Engine Company 218 Brooklyn

ENGINE 218 BROOKLYN ORGANIZED AS ENGINE  18, BROOKLYN FIRE DEPT
ORG.	112 Seigel St.		(Nov. 30, 1877)
NQTRS.	650 Hart St.		(Dec.  1, 1887)
CHANGE	To Engine 18, FDNY	(Jan. 28, 1898)
CHANGE	To Engine 118		(Oct.  1, 1899)
RQTRS.	650 Hart St.		(Nov. 22, 1904)
CHANGE	To Engine 218		(Jan.  1, 1913)
DISB.				(Jul.  2, 1975)
REORG.	650 Hart St.		(Jul.  4, 1975)

Engine 218 had responded to a 10-75 or better every night on Ceder Street for a month before this fatal third alarm fire
which finally took the lives of two children on the same block.

At this fire the building totally collapsed just prior to Engine 218 entering the front door.

On the back step in 1984 Photos donated by John Maher of Engine Company 218 retired

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