Fort Hamilton Fire Department

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Fort Hamilton is an active-duty Army post with 5000 full-time active-duty personnel serving 126 Army Reserve units, 100,000 military retirees and numerous Department of Defense agencies throughout the greater New York City metropolitan area. A part of the US Army Military District of Washington. The base currently has a Fire Protection office.
== History ==
Fort Hamilton, adjacent to Bay Ridge, had a paid civilian fire department. The department was equipped with 3 pumpers. The fire station remained in operation until 1957 when fire protection was turned over to the FDNY. 
Originally designed as a Third System Coastal Defense fort, the fort was constructed from 1825-1831 to protect the New York Narrows from the Brooklyn side of the river in Kings County, New York. Named after Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the US Treasury. It remains an active military post.
Fort Hamilton was built as a small dual purpose fort providing seaward and landward defenses at the New York Narrows, the site of the present day Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Construction was started 11 June 1825 with the laying of the cornerstone by the French engineer, Simon Bernard. The Fort was completed in 1831 and first garrisoned 1 Nov 1831 by Battery F, 4th US Artillery.
=== Civil War 1861-1865 ===
Fort Hamilton's garrison expanded during the Civil War to protect against Confederate raiders. In 1863, it was called upon to help put down the New York City draft riots.
===World War I 1917-1918 ===
During World War I Fort Hamilton was a processing center for hundreds of thousands of American troops shipping out to France.
=== World War II 1941-1945 ===
During World War II Fort Hamilton served as a processing center for 3 million troops headed for Europe. At the end of the war it processed and discharged the returning troops. After the war the building of the Verrazano Bridge in 1959 resulted in the destruction of the parade ground and most of the brick barracks.
=== Post-World War II ===
The US Army Chaplain School was located at Fort Hamilton.
===Fire Stations===
Station 	Address 	In Service 	Notes
Fire Station	40.6100470, -74.029575	1924? - 1957	Demolished.
Category:Defunct fire departments of Kings County, New York
Category:Defunct US Army Fire Departments
Category:Defunct Military Fire Departments (New York)