If you have trouble with any of the questions, email me and I'll be happy to help. Not every variable is required to get the coordinates.
While the whole cache can be done on foot, it is a several mile hike so I have made the terrain a two.
The FTF, STF and TTF should contact the CO, and I will mail each of you a very special memento of your achievement!
At the 66th Street Firehouse:
A: What is the Engine Company?
B: What is the Ladder Company?
C: What is the number on the sign above the standpipe, to the right of the main door?
D: The statue of the firefighter was given on a certain date. If you write this date in the MM/DD/YR format, and add the entire month number, plus the entire day number, plus the entire year number (two digits only), you will get the right answer. Error Check: Sum is divisible by five.
E: In what year did Firefighter John J. Jakoby die?
F: How many letters are in the last name of the Fire Captain who died on 9/11? Error Check: Number is divisible by 4.
G: How many letters are in the first name of the Fire Lieutenant who died on 9/11? Error Check: Number is divisible by 4.
H: How many letters are in the last name of the fire fighter who came from E.23 to help on 9/11? Hint: You will only be able to figure this out after visiting the 58th Street Firehouse.(Error check:same as variable F)
At the 58th Street Firehouse:
I: In what year did James Plunket die?
J: In what month (in number form) did John J. King die?
At the 43rd Street Firehouse:
K: In what year was the plaque in recognition of 100 years of service dedicated?
L: What was the call box number where Firefighter Matthew Ward died?
M: In what year did James F. Green die?
At the 48th Street Firehouse:
N: What is the Engine Company?
O: What is the Ladder Company?
P: What is the Battalion?
Q: In what year did Firefighter Daniel Perricone die?
R: In what year did Firefighter John W. Kocher die?
S: Battalion minus Ladder
T: In what year was the firehouse erected? Error Check: Year is divisible by 2.
At the 77th Street Firehouse:
U: What is the Ladder Company?
V: In what year was the firehouse erected?
At the 83rd Street Firehouse:
W: What is the Engine Company?
X: How many entrances are at this firehouse?
At the 100th Street Firehouse:
Y: What is the Battalion?
Z: What Engine Company did Lieutenant Glenn E. Wilkinson serve in? Hint: This can be found on the sign to the left of the main door.
At the Firefighters' Monument:
AA: The year the plaque on the floor in front of the front side of the monument was dedicated. (This is the plaque about the horses.)
BB: The year the monument was erected (to be found in Roman Numerals on the back side of the monument)
CC: The number of teeth (not fangs) on the lion head on the front of the monument
The final coordinates are given by the equations below:
North 40 degrees and this many minutes:
(K-T+X)x(U+G)x(A+AA-BB+CC+G)
(V-901)
West 73 degrees and this many minutes:
(T-R+H+S)x((I-(V-901)-(Q-L)/89+1)) -.020
((AxN)/X-(N+D+1))
Print it out if you are going to solve in the field.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
Congrats to Addisonbr on his well earned FTF!