February 19, 2013
This is the home of Engine 37, Ladder 26 and formerly District 5 (disbanded a few years ago). The firehouse was built in the 1930's and is one of the busiest in the city with companies averaging over 4,000 runs annually.
Nicknamed the "Huntington Ave. Express" the district these companies cover is one of the most diverse in the city. It includes "3-deckas", brownstones, housing projects, high-rises, college dorms, hospitals, helicopter landing pads, and a few miles of the Green Line trolley as well. In addition these companies are first due to the Yawkey Way side of Fenway Park.
Many members of our Departments Command Staff spent time at Huntington Ave. while traveling up through the ranks.
Four members of Huntington Ave., have made the ultimate sacrifice, the most recent being FLT. Kevin Kelley, who was killed in the line-of-duty on January 9, 2009. In addition, FF. Richard Sheridan of L-16, was detailed into L-26 in 1976, and killed as a result of a building collapse. May we never forget their sacrifices.
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