History of Ladder Co. 21
Hi Don, Here it is. 1890 - At the meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners the Chief of Department recommended that Ladder 21 be established. On June 1st Ladder 21 was organized and located at 432 West 36 street. 1890 - Ladder 21 had 147 runs and 76 workers. The truck had a three (3) horse team, two (2) of which were purchased for $300.00 each. Ladder 21's first job was on June 5th at box 454 located at 10 avenue and West 37 street @ 0330 hours. A second alarm (2-2) was transmitted @ 0332 hours. 1891 - Water Tower 3 was organized and assigned to Ladder 21 1901 - Water Tower 3 was moved to Ladder 24 1902 - Ladder 21 designated a double company on June 1st 1939 - Ladder 21 reverted back to single company. Because of construction of the Lincoln Tunnel their quarters had to be destroyed. On September 1st Ladder 21 with Engine 34 moved into their new quarters at 440 West 38 street. Original Members of Ladder 21, June 1, 1890 FM George S. Searle AF James J. McCartney FR Pierce English FR Thomas R. Godfrey FR Thomas Larkin #1 FR William H. Kleinfelder FR Henry E. Hanley FR James R. Fogarty FR Michael F. Power FR Andrew Clarey FR Thomas Kehoe FR John J. Kane Members who made the supreme sacrifice. Thomas R. Godfrey L21 Fireman May 23, 1892 Thomas Behan L21 Fireman September 12, 1921 Henry P. Reinhardt L21 Fireman March 5, 1922 William Kostinec Jr. L21 Lieutenant March 22, 1932 THEY SHOULD AND WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN! Ladder Co. 21 was assigned a Tower Ladder in 1985 as a result of the major fire that destroyed Rescue 1's quarters on West 43 street (formerly the quarters of Engine 2). The first three trucks responding to this fire, Ladder 21, Ladder 4 and Ladder 24 were all 100' aerial ladders. The current members of Tower Ladder Co. 21 Captain Michael T. Farrell Lieutenant Michael N. Fodor Matthew Moog Peter Campanelli Fireman Gerald Atwood Frank Chara Gerard Duffy Brian Eagers Gerard Gavin Thomas Hammerton Michael Harris Henry Lombardi Edward Luciani John Marr Juan Marrero Frederick McKeon James McNally Kevin Meehan Thomas Merenyi Paul Nugent Thomas Oswald Vincent Prisco James Rosinsky Clinton Schmitterer James Shannon John Sheehan Leo Skorupski Bryan Weckmann Robert Wheeler Thanks, Mike Farrell