Cincinnati OH Box 1221 - a photo on Flickriver

            This photo shows a response to the corner of 8th Street & Central Avenue on the west side of Downtown.

The engine that is closest to the corner is Engine 45 (1961 Seagrave) with their second piece behind them.  The 45's ran two pieces at all times (both 1000-gpm pumpers) with a crew of 6 or 7 firefighters.  That is most likely Engine 14 over on the left behind St. Peter in Chains cathedral.

The building on the right was Ben's Department Store.  This place sold discount goods of every description before national chain stores took over that function.

On the corner you can see the Gamewell fire alarm box on a pedestal.  The alarm assignment for this location is shown below.

A couple of notes regarding the card.  Most boxes in Cincinnati had a "night engine" on them.  That engine only responded between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.  If the run was a working fire during the day the District Marshal would often call for the night engine to respond.  If a 2nd alarm was transmitted the night engine would respond with the 2nd alarm companies.

S-1 on the card denotes a response for Squad 1.  This company was technically a salvage company but generally it was 5 additional firefighters being assigned to the run.  Squad 1 frequently placed themselves on a run, where they weren't assigned, when it sounded like a worker.

The other Squad was the 52's.  They ran the heavy rescue and had a fairly hefty 1st alarm running area.  Both Squad 1 and Squad 52 responded to all multiple alarms.

Cutbacks in the Department resulted in many of the companies that were assigned on this box being disbanded.  The companies were: Engines 45, 44, 6, 25, 43, 16, and 39 along with Truck 7, Squad 1 and District 3.

Taken in: United States / Ohio / Cincinnati / Lincoln Court (show map)

Taken on: December 3, 2024

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