ACTIVE FIRE HOUSE425 Faneuil Street, BrightonEngine Company 51 |
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Apparatus of Engine 51/Ladder 22 at 425 Faneuil St., Brigton, in 1977. 
Quarters of Engine 51 in 1984. 
Engine 51's quarters in Oak Square, Brighton, circa 1998. |
HISTORYThis firehouse was opened on February 24, 1913 when Ladder Company 31 (Brighton) was organized. Ladder 31 was disbanded on July 12, 1920 and Engine Company 51 was organized. The firehouse is located at 425 Faneuil Street, near the corner of Bigelow Street, directly on the square at Oak Square in the Brighton section of the city. Ladder Company 34 was organized here on March 15, 1950. It remained in service until disbanded on May 25, 1954. Ladder Company 22 was moved here on November 13, 1972, from its former location at 36 Monument Avenue in Charlestown, where it had been organized on April 21, 1905. Ladder 22 was disbanded on April 10, 1981. The response are for Engine 51 is primarily in the Brighton and Allston sections of the city. Engine 51 responds to approximately 1000 incidents per year. 
1916 Map of the firehouse location of Engine 51/Ladder 31 in Oak Sq., Brighton. 
Engine 51's quarters in Oak Square, Brighton, circa 2010. |