New Haven - 3 Alarm Fire - 9/7/09

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Date: 9/7/09

Time: Approx 0630

Location: East Grand Avenue x Quinnipiac Avenue Box #1002

Frequency: 851.3125, 851.0125

Units Operating: NHFD, NHPD, AMR

Weather Conditions: Sunny

Description Of Incident: Reported basement fire, turned into a working fire in a row of storefronts

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Writer: SageVigiles

1st Alarm: Engine 10, Engine 17, Engine 4, Squad 1, Truck 3, Emergency Company 1, Car 33 (E Battallion Chief)

2nd Alarm: Engine 8, Engine 5 (Quint), Truck 1, Car 32 (Deputy Chief), Car 31 (Chief of Department), Car 39 (Asst. Chief - Operations) Car 37 (Fire Marshal)

3rd Alarm: Engine 6, Engine 16, Engine 9, Truck 2, Light and Air Truck, Emergency 2 Spare

Special Call (above the 3rd): Squad 2

East Haven Truck 1 and Engine 4 as well as West Haven Center Engine 21 called for station coverage.

Box 22 Associates Canteen Truck and AMR provided rehab support, at least one FF transported with what appeared to be minor injuries.

Shift change occured during the fire, spare rigs were used to shuttle the new crews in and the old ones out.

Big job, burned for awhile, long enough for IzzyEng4 to make it down from Mash-Peq FD!

Edited September 7, 2009 by SageVigiles