only rescue company at the time (Rescue 1) and it took too long for Rescue 1 to get there to use their special equipment so in 1925 Rescue 2 was organized to give Rescue 1 a permanent break from responding long distances into Brooklyn, when Rescue 2 first came into service in 1925 they were quartered at 210’s quarters at 160 Carlton Avenue near Barclays Center in Crown Heights, then they moved to Downtown Brooklyn in 1929 until 1946 when they moved back to their original quarters where 210 is now, then in the mid to late 50s after Engine 234 moved to 234th Street with Ladder 123 and Battalion 38 Rescue 2 got quartered there until recently in 2019, Rescue 2 responded to an aircraft collision on December 16th 1960 in Park Slope then on December 19th 1960 an aircraft carrier museum project went up in flames and it became a citywide alert more than 750 firefighters responded to the aircraft carrier to save the 300+ guys inside. In 1989 Rescue 2 got turned out for a 2 alarm fire in Midtown Brooklyn using a 1982 American LaFrance heavy rescue they were behind Long Island College Hospital on the way there, but the worst fire they responded to was on the morning of September 11th 2001 at 8:46AM EDT when American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the WTC sending all 5 rescues and more than 1000 engine and ladder companies more than 700 deputy and battalion chiefs several marshals etc just like on February 26th 1993, this historic landmark was filled with emergency personnel in minutes, after the collapse of the towers the FDNY and other personnel had to dig for bodies and survivors to bring them home again. This lasted 8 months and the reconstruction began in 2004, in 2014 the reconstruction was finally finished and the museum was completed to memorialize the lives lost on that day America will never forget. Unfortunately for the rigs buried in the rubble that day they were totaled from the impact of the collapse of both towers and needed to be replaced.
God Bless America

[@SuperQdaddy]

Working in Manhattan is a trip...so many variables

[@fdny3526]

@@SuperQdaddy True

[@FDNYMan]

03:53 RIP Battalion Chief "William McGovern"

[@fdny3526]

@@FDNYMan May he rest in eternal peace. My condolences go out to his family

[@adenfire1157]

Let’s go rescue one

[@fdny3526]

Yup

[@beavedelly9063]

What year is this? I may have missed it

[@fdny3526]

@@beavedelly9063 It’s Pre 9/11 so 2001

[@xxxnyb]

This was either JUST pre 9/11 or JUST post 9/11.. EDIT: Looks like pre 9/11 because I think I recognized Joe Angelini, he was one of the most decorated and experienced firefighters in FDNY history. Unfortunately him and his son Joseph Jr perished that day…. RIP warriors.. I also recognized Gary Geidel towards the end. He also perished that day…

[@fdny3526]

@@xxxnyb Yes all this was definitely pre 9/11 because their 1996 HME was still in service they would’ve had a Mack MR post to 9/11 because their 1996 HME was totaled on 9/11. They ended up receiving their replacement rig that was already planned by Terry Hatton which was a 2002 E-One that all 5 rescues received Rescues 1 and 2 were the first to receive them then Rescues 3 4 and 5 received them after their 1996 HMEs were taken out of service from their firehouses and used as spares all the way up to 2010. You’ll recognize Rescue 3’s old 1996 HME being used as a spare for Rescue 1 it would be a dead giveaway because of the partial red code 3 rotating light bar that sits right smack in between the other two partial white code 3 rotating light bars and also the names of the members who perished on 9/11 but can’t be read very well because of the distance between Anesti’s camera was from the long lobby door of the Rescue 3’s old 1996 HME. These doors were common on all 5 rescues in the mid 90s when they were purchased to have the word RESCUE and the number it was assigned to and their respective logo. The partial code 3 rotating light bar change was done to Rescue 3 a few years after the official delivery of the 1996 HME to it’s firehouse in The Bronx and that time they added a Federal Model 28 for an add on. I have no idea where Rescue 3’s ex 1996 HME is now but it was last seen filling in for Rescue 1’s Pierce Arrow XT while it was in the shop back in 2007 and that was the last time it was recorded on a response before being fully decommissioned 3 years later