Manhattan - 4th alarm - 5/14/09

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Date: 5/14/09

Time: 21:10 hours

Location: 117 East Broadway x Pike St

Frequency: 154.250 / 482.10625 (FDNY Manhattan)

Weather Conditions: light rain and heavy winds

Description Of Incident: 1 story supermarket fully involved with multiple dwelling above

Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Chinatown, Manhattan, NY, 5/14/09

Address: 117 East Broadway between Pike and Forsyth Sts

Phone Box 212 - Report of fire in a store

Engs. 9, 15, 55

L6, TL18

Battalion 4

10-75-212 - 21:15 hours

E7

L20 is the FAST Truck

Battalion 2

Rescue 1

Squad 18

Division 1

7-5-212 - 21:20 hours

E6, TL1 S/C

RAC1

Fire Building Height/Size-up:

6 story OMD 30x50 class 3 w/ Supermarket on the 1st floor

2-2-212 - 21:25 hours

Battalion 4: Box 212, transmit a second alarm, we have heavy fire on the 1st floor!

Engs. 33, 10, 5

E24 w/ Satellite 1

L11

Battalion 1 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 6 (Resource Unit Leader)

Rescue, Safety Battalions

Tactical Support 1

FieldCom

21:28 hours

Car 1E (Commissioner's Liaison) is responding

21:32 hours

The staging area is Canal St and Division St.

21:32 hours - Duration 19 minutes

Division 1: The staging area will be Pike and East Broadway

21:34 hours - Duration 20 minutes

DC1: 2 lines stretched in operation, 3rd being stretched, fire on the 1st floor of a supermarket, searches in progress.

3-3-212 - 21:38 hours

Engs. 65, 34, 224, 210

L8, L10

Battalion 31 (Staging Manager)

Battalion 33 (Air-Recon Chief)

Mask Service Unit

Car 13 (AC Thomas Jensen, Chief of Fire Prevention)

(*Heavy smoke condition in the area, multiple boxes transmitted in the area for odors of smoke up the East Side as far as midtown)

21:43 hours

E28 available assigned in replacing E210

21:44 hours

DC1: Special call a tower ladder to this box, k. A 95' footer, k.

TL119 S/C

21:47 hours

Car 23D (Press Duty Car) is responding

21:49 hours

DC1: Advise TL119 to set up at Pike St and Henry St.

21:50 hours

TL119 advises they are operating a 75' Spare, TL12 assigned replacing TL119.

21:55 hours

Car 36B (Department Chaplain) is responding

21:57 hours

DC1: Advise TL12 to come up Pike St from South St.

21:58 hours

The Staging Area is now Division St and Pike St

21:59 hours

Car 12B (OSHA Coordinator) is responding

22:01 hours

FieldCom: Advise 12 truck, we now want them to respond off of East Broadway.

22:01 hours

FallBack Step 3 has been implemented in the borough of Manhattan.

22:03 hours

FC: Call ConEd Gas and Electric, have them respond

22:05 hours

FC: 1 additional Tower Ladder please, have that one come in to Pike and Henry.

TL9 S/C

22:08 hours

Battalion 33 is airborne with a 3 minute ETA

4-4-212 - 22:15 hours - Duration 1 hour 2 minutes

FC: Progress report for the 3rd alarm Box 212, the address 117 E. Broadway at Pike St, Car 13, AC Jensen reports there is correction on the sizeup. The supermarket on the 1st floor is 50x250, with 4 story tenements above that are 30x50. We have 2 tower ladders setup in operation, a 3rd being set up, 3 handlines in operation from the exterior, we still have heavy fire in the supermarket. Transmit a 4th alarm.

Engs. 14, 3, 16, 1

L5, TL15

E262 w/ IMT Unit

Battalion 10 acting 6 (Planning Sections Chief)

Car 4A (AC Robert Sweeney, Assistant Chief of Operations)

22:18 hours

Battalion 31: Advise the units incoming on the 4th the staging area is Division and Pike St.

22:26 hours

Car 12 (Chief of Safety and Inspectional Services) is responding

22:43 hours - Duration 1 hour 30 minutes

FC: Progress Report for the 4th alarm Box 212, the address 117 East Broadway at Pike St, that's a fire in a supermarket 50x250, at this time Car 4 Adam, AC Sweeney reports we have 4 tower ladders in operation. 2 handlines stretched into Exposure 4A with slight extension. Still have a heavy smoke condition throughout. Primaries in Exposure 4A are negative. There's steel plating throughout the supermarket so we're having difficulty conducting searches and battling the fire, fire is still Doubtful. Transmit a 10-41 code 1 (Suspicious Fire in Occupied Structure), heavy fire on arrival.

22:51 hours

FC: Be advised at the 4th alarm we have a Collapse Zone set up around the Exposure 2 wall of the 4 story tenement, which is Pike St.

22:52 hours

FC: Please special call an additional truck, and advise them they will be the new FAST Truck.

TL7 S/C as a relief FAST Truck

22:54 hours

FC: Negative on a Collapse Unit. Also notify Department of Buildings and the Board of Health, the supermarket is Hong Kong Supermarket.

22:56 hours

FC: Special call 2 additional trucks, have them respond in to the command post, it doesn't matter what they are.

TL21, L16 acting 24

22:57 hours

FC: Have those two trucks respond into the staging area.

22:02 hours

Buildings Dept. reports they are on scene.

22:12 hours

Rescue Battalion is 10-8 back to Citywide.

23:16 hours - Duration 2 hours 3 minutes

FC: Progress report #4 for the 4th alarm Box 212, 117 East Broadway at Pike St, fire's in a 1 story supermarket 50x250 with a 30x50 tenement above. At this time Car 4 Adam, AC Sweeney reports: Continuing with 4 tower ladders in operation. Those 2 handines in Exposure 4 continuing. Fire is darkening down, making headway, fire is still Doubtful.

23:35 hours

Engs 262 and 3 are 10-8.

23:49 hours

L16 acting 24 is 10-8

23:56 hours - Duration 2 hours 43 minutes

FC: Progress report #5 for 4th Alarm Box 212, 117 East Broadway at Pike St, fire in a 50x250 supermarket 1 story, extension into 4 story tenements above. Car 4A, AC Sweeney reports 1 tower ladder set up in the rear, 2 handlines still in exposure 4. Main body of fire has been knocked down, still have heavy smoke condition throughout, gas company is shutting down the gas in the street, fire is still Doubtful.

00:14 hours

Car 14C (Fire Marshal) is 10-84

00:33 hours - Duration 3 hours 21 minutes

FC: Progress report #6 for 4th Alarm Box 212, 117 East Broadway at Pike St, Car 4A, AC Sweeney reports: 3 tower ladders in operations in front of the fire building, 1 in the rear. In the process of swapping the tower ladders out for fresh ones. 2 handlines in exposure 4 with no extension. This will be an extended exterior operation, and we'll go Probably Will Hold

00:41 hours

Car 4A is 10-8

00:49 hours

Mask Service Unit is 10-8

02:20 hours

FC: Final progress report for 4th Alarm Box 212, 117 East Broadway at Pike St, Division 1 reports: Fire is Under Control. Have 2 engines, 2 tower ladders, and 1 battalion chief respond on a watch line rotation.

Relocations:

Engs. 22/3, 53/5, 26/6, 229/9, 217/10, 40/24, 23/28, 47/23, 211/55, 291/?

Ladders: 110/1, 43/3, 28/43, 108/5, 24/6, 16/24, 13/9, 14/13, 131/18, 136/20

Battalions: 11/2, 26/11, 32/4, 10/6, 12/6, 3/12,

Edited May 15, 2009 by ryang