Brooklyn - 2nd Alarm - 12/18/10

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Date: 12/18/10

Time: 05:40 hours

Location: 1052 57 st between 11 ave and Ft. Hamilton Parkway

Frequency: FDNY Brooklyn

Weather Conditions: freezing

Description Of Incident: fully-involved 3 story private dwelling

Reporters/Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY, 12/18/10

Address: 1052 57 st between 11 Ave and Ft. Hamilton Parkway

05:37 hours

Phone Box 2606 - Report of fire in a private dwelling

Engs. 247, 282, 201

L148, TL114

Battalion 40

10-75-2606 - 05:40 hours

E241

TL149 (FAST Truck)

Battalion 42

Squad 1

Rescue 5

Division 8

2-2-2606 - 05:47 hours

Engs. 228, 242, 243, 220

E284 w/ Satellite 3

L109, L168

Battalion 48 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 33 (Resource Unit Leader)

Safety, Rescue Battalions

Tactical Support 2

FieldCom 1

RAC5

Car 4C (AC Ronald Spadafora, Chief of Logistics)

05:49 hours - Duration 13 minutes

Battalion 40: We've got a fire on the 3rd floor, 2nd floor, 1st floor, 20x50 3 story private dwelling, 1052 57 st, occupied brick. 3 lines stretched in operation, primary searches being conducted, fire is Doubtful. 1 is a street, 2 is an alley, 3 is a rear yard, 4 is an alley.

05:53 hours

The staging area is Fort Hamilton Parkway at 56 st

05:57 hours

Battalion 42 is taking Incident Command

05:58 hours

Car 17 is responding

06:01 hours - Duration 23 minutes

Division 8: We have 3 lines stretched, 3 in operation, we have fire on the 2nd floor and above. Searches are being delayed due to heavy fire condition, we are currently pulling companies out going to an exterior operation.

06:10 hours - Duration 33 minutes

Car 4C: At the box, we have fire throughout the building, all members are out of the building, we have a tower ladder operating, we have the fire flanked on both sides, searches are delayed due to heavy fire condition, fire is Doubtful, can you have DEP and Buildings respond.

06:15 hours - Duration 37 minutes

FieldCom: As per Chief Spadafora, Car 4C, like to transmit a 10-41 code 1 (Suspicious Fire, Occupied Structure), notify the marshals, heavy volume of fire on arrival.

06:19 hours - Duration 42 minutes

FC: Progress Report #3 on the 2nd Alarm Box 2606, at this time Car 4C, AC Spadafora, reports: they have 1 tower ladder in operation, the main body of fire has been knocked down, still hitting pockets of fire. They will shut down the tower ladder in a few minutes and will have the Safety Battalion do a stability test on the structure to determine if it is safe to move in with a handline, fire is still Doubtful.

06:27 hours

DEP advises they are en-route, Buildings Dept. will get back with an ETA.

06:31 hours

Buildings Dept. reports a 45 minute ETA.

06:35 hours - Duration 57 minutes

FC: Progress Report #4 on the 2nd Alarm Box 2606, at this time Car 4C, AC Spadafora, reports: The primary searches of the 2nd floor and the attic are negative. They're in the process of removing members from the building, switching back to an exterior operation, fire remains Doubtful.

06:42 hours - Duration 1 hour 4 minutes

FC: Progress Report #5 on the 2nd Alarm Box 2606, at this time Car 4C, AC Spadafora, reports: He has 1 tower ladder in operation, they are operating 3 lines from the exterior, 1 from the roof of exposure 2. Main body of fire has been knocked down. Fire was in a wood frame with a brick exterior, fire remains Doubtful.

06:47 hours - Duration 1 hour 9 minutes

FC: Progress Report #6 on the 2nd Alarm Box 2606, at this time Car 4C, AC Spadafora, reports: Primary searches are complete and negative throughout, the secondary searches will be delayed due to the structural stability of the building, the fire remains at Doubtful.

06:56 hours - Duration 1 hour 19 minutes

FC: Progress Report #7 on the 2nd Alarm Box 2606, the address 1052 57 st, at this time AC Spadafora, Car 4C reports: They are shutting down all exterior handlines. They will conduct secondary searches within the limits of safety established by the Safety Battalion, and places the fire Probably Will Hold.

07:07 hours

ConEd reports a 45 minute ETA, Keyspan reports a 20 minute ETA

07:23 hours - Duration 1 hour 45 minutes

Car 4C: AC Spadafora reports: Secondary searches are going to be delayed due to safety issues, primary searches are complete and negative, we're going to go Under Control.

Relocations:

E248/201, E202/242, E283/282, TL105/114, L113/148, TL159/149, BC31/42

Edited December 18, 2010 by ryang