Manhattan - 3rd Alarm/Hospital Fire- 1/21/09

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Date: 1/21/09

Time: 18:30 hours

Location: Mt Sinai Hospital @ 1468 Madison Ave between E98 and 101 sts

Frequency: 154.250 (FDNY Manhattan)

Description Of Incident: fire in a hospital with heavy smoke condition throughout the building

Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Upper East Side, Manhattan, NY, 1/21/09

Address: Mt. Sinai Hospital Center @ 1468 Madison Ave between 98 and 101 sts

Box 1273

Engs. 53, 22, 76

L43, TL22

Battalion 10

10-75-1273 - 18:36 hours

E58

TL13 is the FAST truck

Battalion 11

Rescue 1

Division 3

CIDs for 1468 Madison Ave

12 story Hospital 200x425 class 1. A.k.a 1190 5th Ave. Upper floors has "Extremely Obese Unit", may require extra companies for carry down.

18:37 hours

Squad 41 available assigned in.

18:37 hours

Battalion 10: At this time we have 1 line stretched, not in operation yet, we're still searching for the fire.

7-5-1273 - 19:40 hours

BC10: Box 1273, we're going to require an extra engine and extra truck.

E91, L26 S/C

RAC1

18:43 hours

BC10: Let the Division know the command post is in the lobby of 1468 Madison Ave.

2-2-1273 - 18:44 hours

Engs. 44, 8, 65, 39 (became available)

E9 w/ Satellite 1

L16

Battalion 45 (Resource Unit Leader)

Safety, Rescue Battalions

Tactical Support 1

FieldCom

Command Tactical Unit

18:48 hours

Battalion 12 available, assigned as the "Safety Officer"

18:49 hours

Receiving call for 2nd floor 9 West reporting 50 people in distress near the nurse's station.

2-2-10-76-1273 - 18:50 hours

DC3: Transmit a 10-76 2nd alarm, we have heavy smoke throughout the building.

E40 (Lobby Control Unit)

E74 (CFRD Engine)

E3 w/ High-Rise 1

TL35, L30

Battalions 8, 16, 49

Battalion 58 (Air-Recon)

Rescue 3

Division 6

Mask Service Unit

Car 10 (AC James Esposito, Bronx Borough Commander)

Car 1C (Commissioner's Liaison)

18:51 hours

TL117 is relocating to TL13

18:53 hours

The staging area is 96 st and Madison Ave

18:53 hours

Receiving call for room 215 on the 10th floor.

18:55 hours

DC3: We have numerous people outside the hospital, if you can call in a bus that would be great

18:59 hours

Car 10: Special call the a unit carrying the High-Rise Tempest fan to the command post

19:00 hours

Receiving call for Room 303 on the 10th floor reporting a person by the window.

19:01 hours

Car 10: Have the city bus come in onto 102nd street by the Emergency Room off of 5th Ave, Madison is all jammed up.

19:02 hours

Car 36B (Department Chaplain) and Thawing Unit 61 are 10-84.

19:04 hours

Car 23D (Press Unit Duty Car) is responding

19:05 hours

Received calls for: Main concourse level, 5C, Guggenheim Pavilion on the 6th floor, the ER, the Annenburg Block, Basement, Main Building, 8th floor, Main floor, 2nd floor, 9th floor center wing, room 303 (person by the window), ICU (17 people) on the 6th floor, Room 215 on the 5th floor, ICU in 6E.

19:07 hours

Car 10: At this box special call 2 more trucks and have them respond to the command post.

TL14, L25 S/C

19:10 hours

Car 10: At 2nd alarm box 1273, fire is still Doubtful, we have the fire knocked down at this time, searches are in progress, we are ventilating and checking the rooms, we have a smoke condition throughout the complex, have the 2 special called trucks into the command post. This report as AC Esposito, Bronx Borough commander.

19:12 hours

Car 10: I want 2 more trucks on top of my request.

TL17, L4 S/c

3-3-1273 - 19:14 hours

Car 10: Transmit a third alarm, full assignment!

Engs. 47, 35, 59, 69, 285

L28 acting L26, L42

Battalion 7

Battalion 9 (Staging Manager)

19:15 hours

Battalion 58 is airborne with a 3 minute ETA

19:16 hours

Car 11A (DC William Seelig, Chief of Rescue Operations) is responding

Car 23 (Executive Officer of Public Information) is responding

19:17 hours

E312 is relocating to E44

19:21 hours

Car 12A (Safety and Inspection Services) is responding.

L49 is relocating to L28

19:21 hours

Car 10: Special call 4 Battalions into this box, have them respond into the command post.

Battalions 3, 35, 31, 1 S/C

19:23 hours - Duration 58 minutes

Car 10: At 3rd alarm box 1273, fire is knocked down, we have a decent smoke condition throughout, still doing searches, still ventilating smoke on the upper floors, fire is still Doubtful. This report by AC Esposito, Bronx Borough commander.

19:26 hours

HazMat 1 requests a ticket, assigned in.

21:28 hours

Battalion 26 acting 12 S/C as the "Planning Sections Chief"

19:34 hours

L128 is 10-8 in L25's response area.

19:38 hours

HazMat Battalion is responding.

19:39 hours

Battalion 58 is circling overhead, reports not much to see from their vantage point.

19:44 hours

FieldCom: Ascertain from Air Recon if there are any people on the roof

19:44 hours

BC58: There appears to be nobody on the roof.

19:44 hours

Car 14D (Fire Marshall) is 10-84

19:46 hours

FC: By orders of Car 10, you can 10-2 the Air Recon Chief.

19:48 hours - 1 hours 23 minutes

FC: Progress report for Manhattan 3rd alarm box 1273, the address 1468 Madison Ave between E98 and 101 sts, fire in Mt Sinai Hospital Center: Car 10, AC Esposito reports: Fire is located on the 2nd floor in the equipment room, fire has been knocked down, searches still underway, trucks still opening up, we have a moderate smoke condition throughout, fire is still Doubtful.

19:50 hours

FC: By orders of Car 10, special call 2 additional trucks to box 1273, and have them report directly to the command post.

L2, L55 S/C

19:53 hours

Battalion 48 is 10-8 in Battalion 9's response area

20:02 hours - Duration 1 hour 37 minutes

FC: Progress report for 3rd alarm box 1273, Car 10 reports: fire has been extinguished, we have a medium smoke condition on the 3rd-12th floors, searches are underway. Companies are opening windows and ventilating using positive pressure. We evacuated horizontally to the Annenburg building, and this incident is Probably Will Hold.

20:05 hours - Duration 1 hours 39 minutes

FC: Progress report for 3rd alarm box 1273, Car 10 reports: primary searches on the numbers 3 through 11 floors are complete and negative, secondaries are in progress, fire is still Probably Will Hold.

20:17 hours

Receiving a call for a person locked in the Post-op Clinic.

20:22 hours

Mobile Command Center is 10-84.

20:23 hours

Squad 41 is 10-8

20:37 hours - Duration 2 hours 11 minutes

FC: Progress report for Manhattan 3rd alarm box 1273, Car 10, AC Esposito reports: Secondary searches on all floors are complete and negative, smoke condition on the fire floor and floors above has abated. Units in the process of escorting doctors back in to resume operations, fire is Under Control.

Edited January 22, 2009 by Truck4