Queens - 3rd Alarm - 5/28/10

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Date: 5/28/10

Time: 13:17 hours

Location: Northern Blvd x Willets Pt Blvd

Frequency: FDNY Queens

Weather Conditions: cloudy

Description Of Incident: fire in a 2 story factory, companies unable to determine location of fire.

Reporters/Writer: ryang

Willets Point, Queens, NY, 5/28/10

Location: 129-02 Northern Blvd between 127th Pl and Willets Pt. Blvd

13:17 hours

Phone Box 9305 - Report of fire in a factory

Engs. 273, 316, 289

L129

Battalion 52

13:18 hours

Now receiving multiple calls reporting a factory in the vicinity of Northern Blvd and Willets Pt Blvd

E274

L130

Rescue 4

Squad 288

10-75-9305 - 13:18 hours

E297, TL138 S/C*

L154 (FAST Truck)

Battalion 50

Division 14

*assigned on quantity of calls

13:21 hours

Battalion 46 available replacing Battalion 50

13:23 hours

Battalion 52: 9305 we're using the tentative address 129-02 Northern Blvd.

2-2-9305 - 13:25 hours

Engs 307, 287, 305

E324 w/ Satellite 4

L136

Battalion 49 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 50 (Resource Unit Leader)

Rescue, Safety Battalions

Tactical Support 1

FieldCom, Command Tactical Unit

RAC4

13:27 hours

BC52: 9305, we have fire appears to be in the crawl space of a factory, building is 2 stories, approximately 150x300. We're trying to determine where the main body of fire is at this time. Ladders are set up, trucks are opening up. We have 2 lines stretched, none in operation at this time. We're going to use All-Hands when they arrive, fire is Doubtful at this time. We're at Northern Blvd and Willets Pt. Blvd.

Exposures are:

1 - street

2 - unknown

3 - parking lot

4 - parking lot

13:31 hours

Division 14: The corrected address is 129-02 Northern Blvd.

13:34 hours - Duration 18 minutes

BC52: By orders of Division 14, have all the 2nd alarm companies report to the command post which is 34 ave and Willets Pt Blvd. We have located the main body of fire, 2 lines stretched, not in operation, we have another line stretched to the sprinkler system that has activated.

13:36 hours

Staging area is 127 st and Northern Blvd.

13:38 hours

Car 1E (Commissioner's Liaison) is responding

3-3-9305 - 13:44 hours

BC52: Box 9305, by orders of Division 14, transmit the 3rd alarm, have all companies respond to the staging area at 127 Pl and Northern. We do have 2 lines stretched, in operation, and we have located the main body of fire at this time.

Engs. 320, 299, 292,* 295**

L151, TL144**

Battalion 53

Battalion 51 (Staging Manager)

Battalion 33 (Air-Recon Chief)

Mask Service Unit

Car 13A (AC Richard Tobin, Assistant Chief of Fire Prevention)

*responding understaffed

**became available from a Box at Linden Blvd and the Whitestone Expressway, 1st due on the 3rd

13:48 hours

Tactical Support 1 is unable to respond, they have broken down at Northern Blvd and Union St.

Tactical Support 2 assigned

13:49 hours

BC52: As per Division 14, can you start out an additional truck as a FAST Truck.

L167 S/C as a FAST Truck

13:51 hours

Tactical Support 1 was able to restart the rig and will continue in, Tactical Support 2 is 10-8

13:57 hours

FDOC requesting a confirmation on the address, advising they are not getting any hits on the address 129-02 Northern Blvd

14:00 hours

BC52: Confirming the address is 129-02. We're in the area of the Whitestone Expressway, but it's not exposure 3.

14:04 hours

FieldCom: Progress report for the 3rd Alarm Box 9305, Division 14 reports primary searches in the front and rear of the 1st and 2nd floors are complete and negative. The interior of the building is being ventilated. It is reported that all occupants self-evacuated, however, they are receiving reports that sometimes they allow squatters in the crawl space and that has not yet been searched. Fire remains Doubtful, he would like to special call 2 additional truck companies: 1 to act as a 2nd FAST Truck, and the 2nd with a fan. They put L167 to work, they'll need a 2nd FAST Truck.

TL117 S/C as a FAST Truck

TL160 S/C as Ventilation Support

14:07 hours

FC: Division 14 is looking for the positive pressure ventilation fan.

14:08 hours

FC: Those two trucks, have TL160 report to the command post with the PPV fan, and have the 2nd FAST truck TL117 report to the command post.

14:15 hours - Duration 59 minutes

FC: Progress report for the 3rd Alarm at Box 9305, at this time AC Tobin, Car 13 Adam, reports: the building is approximately 150x300, most of the building is heavily clouded with smoke. The primary searches are complete and negative except in the crawl space, they are still continuing to knock down small pockets of fire in the crawl space. This is going to be an extended operation, fire remains Doubtful.

14:19 hours

FC: You can 10-2 the Air Recon, they are not needed.

14:26 hours

Car 32 (Duty Medical Officer, Manhattan/Bronx) is responding

Car 12B (OSHA Coordinator) is 10-84

14:31 hours

FC: As per the Incident Commander can you special call the SOC Compressor Unit

SOC Compressor S/C

14:37 hours

FC: We want the SOC Compressor to respond on the 3-4 corner of the building. Have them respond into 34 Ave and Willets Pt Blvd, we can direct them from there.

14:39 hours

Car 14C (Fire Marshal) is responding

14:42 hours - Duration 1 hour 26 minutes

FC: Progress report for the 3rd Alarm at Box 9305, at this time AC Tobin, Car 13 Adam, reports: All visible fire has been knocked down. Primary searches of the crawl space are underway. This is an extended operation, he is limiting the time each unit operates in the crawl space to 10 minutes. This fire remains Doubtful, k.

14:43 hours

FC: Special call 1 additional truck for relief and have them respond to the staging area.

TL152 S/C

14:50 hours

FC: Special call a Squad company to report to the command post, they will assist with breaching a wall.

Squad 270 S/C

14:53 hours - Duration 1 hour 38 minutes

FC: Progress report on the 3rd Alarm, at this time AC Tobin, Car 13 Adam, reports: Primary searches continuing in the crawl space. Again this is an extended operation. They are still timing units in the crawl space, only allowing them in there for 10 minutes, and he's placing this fire at Probably Will Hold. Car 13A will be 10-8, Division 14 will be Incident Commander.

15:13 hours

FC requests a mixer-off message.

15:34 hours - Duration 2 hours 18 minutes

FC: Progress report on the 3rd Alarm Box 9305, at this time Division 14 places the fire Under Control.

Relocations:

Engines: 303/287, 73/289, 218/292, ??/295

Ladders 58/144, 176/151, 143/152, 55/160, 142/163, 125/167

Battalions 44/51

Edited May 28, 2010 by ryang