ESD - ESU
Celebrating 75 Years of Service
April 10, 1930 - April 10, 2005

The EMERGENCY SERVICE DIVISION . . .

started as a riot control unit in 1930, it evolved into a highly trained and experienced rescue unit by the 1960's.
Today ESU (the Emergency Service Unit) does it all- from rescue
and bomb handling to barricade and hostage situations to dealing with the threat of terrorism. Nobody does it better.

Parade of early Early Emergency Service Squad Trucks photo courtesy of Leonard Mendel, NYPD ESD (Retired)

Early Emergency Service Division Trucks.

1930 Mack ESD Truck with cover and crew photo courtesy Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU Note: Some MOF in the photo have been identified, they are: James O'Hara, Shield # 9336, kneeling 2nd from the left and Jack Linskey, 6th from the left Information submited by Officer O'Hara's son, Jim O'Hara, who included a photo of his father's Holy Name Society ring with his shield number on it

Rear of ESS Truck- note machine gun photo courtesy Leonard Mendel, NYPD ESD (Retired)

Early Emergency Service Division Truck - Truck 2 photo courtesy of Charles King, NYPD ESU

ESU's restored 1930 Mack Truck similar to above color photo photo courtesy of Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU

ESS Truck 2 leaving quarters photo courtesy of Leonard Mendel, NYPD ESD (Retired)

Truck 22 in warm weather photo courtesy of Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU

Early Emergency Service Division Truck - Truck 5 photo courtesy of Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU

Early Emergency Service Division Truck - Truck 6 photo courtesy of Charles King, NYPD ESU

1940's Emergency Service Division Truck "3"

Another photo of Truck "3" courtesy of Brian M. Carney whose grandfather is the Emergency man seen in the December photo on the "Around the Clock" PTL-MOF page

Photo of ESD Truck "3" above showing lighting carried on board photo courtesy of Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU

Crew of Truck 17 - April 1949, Officer in photos left to right are: Sgt. James Dunseith, Ptl. Thomas Wind, Edward McDonald, Joseph Fish, and William Weis photo courtesy of Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU

Magazine article about the new Truck 17 courtesy of Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU

1949 Packard Bellevue "bus" (ambulance) Note "old" ESD Truck behind it and "new" ESD Truck off to the right photo courtesy of Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU

Emergency Service Squad 1 Truck

Retired Emergency Service Squad Truck 10 awaiting disposal photo courtesy of Steve Spak from his excellent NYPD/ESU/FDNY/EMS web site- STEVE SPAK'S PHOTOGRAPHY and VIDEO

Emergency Service District Truck - 1974 photo courtesy of Kevin Reynolds, NYPD ESU

Truck 3 in NYPD colors and in it's new life with the Mount Vernon Police Department photos courtesy of Ed Lutz, Truck 3 (retired)

 
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