Manhattan - Confined-Space-High-Angle-HazMat Rescue - 6/3/09

[ryang 166]

Date: 6/3/09

Time: 10:15 hours

Location: 7 Ward's Island (between Manhattan and Queens)

Frequency: 154.250, 482.10625 (FDNY Manhattan)

Weather Conditions: cloudy

Description Of Incident: worker down an enclosed potentially hazardous materials pit requiring high-angle removal

Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Ward's Island, Manhattan, NY, 6/3/09

Address: DEP Plant @ 7 Wards Island

EMS Signal-5 Box 1460

E35

Battalion 12 S/C

10:15 hours

Battalion 12: Can you have TL14 respond to this Box, we have a possible person trapped in a shaft under a grate here.

Box after initial 1460 (Confined-Space/HazMat Matrix)

Engs. 91, 53

L29

TL14, TL117 (SOC Support Truck)

Rescue, Safety, HazMat Battalions

Rescues 3, 1

Squad 41

HazMat 1

SOC Rebreather 1

Tactical Support 1

FieldCom

Division 3

10:30 hours

Division 3: At Box 1460 we have as confirmed worker down about 15 feet in an open pit, we're setting up a tower ladder for a high-point and preparing to remove the patient.

7-5-1460 - 10:37 hours

Division 3: We're going to use All-Hands, you can return a few special units: the Rebreather Unit, FieldCom, Rescue 1. We're going to use Rescue 3 and Squad 41.

E83

L26 is the FAST Truck

Battalion 14

RAC1

10:36 hours

DC3: You can 10-2 L26 as the FAST truck, we're using L29 on the scene as the FAST Truck. Also you can 10-2 the All-Hands Chief.

10:39 hours

DC3: At Box 1460, we do not need a Decon Task Force here, we can handle it with the units here.

10:44 hours

Command Tactical Unit is responding

10:45 hours - Duration 46 minutes

DC3: At Box 1460, Tower Ladder is in position over the patient attached to the stokes, we have the bucket as the High Point, High-Angle Rescue in progress.

10:48 hours - Duration 50 minutes

DC3: At Box 1460, The patient has been removed from the pit and is being treated by EMS. We're setting up a decon system using E35, E91 to wash members as they exit the area.

10:53 hours

E67 is 10-8 in E35's response area

11:01 hours - Duration 1 hours 3 minutes

DC3: Box 1460, all members have been deconed. All units will go 10-8 as they become available.