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Here is the complete rundown for the FDNY, courtesy of Connecticut State Police - Region 5 Emergency Management Coordinator ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hudson River between NY and NJ, 1/15/09 Location: Hudson River @ W 50th St . 15:34 hours Phone Box 868 - Report of a plane in the water Engs. 54, 34, 65 TL21, L4 Battalion 9, Rescue Battalion Rescue 1 Squad 18 Tactical Support 1 Marine 1 Alpha 15:35 hours Also receiving reports of plane in the water @ Hudson River @ W 83rd St. Multiple calls received in the Bronx reporting a plane with engine fire. Queens in contact with LGA tower reporting a plane with a bird into the engine. E76, TL22 assigned to W83 st 15:36 hours Rescue 1 to Manhattan, urgent! Plane in the water with people out, we're launching our boat! E23 available, assigned 15:37 hours Rescue Battalion: Start a second rescue. Rescue 4 S/C 15:37 hours Battalion 9: Have all units respond to the Intrepid, that's where Rescue 1 is. 10-60-868 - 15:38 hours Battalion 9 to Manhattan, Urgent! According to PD we have a major airliner in the water, possibly a 707, give me a 10-60 (Major Emergency) Engs. 8, 21, 40, 16 E9 w/ Satellite 1, E93 w/ Mobile Command Center 2 L2, L16 TL35 is the FAST truck L25 w/ Collapse Rescue 1, Collapse Rescue 4 TL7, TL1 (SOC Support Trucks) Battalions 10. 11, HazMat, Safety, Marine Battalion 6 (Safety Officer), Battalion 8 (Resource Unit Leader) Battalion 4 (Planning Sections Chief), Battalion 58 (Air-Recon Chief) Squad 1 w/ TRV, HazMat 1, SOC Logistics, SOC Compressor Divisions 1, 3 Marines 1, 6 FieldCom, Command Tactical Unit RAC1 Car 36B (Department Chaplain) 10-60 Major emergency (Bldg collapse, train wreck, Etc.) 8 Engines, 5 Ladders (one being the FAST Unit), 6 Battalion Chiefs (3rd due chief is Safety Officer; 6th due chief is Resource Unit Leader), 2 Deputy Chiefs, 2 Rescue Companies, 2 Collapse Units, 2 SOC Support Trucks, SOC logistics van, Squad 1 with is Technical Response Vehicle, 1 additional Squad, Rescue Battalion, Haz-Mat Battalion, Safety Battalion, Field Communications Unit, Satellite Unit with its associated Engine, RAC Unit, and a Mobile Command Center). Also, a Battalion responds and meets NYPD Aviation to provide Air Recon. 15:38 hours TL21 to Manhattan, Urgent! The location of the plane is 43 and West Side! 15:39 hours Marine 1 to Manhattan, this is confirmed! You have a commercial airliner in the water, 2 ferries alongside, Marine 1A is pulling up alongside, Marine 1 is responding as well. 15:40 hours BC9 to Manhattan, Urgent! We have a commercial airliner down, have all units respond to Circle Line Piers, we have people on the wings, we have a Circle Line Boat pushing it to the pier. 15:42 hours BC9: We're going to use the Command Post at the end of Pier 83 15:43 hours Division 1: Have All-Units respond into 42 st, Pier 81. 15:44 hours Marine 1: Tide is moving downtown. 15:46 hours DC1: At this time, we have an FD command post set up at Pier 81 opposite 41 and 12th. We have a US Airway Jet, approximately 60-passenger jet, we have Circle Line ferries circling the plane, it is drifting south at this time, right now south of 41st and 12th. 15:46 hours DC1 to Manhattan, Urgent! I want all the Marine Units responding on this incident! At this time we have numerous people on the wings on the plane, we have numerous Circle Line ferries surrounding the plane, FD units are jumping on additional ferries. Marine 9 w/ Rescue 5, E153, TL77, Battalion 21 S/C 15:47 hours DC1: Have Division 3 set up a secondary command post at the tip of Pier 76 (W36 st) 15:48 hours Car 4A (AC Robert Sweeney, Assistant Chief of Operations) is responding. 15:49 hours DC1: We want FD units to respond to Pier 76, all command units respond to Pier 81 15:50 hours Battalion 6 is 10-84, already designated the Resource Unit Leader, Battalion 8 re-designated the Safety Officer. 15:51 hours DC1: We want a Major EMS response to both Piers. First boat loaded with passengers is heading to Pier 81. We have reports of 146 passengers on the plane. 15:52 hours Coast Guard reports 4 ferries and 1 cutter en-route 15:53 hours Car 4A: Notify Division 1 as per FDOC there are 146 Passengers and 5 crew, total of 151. 15:54 hours E14: Notify Division 1 we're at the 33st Heliport, they're directly opposite us now, it's a perfect place to land boats. E14 assigned 15:56 hours Car 9 (DAC John Sudnik, Queens Borough Commander) is responding to DC3 command post Car 11(DAC William Siegel, Chief of SOC) is responding 15:59 hours L10 acting 24, as per Division 3, we'll be operating at W33 at the Heliport Battalion 1 acting 9 S/C to the 30th street Heliport E1 S/C to 30th street Heliport 16:00 hours Rescue 3 is relocating to Rescue 1 16:03 hours L25 w/ Collapse Rescue 1 is responding to 41 and 12th L116 w/ Collapse Rescue 4 is responding to Pier 76 16:03 hours DC1: Have all Chief officers switch over to command channel 2. 16:03 hours FDOC reports plane took off with 21,800 Gallons of Fuel 16:04 hours Marine 9 has a 30 minute ETA responding with Rescue 5 16:05 hours Car 9: Have TL35 respond to with their water gear 41st and 12th, also special call another FAST truck to 36th and 12th. Marine 6A is responding TL22 acting 12 S/C as an additional FAST Truck 16:06 hours Car 11A (DC William Seelig, Chief of Rescue Operations): We're responding to your 10-60, advise the Chief of Rescue Services the Scuba Support Van is responding from Fort Totten. 16:09 hours E9: We're at 40 and 12th, pier 79, we have approximately 30 people here no one seriously injured, if we can get some blankets over, everyone's soaking wet. 16:10 hours Car 12 (BC Stephen Raynis (Acting), Chief of Safety and Inspectional Services) is responding 16:11 hours The staging area is W 42nd St. and 1st Ave 16:13 hours Marine Battalion: Marine 1 and Marine 6 have lashed the plane to ensure the remaining fuel and engine do not break away, notify Coast Guard. 16:13 hours Car 12A (Executive Officer of Safety and Inspectional Services) is 10-84 16:15 hours Car 11A: Have the SOC Scuba Van respond to 42nd and 12th 16:15 hours SOC Scuba Support Van: Be advised we have 5 confirmed divers on board at this moment. 16:18 hours BC1 acting 9: We're at the Chelsea Pier. We're with Division 1, we're at the end of the Chelsea Pier at the Command Post at Pier 61 16:20 hours FieldCom: As per DC1, the pilot stated he got all the people off the plane onto the wings, and the pilot was dropped off at Pier 76. At this time we are attempting to ascertain the number of people and injuries. As per the pilot there are none left on the plane. BC1/9: There are none operating at the heliport, the plane has drifted south of that area. 16:21 hours FC: Have the Planning Unit respond to W41 st and 12th E262 w/ IMT Planning Vehicle is responding L116 (Rescue Collapse 4 support) is responding. 16:23 hours Battalion 58 is airborne with a 5 minute ETA 16:23 hours DC1: Be advised Division 1's command post is now at Pier 61 (23 st @ West Side Highway) 16:24 hours Division 6 is relocating to Division 3 16:27 hours Manhattan requesting a rundown of which company is at which location 16:26 hours DC3: At this time at Pier 76, I have TL22, he'll be appointed contact at this time. 16:27 hours DC1: I need an EMS supervisor to assist me at Pier 61 16:28 hours Rundown for Pier 76: W 36th St. and 12th Ave TL22 Collapse Rescue 4 16:28 hours Marine 9 gives a 20 minute ETA. 16:35 hours DC1: We are still waiting for an EMS Supervisor at Pier 61. 16:40 hours E9 is at the Waterway Building (W48 st) with approximately 54 passengers, 2 were taken to the hospital. 16:43 hours Marine 9 is 10-84. 16:45 hours Nassau PD and Jersey City PD reports each has a helicopter at the 30th st heliport. 16:49 hours PD is requesting a representative at W 34th St. and 12th Ave 16:49 hours FC: Assign another battalion chief, we're moving our command post, it's heading south. Battalion 46 acting 7 S/C as "PD Liaison" Battalion 14 acting 8 S/C as Staging Manager 16:57 hours E1 is 10-8 16:59 hours BC1/9: We're being directed with TL1 to respond to Pier A. 17:10 hours As per news report from US Airways: Latest reports are that US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, flew into a bird or flock of birds and lost both engines shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport over the Bronx while en-route to Charlotte, NC. The pilot was unable to return to the airfield and instead managed to successfully crash-land in the river. All passengers are reportedly accounted for. Majority of injuries are hypothermia-related. 17:14 hours DC3: Get in contact with Mobile Command, have them respond to Battery Park Pier, we have the plane tied off now. Can we also get 2 engine companies down here, we need them to stretch 2 foam lines, we're at north of Murray St, right at the pier. Engs. 205 acting 10, 7 S/C 17:17 hours DC1: At Pier 81, we have Battalion 8 and 2 engines committed there. We have no units left at Pier 76, have Collapse Rescue 4 take up from there and head down to Battery Park City. 17:19 hours L25/Collapse Rescue 1 are 10-8. Battalion 58 is returning to Brooklyn. 17:24 hours Battalion 8: We have 14 passengers remaining at this location (Pier 81) that require transportation back to LaGuardia. We had 20 passengers, 6 transported by EMS. 17:26 hours Car 9: Have E205 go to Battery Park City and just go to the water, they'll see us there. 17:28 hours Car 9: The aircraft has been secured, it's being secured to the sea wall opposite Battery Park City, 2 precautionary handlines are being stretched. Division 3 will be radio contact, Car 11 will be Incident Commander 10-86-868 - 17:33 hours DC3: Transmit a 10-86 (Fluroprotein Foam Operation), we're going to need some more foam units down here. E5 w/ Foam 5 E95 w/ Foam 95 E238 w/ Foam Tender 1 Battalion 31 (Foam Coordinator) 17:33 hours DC1: I want all agencies to respond to River Terrace off of Warren St on the water. 17:44 hours The NTSB advises that no FD members are to enter the plane. 17:49 hours FC: Have an EMS Supervisor respond to Murray and River View Terrace. 17:52 hours E9: Advise all units coming in on the 10-86 to come in on Warren as close as they can to the water. 17:52 hours At this time, as per news conference with the mayor, victim tracking is still in progress. It is believed that all passengers got out and were picked up by a variety of Circle Line, FD, PD, USCG, and civilian vessels. It is believe that most were recovered to Manhattan, with some to New Jersey. 18:04 hours Battalion 10: Could you 10-10 (get location of) L16, I have one of their members. 18:08 hours E238: Have an ambulance respond to Murray and West St, we have an injured member 18:29 hours FC: By order of Deputy Chief Daly, all companies not at the command post are to go 10-8, with the exception of the 10-86 units, Rescue 1, Rescue Collapse, Tactical Support, Rescue Battalion Currently Operating @ Battery Park City: Engs. 7, 205 acting 10 E9 w/ Satellite 1, E5 w/ Foam 5, E95 w/ Foam 95, E238 w/ Foam Tender 1 L116 w/ Collapse Rescue 4 Battalions 9, 10, 31 (Foam Coordinator), Rescue Divisions 1, 3 Rescues 1 Marines 1, 6 Tactical Support 1 FieldCom, Mobile Command Center 2 At this time: Manhattan was already in Fallback Step III prior to this operation. FDNY Command Post moving to Battery Park Pier. Incident remains Doubtful Will Hold. West Side Highway is closed, FD and PD units are operating from 23 up to 50 sts. 1st avenue is also closed for emergency vehicle access. The plane touched down at around W 50th St. FD units located it at around W 43 St, and southbound tide has gradually carried it. It has now been secured at Battery Park City pier. FD is now standing by with a foam response as agencies work to secure the plane and drain remaining fuel. Circle Line Ferries scrambled ferries immediately nearby and picked up most of the passengers. All passengers are reportedly accounted for with mostly hypothermia-related injuries. Worst reported injury is a broken leg to a flight attendant. Rescue 3 has relocated to Rescue 1. 10-60 Major emergency (Bldg collapse, train wreck, Etc.) 8 Engines, 5 Ladders (one being the FAST Unit), 6 Battalion Chiefs (3rd due chief is Safety Officer; 6th due chief is Resource Unit Leader), 2 Deputy Chiefs, 2 Rescue Companies, 2 Collapse Units, 2 SOC Support Trucks, SOC logistics van, Squad 1 with is Technical Response Vehicle, 1 additional Squad, Rescue Battalion, Haz-Mat Battalion, Safety Battalion, Field Communications Unit, Satellite Unit with its associated Engine, RAC Unit, and a Mobile Command Center). Also, a Battalion responds and meets NYPD Aviation to provide Air Recon

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Bronx blaze turns deadly for FDNY BY LUIS PEREZ NEWSDAY STAFF WRITER August 28, 2006 A rookie New York City firefighter who served with the U.S. Marines in Iraq was killed and a veteran lieutenant critically injured Sunday after a group of firemen fell through the floor of a burning Bronx building, officials said. Firefighter Michael Reilly, 25, of Engine 75, was carrying a hose inside 1575 Walton Avenue, officials said, when the floor gave way beneath him, trapping him and four others in a cocoon of debris in the basement just before 1 p.m. Reilly, a former volunteer firefighter from Ramsey, N.J., and a Marine who fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom, was rescued from the rubble and rushed to Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, officials said. Officials said Reilly apparently died from heart failure and suffered no burns in the fall. Lt. Howard Carpluk, 42, of Engine 42 in the Bronx, was also rescued, and was listed in critical condition at the same hospital. Department officials did not list Carpluk's home town, but it is believed he is a resident of Suffolk County. The death marked another sad day for the New York City Fire Department, which is just two weeks away from commemorating the loss of 343 men on Sept. 11, 2001. Sunday's fire , in the Mount Eden section of the Bronx, occurred a mile from a building where two firefighters jumped four stories to their deaths on Jan. 23, 2005, a day known in the department as "Black Sunday." "The loss of any of our bravest in the line of duty is a blow to the heart of our city," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at an impromptu press conference at the hospital.. The three-alarm fire broke out in a one-story building that houses a 99-cent store and left 21 firemen, from a battallion chief to rank-and-file firefighters, with smoke inhalation and other minor injuries, officials said. An exact cause of the fire has not been determined. Officials said that workers at the store called 911 after the glass on a refrigerator shattered in an unexplained explosion. By the time firefighers arrived, the fire had started, officials said. The fire, not deeemed suspicious, burned for four hours before it was extinguished, officials said. Two hours into battling it, the blaze became a rescue operation, with 138 firefighters on scene, many of whom toiled to get an oxygen hose to the trapped firefighters. A spokeswoman for the city buildings department said that the building had no history of structural problems. Reilly had begun his firefighting career in his hometown, said Erik Endress, president of the volunteer Ramsey Rescue Squad. "He is definitely cut from that cloth of run-into-the-fire guys," said Endress, who said Ramsey joined in 1997, after high school. "He's a tough guy, right in your face. I'm sure he was making a great accomplishement for himself in the FDNY very quickly, as he did with us." Carpluk hails from Yaphank, and is a 20-year-veteran, officials said. Some of the other men who were injured were Lt. John Grasso, of Engine 92; Battalion Chief Thomas Auer, of Battalion 17; and Firefighter Wayne Walters, a four-year veteran from Engine 75, officials said. Bloomberg recalled that he had met Reilly in a July ceremony inducting him into the fire department, and added that he also knew Reilly's father, an accountant, who said his son always wanted to be a firefighter. "He was somebody who I shook hands with and congratulated only four months ago," the mayor said. In the 2005 fire, Lt. Curtis W. Meyran, 46, and Firefighter John G. Bellew, 37, died after jumping from the building. Four others were also critically injured fighting the fire, where illegally built partitions blocked access to a fire escape. Staff Writers Brandon Bain and Christine Armario contributed to this story.