Squads Chiefs

BATTALION CHIEFS LOCATION FOR THE FOLLOWING YEARS 1901, 1951, 1980, 1986
1901 1951 1980 1986
CHIEF 1 WT-1 E-9 E-9 E-9
CHIEF 2 L-4 E-55 E-55 E-55
CHIEF 3 L-6 L-5 E-36 E-36
CHIEF 4 L-5 E-17 E-17 E-59
CHIEF 5 E-17 E-31 E-31 E-17
CHIEF 6 E-32 E-32 E-32
CHIEF 7 E-27 E-27 E-27
CHIEF 8 E-44 E-44 E-44
CHIEF 9 E-21 E-21 E-50
CHIEF 10 E-59 E-50
CHIEF 11 E-59
CHIEF 12 E-50 (OUT OF SERVICE SEPTEMBER 1961]

L=LADDER
E=ENGINE
WT=WATERTOWER (LARNED & HASTINGS)

SQUAD 1

ORIGINATED, HASTINGS & CONGRESS (AS ENGINE 30) AT ENGINE 2, OCTOBER 1908

CHANGE TO , FLYING SQUADRON 1,    AUGUST 1918

NEW QUARTERS, LARNED & ST. ANTOINE, AT ENGINE 2, OCTOBER 1918

CHANGE TO, RESCUE CO. 1, APRIL 1921

RELOCATED, LARNED & WAYNE,    AT ENGINE 1, JANUARY 1940

CHANGE TO, SQUAD 1, JANUARY 1952

DISBANDED, JANUARY 1958

REORGANIZED, LARNED & WAYNE, AT ENGINE 1,    APRIL 1958

CHANGE TO, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 1,    DECEMBER 1972

DISBANDED, JANUARY 1978

CHANGE , FORMER TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 7
NOW
TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 1, AT ENGINE 53, JUNE 1980

RELOCATED ,    MEYERS & FLORENCE, AT ENGINE 30, AUGUST 1988

RELOCATED,    GREENFIELD & FENKELL, AT ENGINE 53,    JANUARY 2000

SQUAD 2

ORIGINATED, ALEXANDRINE & CASS ( AS ENGINE 34 ) AT ENGINE 5 , OCTOBER 1910

DISBANDED, FEBRUARY 1917

REORGANIZED, ALEXANDRINE & CASS ( AS FLYING SQUADRON 2) AT ENGINE 5, JANUARY 1920

CHANGE TO, RESCUE CO. 2, APRIL 1921

CHANGE TO, SQUAD 2 , JANUARY 1952

RELOCATED , RUSSELL & WILKINS, AT ENGINE 6, JULY 1972

CHANGE TO, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 2, DECEMBER 1972

RELOCATED, ALEXANDRINE & CASS, AT ENGINE 5 , JUNE 1973

RELOCATED, RUSSELL & WILKINS, AT ENGINE 6, JUNE 1981

RELOCATED, MONTCALM, WEST OF PARK, AT LADDER 3, MAY 1982

RELOCATED, RUSSELL & WILKINS, AT ENGINE 6, MAY 1991

RELOCATED, MT ELLIOT & SYLVESTER, AT ENGINE 18, MAY 1992

RELOCATED, MONTCALM, WEST OF PARK, AT ENGINE 1, FEBRUARY 1994

RELOCATED, ALEXANDRINE & CASS, AT ENGINE 5, OCTOBER 1999

SQUAD 3

ORGANIZED, MT, ELLIOT & SYLVESTER (AS ENGINE 36) AT ENGINE 18, JANUARY 1913

DISBANDED, SEPTEMBER 1918

REORGANIZED, MT, ELLIOT & SYLVESTER ( AS FLYING SQUADREN 3) AT ENGINE 18, JULY 1920

CHANGE TO, RESCUE CO. 3, APRIL 1921

RELOCATED, ROHNS & WARREN, AT ENGINE 41, APRIL 1936

CHANGE TO, SQUAD 3, JANUARY 1952

RELOCATED, MORAN & EAST GRAND BLVD, . AT ENGINE 23, DECEMBER 1972

CHANGE TO, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 3, DECEMBER 1972

RELOCATED, JEFFERSON & HART,    AT ENGINE 32, MAY 1992

RELOCATED, MORAN & EAST GRAND BLVD, AT ENGINE 23, FEBRUARY 1994

SQUAD 4

ORIGINATED, JUNCTION & ROGERS (AS ENGINE 40) AT ENGINE 27, JULY 1915

DISBANDED, OCTOBER 1916

REORGANIZED, WEST GRAND BLVD & COBB PL. AT ENGINE 31, JULY 1923

CHANGE TO, RESCUE CO. 4 , JULY 1923

CHANGE TO, SQUAD 4,    JANUARY 1952

CHANGE TO, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 4, DECEMBER 1972

RELOCATED,    WEST WARREN & LAWTON , JUNE 1992

RELOCATED,    WEST GRAND BLVD & COBB PL.    AT ENGINE 31,    AUGUST 1994

SQUAD 5

ORIGINATED,    CURTIS & LIVERNOIS (AS RESCUE 5)    AT ENGINE 51,    MAY 1947

RELOCATED,    TWELFTH & LA BELLE,    AT ENGINE 40,    SEPTEMBER 1951

CHANGE TO, SQUAD 5, JANUARY 1952

CHANGE TO, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 5, DECEMBER 1972

NEW QUARTERS, DEXTER & EWALD CIRCLE ( AT ENGINE 4O) MARCH 1980

SQUAD 6

ORIGINATED,    GRATIOT & HOUSTON    (AS RESCUE 6)    AT ENGINE 50,    AUGUST 1951

NOTE: HOUSTON IS NOW HOUSTON- WHITTIER

CHANGE TO, SQUAD 6,    JANUARY 1952

CHANGE TO, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 6, DECEMBER 1972

RELOCATED,    WHITTIER & LAKEPOINTE,    AT ENGINE 58 , MARCH 1982

SQUAD 7

ORIGINATED,    GREENFIELD & FENKELL (AS RESCUE 7 ) AT ENGINE 53,    OCTOBER 1951

CHANGE TO , SQUAD 7, JANUARY 1952

CHANGE TO, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 7, JULY 1972

CHANGE TO, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 7,,,, RENUMBERED TO,    TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 1,    JUNE 1980

RELOCATED, TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 1 MOVED TO,    MEYERS & FLORENCE,    AT ENGINE 30, AUGUST 1988

SQUAD 8

ORIGINATED, CENTRAL & DIX (AS TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 8 , AT ENGINE 37, JANUARY 1972

DISBANDED,    JANUARY 1978

SQUAD 9

ORIGINATED, JEFFERSON & HART (AS TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD 9) AT ENGINE 32,    MARCH 1972

DISBANDED,    JANUARY 1978

NOTE, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 30, 1972 , ALL TACTICAL MOBILE SQUAD UNITS ARE NO LONGER TO RESPOND TO MEDICAL

EMERGENCIES, DUTIES NOW TAKEN BY EMS

BELOW IS WHAT I HAVE ON THE OLD DEPUTY CHIEFS
I DON'T , AT THIS TIME, HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE LATER DEPUTY CHIEFS.
DEPUTY CHIEFS RESPONDED TO ALARM BOXES LOCATED IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND HIGH VALUE AREAS OF THE CITY, IN ADDITION TO THE BATTALION CHIEFS NORMALLY RESPONDING TO THE LOCATION.

DEPUTY I

ORIGINATED, WEST LARNED & WAYNE ST.,    WITH ENGINE 1, APRIL 1927
DISBANDED, MAY 1940

DEPUTY 2

ORIGINATED,    MILITARY & MICHIGAN, WITH ENGINE 22,    APRIL 1927
DISBANDED, MAY 1940

DEPUTY 3

ORIGINATED,    BYRON & TAYLOR,    WITH ENGINE 39,    APRIL 1927
DISBANDED,    MAY 1940

DEPUTY 4

ORIGINATED, ROHNS & EAST WARREN,    WITH ENGINE 41, APRIL 1927
DISBANDED,    MAY 1940

WATER TOWER 1

ORIGINATED,    EAST LARNED BETWEEN ST. ANTOINE & HASTINGS , AT LADDER 2, JULY 1893

RELOCATED, WEST LARNED & WAYNE, 1917

RELOCATED, GRAND RIVER & 16TH,    AT LADDER 9..........UNKNOWN DATE

RELOCATED, HASTINGS & HIGH    (WATERLOO HY. / VERNOR) AT ENGINE 6, MAY 1927

RELOCATED, WEST LARNED & WAYNE,    1924 OR 1929

DISBANDED MAY 1953

NOTE, THERE IS CONFLICTING INFORMATION / DATES AS THE SOURCES I HAVE, DIFFER ON SOME.

THE ABOVE IS A SUMMATION OF THE INFORMATION I HAVE

THERE WERE THREE WATER TOWERS FROM 1893 TO 1953

THE FIRST WATER TOWER, 1893, WAS HORSE DRAWN AND BUILT BY "THE CHAMPION MFG. CO. OF CHICAGO

THE SECOND WATER TOWER, 1917, WAS GASOLINE MOTORIZED AND BUILT BY THE SEAGRAVE CORP. OF COLUMBUS OHIO

THE THIRD WATER TOWER, 1924, WAS BUILT BY SEAGRAVE

HOSE CO. 1

ORGANIZED, LARNED & WAYNE, AT ENGINE 1, OCTOBER 1876

NEW QUARTERS,    LARNED & WAYNE, AT ENGINE 1, SEPTEMBER 1889

CHANGE TO, HIGH PRESSURE 1, SEPTEMBER 1922

NEW QUARTERS,    LARNED & WAYNE,    AT ENGINE 1,    AUGUST 1929

CHANGE TO, HOSE CO. 1,    APRIL 1948

RELOCATED,    RUSSELL & WILKINS (STAND BY STATUS) AT ENGINE 6,    MARCH 1956

DISBANDED,    APRIL 1982

FIRE BOAT TENDER 1

ORIGINATED,    LARNED & WAYNE (WASHINGTON BLVD.) AT ENGINE 1, MARCH 1956

CHANGE, PLACED ON STAND BY STATUS, AT HEADQUARTERS,    OCTOBER 1979

RELOCATED,    RUSSELL & WILKINS, STAND BY STATUS, AT ENGINE 6, NOVEMBER 1982

HOSE CO. 2

ORIGINATED,    HASTING & CONGRESS,    AT ENGINE 2,    JULY 1886

CHANGE TO,    HIGH PRESSURE 2,    DECEMBER 1922

RELOCATED, LARNED & RIOPELLE,    AT ENGINE 9,    DECEMBER 1922

CHANGE TO,    FIRE BOAT TENDER 2,    MARCH 1956

RELOCATED,    BAGLEY & SIXTH, (STAND BY STATUS) AT ENGINE 8,    MARCH 1956

DISBANDED DECEMBER 1971

HOSE CO. 3

ORIGINATED,    ELMWOOD & FORT,    AT LADDER 6,    JUNE 1901

DISBANDED,    JUNE 1915

REORGANIZED,    BAGLEY & SIXTH,    AT ENGINE 8,    DECEMBER 1922

CHANGE TO,    HIGH PRESSURE 3,    DECEMBER 1922

DISBANDED,    MAY 1940

HOSE CO. 4

ORIGINATED,    12TH ST. & WOODBRIDGE, (JEFFERSON) APRIL 1906

DISBANDED,    JUNE 1915

REORGANIZED,    CONCORD, NORTH OF JEFFERSON,    AT ENGINE 7,    DECEMBER 1922

CHANGED TO,    HIGH PRESSURE 4, DECEMBER 1922

DISBANDED,    MAY 1940

CHEMICAL ENGINE 1

ORIGINATED, LARNED & WAYNE,, AT ENGINE 1, OCTOBER 1876

DISBANDED, (INCORPORATED WITH HOSE CO. 1)    SEPTEMBER 1899

REORGANIZED,    LARNED & WAYNE (WITH CREW OF CHEMICAL ENGINE 4)    SEPTEMBER 1899

DISBANDED,    APRIL 1905

CHEMICAL ENGINE 2

ORIGINATED,    HASTINGS & CONGRESS,    AT ENGINE 2,    DECEMBER 1876

DISBANDED,    (INCORPORATED WITH HOSE CO. 2) SEPTEMBER 1899

CHEMICAL ENGINE 3

ORIGINATED,    CLIFFORD & GRISWOLD,    AT ENGINE 3,    JULY 1886

DISBANDED, APRIL 1905

CHEMICAL ENGINE 4

ORIGINATED,    MICHIGAN & 20TH ST, AT LADDER 4,    OCTOBER 1891

DISBANDED,    (CREW REASSIGNED TO CHEMICAL ENGINE 1)    AT ENGINE 1,    SEPTEMBER 1899

FOAM 1

ORIGINATED, CONCORD,    NORTH OF JEFFERSON,    AT ENGINE 7,    NOVEMBER 1938
RELOCATED , BURROUGHS & 2ND AVE., AT ENGINE 17,    APRIL 1948
DISBANDED, DECEMBER 1978

FOAM 2

ORIGINATED,    TEMPLE & 16TH ST.,    AT ENGINE 10 , NOVEMBER 1938
RELOCATED , VINEWOOD & WEST GRAND BLVD., AT LADDER 4, OCTOBER 1940
RELOCATED, RUSSELL & WILKINS, AT ENGINE 6 , JANUARY 1958
DISBANDED DECEMBER 1978

FOAM 3

ORIGINATED, BURROUGHS & 2ND AVE. , AT ENGINE 17.    NOVEMBER 1938
NEW QUARTERS,    LAFAYETTE & MT. ELLIOT,    AT ENGINE 7,    SEPTEMBER 1970
DISBANDED DECEMBER 1978

FOAM 4

ORIGINATED, JEFFERSON & SOLVAY , AT ENGINE 29,    NOVEMBER 1938
DISBANDED APRIL 1948

FOAM 5

ORIGINATED, MILLER & HELEN , AT ENGINE 36, NOVEMBER 1938
DISBANDED APRIL 1948

FOAM 6

ORIGINATED, CENTRAL & DIX, AT ENGINE 37, NOVEMBER 1938
DISBANDED APRIL 1948

FOAM 7

ORIGINATED, GRATIOT & BALDWIN, AT ENGINE 20, NOVEMBER 1938
RELOCATED MERRICK & 12TH ST. , AT ENGINE 12, MAY 1940
DISBANDED APRIL 1948

NOTE, ALL FOAM COMPANIES WERE 1916 - 1918, RETIRED SEAGRAVE CHAIN DRIVE PUMPING ENGINES.
EQUIPMENT CARRIED, FOAMITE GENERATOR AND 40 CANS OF FOAM POWDER

TAC 1

ORGANIZED, MONTCALM, WEST OF PARK, AT LADDER 3, MARCH 1978

RELOCATED, JUNCTION & ROGERS,    AT LADDER 8,    NOVEMBER 1978

DISBANDED, JUNE 1983

REORGANIZED , EAST LAFAYETTE & ST. ANTOINE,    AT ENGINE 9,    SEPTEMBER 1990

RELOCATED, WASHINGTON BLVD. & WEST LARNED, MAY 1991

RELOCATED, MILLER & HELEN, AT LADDER 16,    SEPTEMBER 1991

DISBANDED,    (ON STANDBY) AT LADDER 6,    JUNE 1992

TAC 2

ORGANIZED,    EAST JEFFERSON & HART,    AT ENGINE 32,    MARCH 1978

RELOCATED,    EAST MILWAUKEE & RIOPELLE,    AT ENGINE 11, NOVEMBER 1978

RELOCATED,    EAST LAFAYETTE & MT. ELLIOT,    AT LADDER 6,    JANUARY 1979

RELOCATED, HOUSTON-WHITTER & GRATIOT,    AT LADDER 23,    OCTOBER 1979

RELOCATED,    MILLER & HELEN, AT LADDER 16,    FEBRUARY 1982

RELOCATED, WASHINGTON BLVD. & WEST LARNED, SEPTEMBER 1991

RELOCATED, 14TH & BLAIN, AT ENGINE 39, OCTOBER 1998

TAC 3

ORIGINATED, EAST LAFAYETTE & ST. ANTOINE, AT ENGINE 9,    JUNE 1982

DISBANDED, (ON STANDBY) AT TRAINING ACADEMY, SEPTEMBER 1983

TAC 4

ORIGINATED, EAST MILWAUKEE & RIOPELLE, AT LADDER 11, JUNE 1982

RELOCATED, BURROUGHS & SECOND, AT ENGINE 17, NOVEMBER 1982

DISBANDED, (ON STANDBY) AT ENGINE 48, SEPTEMBER 1983

NOTE, TAC UNITS WERE SMALL LIGHT DUTY TRIPLE COMBINATION TACTICAL PUMPERS

JET BOAT 1

ORIGINATED BELLE ISLE HARBOR MASTERS MARINA OCTOBER 1970

( A MOBILE HOME SERVED AS CREW QUARTERS)

DISBANDED JULY 1978

PROTECTIVE CO. NO. 1 (SALVAGE PATROL)

ORIGINATED, HASTINGS & CONGRESS, AT ENGINE 2, JANUARY 1883
DISBANDED, JUNE 1886

DEPARTMENT AMBULANCE

ORIGINATED,    BURROUGHS & 2ND., AT ENGINE 17,    JUNE 1927

RELOCATED,    WAYNE & LARNED,    AT ENGINE 1,    AUGUST 1929

RELOCATED,    RUSSELL & WILKINS,    AT ENGINE 6,    NOVEMBER 1982

CHANGE , CONVERTED TO COMMAND POST,    AT ENGINE 6, NOVEMBER 1988

HIGH PRESSURE PUMPING STATION

ORIGINATED FOOT OF RANDOLPH ST. SEPTEMBER 1922

OUT OF SERVICE MARCH 1956

INFORMATION FROM FIRE DEPARTMENT HISTORIAN CLARENCE C. WOODARD

"DUE TO EXTENSIVE URBAN RENEWAL CLEARANCES OF OLDER BUILDINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, EXTENSIVE FREEWAY

CONSTRUCTION AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OBJECTING TO THE USE OF CONTAMINATED RAW RIVER WATER FOR THE

EXTINGUISHING OF FIRES, THE SYSTEM WAS ABANDONED IN MARCH 1956."