HISTORY OF LADDER CO. 6
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COMPANY ORGANIZED: MARCH 31, 1924
COMPANY QUARTERS
COMPANY QUARTERS
1924-1966 401 (295) Park Avenue, near St. John Street, with Engine Co. 6
1966- 784 Congress Street, Bramhall Square, with E-4, E-6, District-One
COMPANY NAMES
COMPANY NAMES
1924-1930 Ladder 6 (Part of Engine Co. 6 as a “double company”)
1930- Ladder Co. 6
ABRIDGED HISTORY
ABRIDGED HISTORY
1924 – Ladder 1’s old 1883 horse-drawn ladder carriage (originally L-3) was rebuilt, carrying 307 feet of ladders, then relocated to the Park Avenue firehouse of Engine Co. 6, forming a double company. Three members were assigned to the ladder, responding to alarms in the general vicinity of the firehouse under direction of the Officer of Engine Co. 6.
May 11, 1929 – A new motorized tractor-drawn 75-foot wooden aerial ladder truck went in service as Ladder 6, replacing the horse-drawn truck and two of the last six horses (L-6 Fred & Joe) .
February 21, 1930 – Ladder 6 became a separate fire company. Captain Thomas Murdock was appointed the new company’s commander, which also had a Lieutenant and four Laddermen.
February 7, 1938 – The 75-foot wooden aerial ladder was removed from the trailer and placed on L-5 at Central Station. Ladder 6’s trailer was then sent to the Seagrave factory and retrofitted with a new 85-foot, three-section steel aerial. It returned back in service May 12th.
March 13, 1951 – A two-way radio was installed in Ladder 6 by the fire alarm division.
September 12, 1960 – The wooden ground ladders were replaced with twelve aluminum ladders.
November 28, 1961 – A Seagrave tractor-drawn 100-foot aerial ladder truck went in commission.
August 4, 1966 – Ladder Co. 6 was relocated to the new Bramhall Square Fire Station in the West End, along with Engine Co. 4, Engine Co. 6, and the District-One Deputy Chief and District Chiefs.
July 3, 1978 – New Ward LaFrance/Maxim, 100-foot rear mounted aerial ladder truck went in service to Ladder 6, replacing the tiller truck. It was the first PFD ladder truck to have a cab-over roof.
September 23, 1989 – Ladder 6 placed a new Pierce Arrow four-door cab 105 foot aerial ladder truck with a 1,500gpm pump and a pre piped waterway into service.
October 28, 2001 – Pierce Dash rear mounted 105-foot aerial ladder truck with all-steel wheels, a pre-piped waterway, and carrying 177 feet of ladders was commissioned.
2019 – A 2011 Pierce Velocity rear-mounted 105-foot Quint truck, with a 1,500gpm pump was purchased from the Rockford, IL Fire Department. It was placed in service September 23rd.
2024 – A new Pierce Enforcer with an Ascendant 100-foot, aerial tower ladder w/bucket was purchased for Ladder 6 and was put in service December 26th.
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