New York Fire Patrol

== History ==
The New York Fire Patrol or FPNY was a salvage corp created by the NY Board of Fire Underwriters that operated from 1839 to October 15, 2006. Their mission was to discover fires and prevent losses to insure properties. The patrol responded mostly to commercial structure fires but would respond to high loss residential fires sometimes. During a fire the patrol would spread canvas salvage covers, remove water, operate elevators, and secure utilities. It was organized under the IAFF as Local I-26. 
The Patrol's primary purpose was to reduce fire damage. They would do this with the goal of reducing insurance claims for damaged goods while saving business stock and owners livelihoods. As time went at they became adept at preventing water damage by immediately pumping out excess water, preventing computer and electronics damage from the elements by covering and removing equipment as soon as possible. The patrol was credited with saving hundreds of lives throughout the fiver boroughs over two hundred years. In the late 1900s the patrol was reduced to three houses one in Midtown, one in Downtown Manhattan, and one is Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, which was responsible for Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, 32 patrolmen died in the line of duty including Keith M. Roma, Badge 120, on September 11, 2001.
Despite appeals to the New York Board of Fire Underwriters and City Council, the Fire Patrol was shut down on October 15, 2006 as the last insurance supported salvage corps in the US. 
Former Firehouses
House 	Address 	In Service 	Notes
Fire Patrol 1 	 	1839 - 1852 	
Fire Patrol 1 	Dutch Street 	1852 - 185? 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 1 	41 Murray Street 	185? - ???? 	Still standing.
Fire Patrol 1 	8 Franklin Street 	???? - 1937 	Demolished and disbanded.
Fire Patrol 1 	240 West 30th Street 	1955 - October 15, 2006	Still standing.
Fire Patrol 2 	Marion Street 	1855 - 1866 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 2 	153 Lafayette Street 	1866 - 1869 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 2 	173 Lafayette Street 	1869 - 1873 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 2 	31 Great Jones Street 	1873 - 1907 	Still standing.
Fire Patrol 2 	84 West 3rd Street 	1907 - October 15, 2006	Still standing.
Fire Patrol 3 	115 West 29th Street 	1868 - ???? 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 3 	104 West 30th Street 	???? - 1895 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 3 	240 West 30th Street 	1895 - 1955 	Still standing, re-organized as Fire Patrol 1.
Fire Patrol 3 	12 Dean Street, Brooklyn 	???? - October 15, 2006	Still standing.
Fire Patrol 4 	94th Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue	1876 - ???? 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 4 	113 East 90th Street 	???? - 1941 	Still standing.
Fire Patrol 4 	33 Stagg Street, Brooklyn 	1955 - 1959 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 5 	307 West 121st Street 	1892 - ???? 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 5 	309 West 121st Street 	???? - 1955 	Still standing, disbanded.
Fire Patrol 5 	1079 Nelson Avenue, The Bronx 	1955 - 1955 	Re-organized for a short time and swiftly disbanded, still standing.
Fire Patrol 6 	838 Courtlandt Avenue 	1901 - 1913 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 6 	278 East 156th Street 	1913 - 1949 	Demolished.
Fire Patrol 6 	1079 Nelson Avenue, The Bronx 	1949 - 1955 	Still standing, re-organized as Fire Patrol 5.
Fire Patrol 7 	133 Norfolk Street 	1906 - 1933 	Still standing.
Fire Patrol 8 	172 Pacific Street, Brooklyn 	1911 - ???? 	Still standing.
Fire Patrol 8 	12 Dean Street, Brooklyn 	???? - ???? 	Still standing, re-organized as Fire Patrol 3.
Fire Patrol 9 	33 Stagg Street, Brooklyn 	1911 - 1955 	Demolished, re-organized as Fire Patrol 4.
Fire Patrol 10	516 Herkimer Street, Brooklyn 	1911 - 1954 	Demolished.
Category:Defunct fire departments of New York County
Category:Defunct fire departments of Bronx County
Category:Defunct fire departments of Queens County, New York
Category:Defunct fire departments of Kings County, New York
Category:Defunct fire departments of Richmond County, New York