Manhattan - 3rd Alarm - 5/4/10

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Date: 5/4/10

Time: 20:39 hours

Location: 37 Crosby St x Broome St

Frequency: FDNY Manhattan

Weather Conditions: hot and humid

Description Of Incident: heavy fire on multiple floors of a 7 story MD with extension to the roof of exposure 4.

Reporters/Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

SoHo, Manhattan, NY, 5/4/10

Address: 37 Crosby St between Broome and Grand Sts

20:39 hours

Phone Box 314 - Report of fire in apartment 11

Engs. 55, 33, 7 (10-14)

L8

Battalion 1

20:39 hours

Second source received

TL9

20:40 hours

E24 available replacing E7

CIDS for 37 Crosby St:

6 story MD 50x40 class 3. Party balcony in the rear. No gooseneck to roof. Building 37 has a 6 story 50x20 rear tenement. Access to rear building via alley on exposure 1 side. Sprinkler siamese to rear building from exposure 1 front building.

20:42 hours

Both Battalions 2 and 1 are 10-84, Battalion 1 will go 10-8 and remain in the area.

10-75-314 - 20:42 hours

Battalion 2: 10-75 Box 314, 6 story MD, top floor in the rear.

E7 re-assigned

T20 (FAST Truck)

Battalion 1 re-assigned

Squad 18

Rescue 1

7-5-314 - 20:47 hours - Duration 9 minutes

BC2: The address is 37 Crosby St. Fire on the top floor blowing out 2 windows in the rear.

Division 3 S/C

RAC1

Exposures are:

1 - street

2 - alley

3 - unknown

4 - 7 story MD

20:48 hours

Division 3 is responding from quarters and will be significantly delayed.

20:49 hours

E6, T5 S/C

20:50 hours

RAC1 placed OOS, unable to contact. RAC4 assigned

2-2-314 - 20:53 hours

BC2: 2nd Alarm on this Box, having a hard time getting water on this fire.

Engs. 15, 5, 10

E9 w/ Satellite 1

T6

Battalion 4 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 6 (Resource Unit Leader)

Safety, Rescue Battalions

Tactical Support 1

FieldCom, Command Tactical Unit

20:54 hours

At this point, the dispatcher and Division 3 engaged in a discussion over whether or not a 10-77 should be transmitted. Division 3 settled the matter by asserting that "It's a 6 story class 3 building, that's no 10-77!"

21:00 hours

The staging area is Broadway and Grand St.

3-3-314 - 21:07 hours

DC3: It's a 7 story building, not a 6 story building. Transmit a 3rd alarm!

Engs. 3 w/ High-Rise 1, 4, 16, 65

E259 w/ IMT Unit

E34 (CFRD Engine)

E14 (High-Rise Nozzle Co)

TL1, L11, TL12

Battalions 31, 35

Battalion 7 (Staging Manager)

Battalion 45 (IMT/Planning Sections Chief)

Battalion 58 (Air-Recon Chief)

Mask Service Unit

(*Note: as the building is now above 6 stories, a 10-77 was transmitted by dispatch policy)

21:07 hours

E262 available replacing E259

21:08 hours

DC3: We have fire on the 4, 5, 6, 7 floors, we have fire coming on the roof of the exposure 4 side. We have 3 lines stretched, 2 lines in operation at the present time. This is the front building.

21:09 hours

Car 4H (DAC Robery Maynes, Deputy Assistant Chief of Operations - Planning & Strategy) is 10-84

21:16 hours

Car 1E (Commissioner's Liaison) is responding

21:17 hours - Duration 39 minutes

DC3: Fire on floors 5 and 6 have been extinguished. Still checking for pockets of extension. Fire on exposure 4 on the roof have been extinguished. Still working on floor 7.

21:19 hours

Car 12A (Executive Officer, Safety and Inspectional Services ) is responding

Car 17 is 10-84

21:22 hours

As per FDOC, Buildings Dept shows a violation order issued in April for 37 Crosby St - Building Foundation wall, north elevation, is bowing inward and showing signs of movement.

21:26 hours

Battalion 58 - Air Recon: We are airborne and have a 10 minute ETA, can you ascertain the command channel.

FieldCom: Command channel is channel 2 on the handy-talkie

21:27 hours

Car 23 (Executive Officer of Public Information) is responding

21:27 hours

FC: You can 10-2 the Air Recon and we'll have a progress report for you.

21:32 hours - Duration 55 minutes

FC: Progress report for the 10-77 3rd Alarm Box 314, the address 37 Crosby St, between Broome and Grand Sts, correction on the size-up: it's a 7 story 50x40. Car 4 Henry, DAC Maynes, reports: we had fire on the 6th and 7th floors, main body fire has been knocked down. Still extinguishing pockets of fire. There is no fire in exposure 4. We have 3 lines stretched, 2 in operation. Fire remains Doubtful. Searches are in progress.

21:35 hours - Duration 58 minutes

FC: Progress report for your 10-77 3rd Alarm Box 314, the address 37 Crosby St, between Broome and Grand Sts, 7 story MD 50x40. Car 4 Henry, DAC Maynes, reports primary searches are underway, we're going to go Probably Will Hold.

21:37 hours

Battalion 45, E262/IMT Unit are 10-8 back to Queens.

21:38 hours

Battalions 35 and 31 are 10-8 back to Brooklyn.

21:45 hours

Tactical Support 1 is 10-8 back to Citywide

21:46 hours

Car 14C (Fire Marshal) is responding

21:47 hours

Rescue Battalion is 10-8 back to Citywide

21:52 hours

FC: Advise the gas and electric companies that both gas and electric have been shut down in the basement.

21:55 hours - Duration 1 hour 18 minutes

FC Final progress report for your 10-77 3rd Alarm Box 314, the address 37 Crosby St, between Broome and Grand Sts, fire was in a 7 story MD 50x40. At this time Car 4 Henry, DAC Maynes, reports all searches in exposure 4 are negative, primaries throughout the fire building are negative. We're going to go Under Control, and can you have Buildings Dept. respond to check the integrity of the 2-3 corner of the basement.

Relocations:

Engines: 74/3, 53/5, 202/6, 1/7, 292/14, 280/15, 216/55, 259/65

Ladders: 154/3, 118/5, 119/9

Battalions: 48/1

Edited May 5, 2010 by ryang