FDNY Announces New House for Rescue 2

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FDNY currently accepting bids for a new firehouse for Rescue 2, replacing the company's current 1920's era building.

The new location is “intended to become a tool for instruction,” according to an open bid for the construction of the building posted on the City Record this week, to be used — like all firehouses in the city — for trainings and simulations, such as patient rescues.

The city is looking for bids for the construction of the new firehouse through Jan. 6, 2016, the procurement announcement said. As of Wednesday, 44 different construction groups had applied for the job.

A spokeswoman for the city's Department of Design and Construction couldn't say when exactly the new firehouse would be complete, but said the agency anticipates a groundbreaking in the summer of 2016.

News Article:

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151216/crown-heights/crown-heights-rescue-company-get-new-firehouse-brownsville-fdny-says

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That's cool to hear. Their firehouse now seems very, cramped, to say the least.

“.....intended to become a tool for instruction”. I wonder what kind of facilities that will include?

It's also crazy that 44 firms have bid on the project so far.

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Some of the renditions of FDNY Rescue 2's new quarters:

More photos: http://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/fire-rescue-2_o

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The location of R2's new quarters will be at Sterling Pl. & Saratoga Ave. across from Eastern Pkwy. in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn, about a mile and a half from their current quarters at 1472 Bergen St. in Crown Heights.

I believe R2's collapse rig will also be quartered at the new house.