Engine Company 41 / Squad 41

330 East 150th Street | Melrose | built 1903

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  1. 1903

    Fire Department engineer Alexander Stevens designs a firehouse for Engine 41

    A building permit for Engine Company 41's new house was issued in June 1902, and the firm of Fanning & Reilly built it between February and December 1903 for $32,800. The design came from Alexander Stevens, the Fire Department's Superintendent of Buildings, who is credited with seven firehouses from 1903 to 1906. Its three-bay front of limestone and brick has a central arch for the engine and an eagle on the second story.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  2. 1976

    Engine 41's second section, busy through the South Bronx fires, is disbanded

    During the 1960s and 1970s, when fires broke out in record numbers across the South Bronx, the company was given a second piece of apparatus to share the load. That second section, called Engine Company 41-2 and later Squad Company 5, ran until it was disbanded in 1976.

    “The company was extremely busy during the period of the 1960s and 70s when fires were started in record numbers in the South Bronx.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  3. 1990

    July 1

    Residents' protests bring Engine 41 back after a 1989 closing

    To save money, the city disbanded Engine Company 41 in May 1989. After fire deaths rose in the area and residents protested, the company was reorganized and returned to service on July 1, 1990, and that year it became Engine Company/Squad 41, an enhanced engine company trained for hazardous-materials calls and squad work beyond its own district.

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

  4. 2001

    September 11

    Squad 41 loses six firefighters at the World Trade Center

    On September 11, 2001, Engine Company/Squad 41 was sent to the World Trade Center, and six of its men were killed. Squad 41, one of two squad companies in the Bronx, still works out of the firehouse where Engine 41 has been based since 1903.

    “This company responded to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and consequently lost six men on that day.”

    Source: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

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