F.D.N.Y. Company Nicknames
By Borough
NOTES:
- A “Quartered With” Company in Italics designates that the company shares the same company nickname as the Engine
- Multiple nicknames are listed when there is an uncertainty
BROOKLYN
Engine Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
E-201: “Can Do” or“Emerald Isle”
E-202: “Red Hook Raiders” L-101, B-32
E-205: “The Brooklyn Bridge Club” or L-118
“Under the Bridge”
E-206: “The Gas House Gang” Foam-86
E-207: “Club Tillary”or L-110, B-31, D-6, “The Tillary Street Tigers” Maxi Water Unit
E-209: “The Bedford Express” L-102
E-210: “Fort Green Bravest”
E-211: “Victory Engine” L-119
E-214: “The Nut House” L-111
E-216: “Going Gets Tough” or L-108, B-35
“The Pride of Williamsburg”
E-217: “Bed Sty”
E-218: “The BushwickBomberos”
E-219: “ Tines Plaza” or L-105
“ Dean St”
E-220: “Pride of Park Slope” L-122
E-221: “The South Side” L-104
E-222: “Triple Deuce” B-37, Rac-2
E-224: “The Hick St. Hicks”
E-225: “Faithful & Fearless” L-107, B-39
E-226: “Injun” or
“ Brooklyn Fire Water”
E-227: “King of the Hill”
E-228: “First at the Bush” or
“The Bush Wackers”
E-229: “The Mutha of All Engines” or L-146, Dry Chem
“The Mack Attack” or
“We Walk the Line”
E-230: “The Rat That Roared” or
“The Pride of Bed Sty”
E-231: “The Pride of Brownsville” or L-120, B-44
“The Tradition Continues” or
“ Watkins Street”
E-233: “To Hull and Back” or L-176, Field Comm
“The Tin House”
E-234: “ St. John’s Place East” L-123, B-38
E-235: “The Eye of Bed Sty” B-57
E-236: “The Pride of East New York”
E-237: “Bushwick”
E-238: “Guardians of Greenpoint” L-106, Foam Tender
E-239: “The Fourth Ave.Express”
E-240: “The Road Runners” B-48
E-241: “The 3rd Ave.Express” L-109
E-242: “Guardian of the Narrows” Rac-5, Dry Chem
E-243: “The 18th Ave.Express”or L-168, B-42
“ 18th Ave.Expressos”
E-245: “The Fun House” L-161, B-43
E-246: “Hell in the Bay” L-169
E-247 “40 Heaven” or Thaw-64
“Hot Stuff”
E-248: “Heart of Flatbush” or B-41
E-249: “ Camp Rogers Rats” or L-113
“The Rat House”
E-250: “The Parkville Eagles” or ” Foster Ave.”
E-253: “Bensonhurst’s Bravest”
E-254: “The Watchdogs” or L-153
“The Watchdogs of Ave. U”
E-255: “The Jolly Rogers” L-157
E-257: “Canarsie’s Bravest” L-170, B-58
E-271: “Himrod Hose Heads” L-124, B-28
E-276: “The Highway” L-156, B-33
E-277: “The Ant Farm” or L-112
“The House of Pain”
E-279: “The Happy Hookers” L-131
E-280: “ St. John’s Place” or L-132
“The Eye of the Storm”
E-281: “Da Pride of Flatbush” L-147
E-282: “Fighting the Red Devil” or L-148
“ItAin’t Easy”
E-283: “ Brownsville” D-7
E-284: “Castle on the Hill” L-149, Sat-3
E-290: “The Pride of Sheffield Ave.” L-103
E-309: “The Friendly Firehouse” L-159
E-310: “The Lords of Flatbush” or L-174
“ Snyder Island or “The Snyder Express”
E-318: “The Kings of Neptune” L-166
E-321: “ Going to Blazes” or Foam-87
“Charging In”
E-323: “Fully Involved”
E-330: “ Garfield” L-172
E-332: “Time Where” L-175
Ladder Co. Nickname
L-105: “Nobody’s Perfect” E-219
L-106: “The Tiller Truck” E-238, Foam Tender
L-114: “Tally Ho”
L-119: “The Lions of Hooper St.” E-211
L-120: “The Tower of Brownsville” E-231, B-44
L-124: “The Tonka Truck” E-271, B-28
L-146: “Ace In The Hole” or E-229, Dry Chem
“The Thunderbolts”
L-172: “The Hulk” E-330
L-175: “East New York Trucking Co.” E-332
L-176: “The Tin House Truck” E-233, Field Comm.
Squad 1: “The Only One”
Squad 252: “In Squad We Trust”
Rescue 2: “ The Bulldog”
Engine Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
E-251: “The Last Outpost”
E-258: “Big Apple Firefighters” L-115
E-259: “ Tombstone Territory” L-128, B-45
E-260: “ Long Island City Lightning” Foam-81
E-261: “The Flaming Skulls” L-116
E-262: “The River Rats” Decon
E-263: “The Road Runners” L-117
E-264: “The Big House” E-328, L-134
E-265: “Best of the Beach” L-121
E-266: “ Holland House” B-47
E-268: “The Beach House” L-137
E-273: “The Mouse House” L-129
E-274: “The Orient Express” B-52
E-275: “ Merrick Blvd.Magic” L-133
E-285: “Blazing Saddles” or L-142
“ Ozone Park”
E-286: “The Glendale Gypsies” or L-135
“The Myrtle Turtles”
E-287: “The Grand Ave.Gorillas” or L-136
“The ElmhurstEagles”
E-288: “The Maspeth Mutts” Haz-Mat
E-289: “The Corona Tigers” L-138
E-291: “ Ridgewood Border Patrol” L-140
E-292: “The Winfield Cougars” R-4
E-293: “The Woodhaven Wildcats” Thaw-65
E-294: “El’s Angels” L-143
E-295: “We Cover Across” or L-144
“The Whitestone Eagles”
E-297: “Sleepy Hollow” or L-130
“Pride of the Point”
E-298: “The Hillside Hilton” or L-127, B-50
“The Hillside Hurricanes”
E-299: “The Utopia Express” L-152
E-301: “The Hollis Hogs” or L-150
“Knights of Fire”
E-302: “Top Guns” or L-155
“The Viper’s Nest”
E-303: “The Princeton Street Tigers” L-126
E-304: “Border Patrol” L-162
E-305: “Pride of the Hills” or L-151
“DemDa Hills”
E-306: “The Bayside Bulls”
E-307: “Hang On We’re Coming” or L-154
“The Jackson Heights Knights”
E-308: “Semper Paratus” or B-51
“ItAin’t Easy Being Single”
E-311: “The Swamp Dogs” L-158
E-312: “Hellgate Firefighters” B-49
E-313: “The End of the Rainbow” L-164
E-314: “On The Edge”
E-315: “ Clown College” L-125
E-316: “Land, Sea & Air”
E-317: “ St. Albans Sleepless Knights” L-165, B-54
E-319: “The Lone Wolf”
E-320: “Kings of Queens”or L-167
“The Patriots”
E-324: “Queen’s Burros” Sat-4
E-325: “Stairway to Heaven” or L-163
“The Woodside Warriors”
E-326: “Taj Mahal” or L-160, B-53
“The Springfield Express”
E-328: “The Big House” E-264, L-134
E-329: “Caddy Shack” Manifold Wagon
E-331: “ Cross Bay Flukes” L-173
Ladder Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
L-117: “The Sponges” E-263
L-136: “The Grand Ave.Eagles” E-287, B-46
L-163: “The Pride of Woodside” E-325
Squad 270: “ Queens Marines” or
“ Richmond Hill Raiders” or
“Strictly Business”
Rescue 4: “Popeye”
Engine Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
E-1: “Midtown Express” L-24
E-3: “The Pride of Chelsea” L-12, B-7, Hi-Rise
E-4: “Wall Street Bulls” L-15,Decon
E-5: “ 14th Street Express”
E-6: “Beekman Tigers”
E-7: “Duane Manor” or “MagnificentSeven” L-1, B-1
E-8: “Eight Ball” L-2, B-8
E-9: “Dragon Fighters” L-6, Sat-1
E-10: “10 House” or L-10
“Perfect 10” or
“Bulls & Bears”
E-14: “Sweet 14”
E-15: “Tug Boat”
E-16: “ Madison Square Eagles” L-7
E-18: “ Wild West Village”
E-21: “The 21 Club”
E-22: “The Pride of Yorkville” L-13, B-10
E-23: “The West Side Tigers”
E-24: “Red Rover” L-5, D-1
E-26: “The Killer Bees” or
“The Bat Cave”
E-28: “LosBomberos” L-11
E-33: “Bowery U” L-9
E-34: “38th Street Mutts” or L-21
“Hell’s Kitchen”
E-35: “Still First” L-14
E-36: “ Harlem Hose Trotters”
E-37: “Heart of Harlem All The Way” L-40
E-39: “The Giant” or L-16
“Fidus et Auday”
E-40: “The Opera Fans” L-35
E-44: “Fighting Forty Four”
E-47: “First Due at the U”
E-53: “El Barrios Bravest” L-43, Rac-1
E-54: “The Pride of Midtown” or L-4, B-9
“Never Missed a Performance”E-55: “Little Italy” or B-2
“Cinquenta Cinque”
E-58: “The Fire Factory” L-26
E-59: “The Harlem Zoo” L-30
E-65: “Midtown’s Most Wanted”
E-67: “The Pride of the Heights”
E-69: “The Harlem Hilton” L-28, B-16
E-74: “The Lost World”
E-76: “From Harlem to the Hudson” L-22, B-11, Thaw-61
E-80: “The Vinegar Hill Gang” L-23
E-84: “Where HarlemReaches the Heights” L-34
E-91: “Spanish Harlem” or
“Say No More”
E-93: “We Cross the Bridge” L-45, B-13
E-95: “The Last Stop” L-36, Foam-88
Ladder Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
L-2: “Snoopy” E-8, B-8
L-3: “Recon”or B-6
“ West Point”
L-5: “Stuffy” E-24, D-1
L-7: “The Pride of Madison Square” E-16
L-8: “The SmokeBusters”
L-11: “Lucky Eleven” E-28
L-12: “Fighting the Devil” E-3, B-7
L-14: “Forever Faithful” or E-35, B-12
“ Super Tower”
L-15: “High Rise Roof Team” E-4, Decon
L-16: “Gold Coast” E-39
L-18: “ Fort Pitt” B-4
L-20: “SoHo Trucking Co.” Amb-4
L-24: “The Raging Bulls” or E-1
“Say No More”
L-25: “10-75”or D-2
“Westside”
L-34: “Knights of the Heights” E-84
L-36: “The Pride of Inwood” E-95, Foam-88
L-40: “The Heart of Harlem” or E-37
“Life Begins at 40”
L-45: “ Washington Bridge” E-93, B-13
Rescue 1: “Outstanding”
BRONX
Engine Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
E-38: “The Occupied North Bronx” L-51
E-41: “The Best of Both Worlds”
E-42: “Da OK Corral”
E-43: “Best in the West” or L-59
“Sedgewick Slashers”
E-45: “The Eagles” L-58, B-18
E-46: “Cross Bronx Express” L-27
E-48: “The Fordham House” L-56, D-4
E-50: “Just Passing Through” L-19, B-26
E-52: “Riverdale” L-52
E-60: “Green Berets” L-17
E-61: “PlugUglies” B-20
E-62: “The Gun Hill Gang” L-32
E-63: “Top of the Bronx”or B-15
“ Bronx Border Blaze Busters”
E-64: “The Castle Hill Gang” L-47
E-66: “The Co-Op Crew” L-61
E-68: “The House on the Hill” L-49
E-70: “ Fantasy Island” L-53
E-71: “The War Wagon” L-55, D-3
E-72: “Never a Dull Moment” Sat-2
E-73: “The Elephant House” or L-42
“La Casa Del Elephante”
E-75: “The Animal House” L-33
E-79: “Da Bronx Bravest” L-37, B-27
E-81: “ Bailey Ave Bombers”or L-46
“Da Pride of Kingsbridge”
E-82: “La Casa Grande” L-31
E-83: “Da Bums on Da Hill” L-29
E-88: “First Due at the Zoo” L-38
E-89: “The Cuckoos Nest” L-50
E-90: “90 Proof” L-41
E-92: “Popeye South Bronx” L-44, B-17
E-94: “Hunts Point Devils” L-48, B-3
E-96: “ New York’s Bravest” L-54, Foam-82
E-97: “The Astor Hilton” Thaw-62
Ladder Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
L-39: “Thriller Tiller” or
“The Pride of Woodlawn”
L-52: “The Red Devils” E-52
L-55: “Not To Worry” E-71, D-3
L-56: “Fordham U” E-48, D-4
L-58: “The Fire Hogs” E-45, B-18
L-59: “The Blue Devils” E-43
L-61: “The Bronx Vikings” E-66
Rescue 3: “Big Blue”
STATEN ISLAND
Engine Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
E-151: “South Shore Pride” L-76
E-152: “The Eye of the Hurricane” or B-21, Foam-83
“TheRosebank Hurricanes”
E-153: “On the Waterfront” L-77
E-154: “Splendor in the Grass” Foam-84
E-155: “The Hot Corner” L-78
E-156: “The Best of Broadway” or
“The Broadway Express”
E-157: “Cougar Country” L-80
E-158: “Harbor Knights”
E-159: “We Do It All” Sat-5
E-160: “The Hillbillies” R-5, D-8, Tac-2
E-161: “The Beach Boys” L-81, Brush-501
E-162: “The Harbor View Boys” or L-82, B-23, Brush-502
“Shore Patrol”
E-163: “Covering the Corners” L-83
E-164: “Heat” or L-84
“Huguenot Engine & Truck”
E-165: “White Lightning” L-85, Thaw-63
E-166: “RAF” L-86, Brush-506
E-167: “Fire & Heat” or L-87, Foam-85
“Fire & Ice”
Ladder Co. Nickname (Quartered With)
L-79: “ North Shore Truckin’” B-22
L-86: “The Eagles” E-166, Brush-506
Rescue 5: “Blue Thunder”