Staten Island - 6th Alarm/Brush - 9/8/10

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Date: 9/8/10

Time: 14:48 hours

Location: Great Kills Park

Frequency: FDNY Staten Island

Weather Conditions: clear and windy

Description Of Incident: 2 large areas of brush going, reports of firefighters surrounded by fire

Reporters/Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Great Kills Park, Staten Island, NY, 9/8/10

Location: Great Kills Blvd and Buffalo St and Hylan Blvd

14:48 hours

Phone Box 3069 - Report of a brush fire

Engs. 243, 224 acting 154, 157, 241

TL161 acting 85

Battalion 48 acting 21

14:48 hours

Battalion 21: We're passing Great Kills Park, looks like we've got a brush fire going. Advise units, 1 at the airplanes field, one off of Hylan Blvd.

Battalion 21 directed to continue to 3-3-3613.

14:56 hours

Battalion 48 acting 21 will be delayed responding from Brooklyn

2-2-3069 - 15:01 hours

L161 acting, URGENT. We've got two large areas, 2nd alarm.

7-5-3069 - 15:01 hours

L161/85: Cancel the 2nd Alarm, make it All-Hands on Arrival

E247

L78

Battalion 4 acting 8

Division 1

*no FAST truck, RAC unit, Rescue, Squad, or Satellite immediately available

15:07 hours

L161/85: We and 243 stopped on the street right off Gateway, right off the entrance, and there's a separate fire going by the model airplane field.

15:11 hours

TL149 (FAST Truck)

15:15 hours

Richmond Engine Co. 1, T147 S/C

15:23 hours

E205 w/ BFU1 available assigned

15:26 hours

E219 acting 201 assigned

3-3-3069 - 15:31 hours

Engs. 201 acting 166, 151, 4 acting 242, 28 acting 160

TL105 acting 172, TL153 acting 87, L109, TL172

Battalion 38 acting 40

Rescue 2

Squad 18

15:34 hours

BC48/21: Have the units respond to the sewage treatment plant on the other side of the park. That's the 2nd area of fire, it's jumped the road.

15:36 hours

Car 7 (DAC James Leonard, Brooklyn Borough Commander) is responding, recommends switching Bronx frequency to Citywide due to frequent interference

15:38 hours

E241 to Staten Island, URGENT! Have an engine head towards the park road, towards the Park Ranger Houses, we've got fire on both sides of us here!

15:39 hours

Rescue Battalion is re-directing in

15:39 hours

Rescue Battalion, Tactical Support 2 is re-directing in

15:45 hours

Squad 1 available replacing Squad 18

15:46 hours

Car 1D (Commissioner's Liaison) is responding

4-4-3069 - 15:48 hours

Car 7: The Urgent has been resolved, the unit has been found. What I need you to do is transmit the 4th Alarm. Send the 4th Alarm into the Fox Beach area, we have a large area of brush both sides of the park, heavy winds blowing towards the north.

Engs. 330, 210 acting 202, 211 acting 240

E284 w/ Satellite 3

L148 acting ??

Battalion 31

Battalion 28 (Staging Manager)

Battalion 43 (Air Recon)

FieldCom 1

15:51 hours - Duration 1 hour 8 minutes

Car 7: Division 1 is on scene and we have a staging area at Buffalo St and Wetland Rd which is the airplane road. We've set up the command channel. WE still have a large area of brush, heavy fire conditions, and that's the end of the progress report. Fire jumped the road and it's headed into Fox Beach.

15:51 hours

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

15:55 hours

Car 7: Get the Air-Recon Chief, I need him to do a survey of the Fox Beach area quick, tell us if there's fire heading towards the houses there, we have heavy fire heading that way.

15:59 hours

NYPD Aviation reports they are preparing Bambi bucket drops.

Car 7: Do not have them drop! We have companies heavily engaged, advised them do NOT drop!

16:01 hours

A staging area has been established at the quarters of E160

E207 w/ Satellite 6 is relocating to E159/Satellite 5

16:01 hours

Car 7: Have Air Recon come up on channel 2, primary command.

16:05 hours

Car 7: Have NYPD Aviation come up on our frequency, do we have any units in Fox Beach yet? We need a report from any units in Fox Beach!

16:07 hours

E282 is operating*

Note: E282 was originally assigned to investigate reports of fire at another Box and advised they were operating at the 4th. When SI advised them to respond to their previous Box, they replied "We have our deck gun and 2 lines stretched off our engine!"

16:09 hours

Car 7: Have DEP respond to the scene, we're having some water problems.

16:14 hours

HazMat 1, HazMat Battalion S/C to respond to the Sewage Treatment Plant

Car 12 (DAC Stephen Raynis, Chief of Safety and Inspectional Services) is responding.

16:14 hours

Box changed to 8480

16:17 hours

Bronx frequency is now operating on Citywide.

16:33 hours

FieldCom: Have E239 w/ BFU5 report to Hylan Blvd to Keegans Ln, have them report in to the Rescue Battalion

16:37 hours - Duration 1 hours 54 minutes

FC: 4th Alarm Box 8480, AC Jensen reports: in the Great Kills Section we have 5 handlines stretched in operation, 4 tower ladders operating. Still have heavy fire with high wind conditions. In the Fox Beach sector, the houses are protected at this time, the fire seems to be moving towards the water. Still Doubtful.

16:41 hours

FC: The chief would like the Polaris Unit dispatched to the scene.

16:53 hours

Marines 8 and 3 are 10-84 and operating by the DEP building

16:59 hours - Duration 2 hours 16 minutes

FC: At this time members are being removed from the wooded areas and back to the road, and Air-Recon and PD Aviation will be dropping with the Bambi Buckets.

17:16 hours

FC: The Helicopter with Battalion 43, he's going to head back to the base for fuel. There is a NYPD Helicopter on the scene, is there anyway to get that Helicopter onto Tac U.

17:32 hours

RAC4 available assigned

17:33 hours

FC: Have the RAC unit come in through the entrance off Buffalo, have them come as close to the Command Post as they can.

17:58 hours - Duration 3 hours 15 minutes

FC: Progress report for your 4th Alarm Box 8480, at Gateway National Park, AC Jensen reports: numerous handlines and tls in operations. PD Bambi Bucket operation has commenced and is continuing. All exposures have been protected at this time and still Doubtful.

5-5-8480 - 18:17 hours

FC: By orders of AC Jenson, transmit a 5th Alarm, all units to report to the staging area (Buffalo St and Wetland Rd)

Engs. 231 acting 254, 228, 34 acting 161, 310 acting 243

T147, L174 acting 168

Safety Battalion

*5th alarm engines and trucks responding from Staging Box 400 @ quarters of E160

18:18 hours

FC: Have the units responding on the 5th Alarm respond to Buffalo and Hylan, the 58 Battalion is there.

6-6-8480 - 18:49 hours

Engs. 23, 248, 323, 21 acting 154 S/C

L126 acting 174, TL1 acting 114 S/C

*6th Alarm companies responding from Staging Box 400

18:53 hours

FC: We need a Battalion Chief to respond to Fox Lane, he will operate with E34, E231, and L147

Battalion 26 acting 45 S/C

18:59 hours

E207 acting 159 w/ Satellite 6 acting 5 S/C

19:05 hours

L10 is at the tolls for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, assigned to the 6th. L126 acting 174 re-directed to Staging Box 400

19:08 hours

SI requests the locations of E254 acting 167 and L118 acting ??; companies were assigned to another Box in Fox Lane prior, and may now be operating at the 6th.

19:09 hours

FC: 118 is operating here, and we're checking on 254 now.

19:23 hours - Duration 4 hours 40 minutes

FC requests a mixer-off message

19:27 hours

TL105: We're operating at Bulkhead Rd, can you get in contact with the Command Post, have them send a RAC unit down Hylan Blvd past Keegan Blvd, we have a lot of companies down here that are going to need hydrating.

RAC2 S/C

19:31 hours

Marine 6 S/C

19:40 hours

FieldCom confirms that Command Tactical Unit is operating

19:42 hours - Duration 5 minutes

FC: Progress report for your 6th Alarm Box 8480, at Gateway National Park, Chief Jensen reports the fire is darkening down. Still extinguishing pockets of fire. Having flare ups in various locations. This will be an extended operation, fire is Doubtful.

20:00 hours - Duration 5 hours 17 minutes

FC: Progress report for your 6th Alarm Box 8480, at Gateway National Park Recreational Area, Chief Jensen reports the main, still knocked down pockets of fire, places this fire Probably Will Hold.

20:07 hours

FC: By orders of Chief Jensen, special call 1 Deputy Chief, 2 Battalion Chiefs, and 4 Engine companies. Can you make sure those companies have the night tour.

Engs. 162, 156, 240, 152

Battalion 10, 33 acting 23 S/C

Division 6 S/C

22:00 hours - Duration 7 hours 19 minutes

FC: Progress report for your 6th Alarm Box 8480, Gateway National Park, at this time AC Jensen places the fire Under Control. Special call 3 engine companies.

Engs. 245, 224, 276 acting 162 S/C

Edited September 9, 2010 by ryang