Staten Island - 2nd Alarm/Brush 12/29/08

[ryang 166]

Date: 12/29/08

Time: 12:45 hours

Location: Hylan Blvd x Buffalo Ave

Frequency: 154.190 (FDNY Staten Island)

Description Of Incident: Brush fires over large area

Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Great Kills, Staten Island, NY, 12/29/08

Location: Great Kills Park @ Hylan Blvd and Buffalo Ave

Box 3057

Engs. 162, 165, 167

L82, TL85

Battalion 23

10-75-3057 - 12:47 hours

E164

TL87 is the FAST truck

Battalion 21

Rescue 5

Squad 1

Division 8

12:47 hours

Battalion 23: Have E164 respond with the BFU unit.

E164 now responding w/ BFU1 and BFU164

E154 w/ BFU4 S/C

12:49 hours

L82: Buffallo Ave on the West Side near the Model Airplane Field, we checked the extension, it's approximately 600 feet

12:49 hours

Box changed to 8480

12:49 hours

Battalion 23: Notify the Parks Department and Cops for this area, we're going to have hose lines stretched across the street

12:51 hours

Battalion 21: Add E161 and BFU 5

E161 w/ BFU 5 S/C

7-5-8480 - 12:51 hours - Duration 8 minutes

BC23: All-Hands, large area of Brush.

E159 w/ Satellite 5

RAC5

12:53 hours

Battalion 32 is relocating to Battalion 23

2-2-8480 - 12:58 hours

BC23: Recommend to the Division a second alarm, we have what may be 8 separate fires

BC21: Assign the Air-Recon Chief for this box

Engs. 160, 163

L84, L81

Battalion 22 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 42 (Resource Unit Leader)

Safety, Rescue Battalions

Tactical Support 2

FieldCom

Command Tactical Unit

13:00 hours

Division 8: Have the Satellite respond to the plane field and lay a line down there.

13:02 hours

E242 is relocating to E167

13:02 hours - Duration 18 minutes

Battalion 33 S/C as "Air Recon Chief"

13:05 hours

Car 8 (AC Thomas Haring, Staten Island Borough Commander): I'm 10-84 at the 2nd alarm, special call an additional satellite.

E284 w/ Satellite 3 S/C

13:06 hours

Division 8: Special call an additional truck, we're putting the FAST truck to work with their bucket.

L83 S/C as the new FAST truck

13:06 hours - Duration 23 minutes

Car 8: If E163 isn't 10-84 yet, have them come in from Keegans Lane side.

13:09 hours

The Staging area is Montreal St and Hylan Blvd

13:09 hours

Oceanic H&L Co. BFU is 10-84

13:10 hours

DC8: Notify DEP to increase the water pressure in this area.

13:11 hours

E318 is relocating to E165

13:11 hours

DEP reports they cannot raise water pressure until a representative is on scene, a rep is en-route with no ETA.

13:13 hours

E201 is relocating to E160

13:19 hours

E159: Advise the second satellite to turn into the park and meet up with us, we need their hose.

13:22 hours

E202 is relocating to E159

L172 is relocating to L82

13:23 hours

Battalion 48 is relocating to Battalion 22

13:27 hours

L78 is 10-8 in L84's response area

13:28 hours - Duration 44 minutes

Battalion 33 is airborne w/ a 5 minute ETA

13:30 hours

E309 is relocating to E164

13:33 hours

TL131 is relocating to TL87

13:34 hours - Duration 50 minutes

DC8: Progress report for 2nd alarm Box 8480, DC8 reports: we're still operating at mutliple brush fires. Satellites supplying 5, 3 1/2, and 1 3/4 lines. We have multiple Brush Fire Units operating, fire is still Doubtful.

13:40 hours - Duration 55 minutes

Car 8: Box 8480, by orders of AC Haring, main body of fire has been knocked down, still have numerous pockets of fire. Fire has not jumped the street, Probably Will Hold.

13:43 hours

L161 is relocating to L81

14:06 hours - Duration 1 hour 22 minutes

Car 8: By orders of AC Haring, fire is Under Control. Car 8 will be going 10-8, Division 8 will be Incident Commander.