Brooklyn - 2nd Alarm - 3/18/11

[ryang 166]

Date: 3/18/11

Time: 07:40 hours

Location: Court St x Garnet St

Frequency: FDNY Brooklyn

Weather Conditions: mild

Description Of Incident: fire on the 1st floor extended to the 2nd and 3rd floors of a multiple dwelling, firefighting efforts hampered by Collyers Mansion conditions.

Reporters/Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY, 3/18/11

Address: 539 Court St @ Garnet St

07:41 hours

Phone Box 1338 - Report of fire in a multiple dwelling

Engs 279, 239, 202

TL131, T101

Battalion 32

10-75-1338 - 07:44 hours

E279: 10-75 the Box, fire on the 1st floor

E220

L122 (FAST Truck)

Battalion 31

Division 11

Squad 1

Rescue 2

07:44 hours

TL131: We have window bars, call an extra truck.

TL105 S/C

07:45 hours

Receiving reports of people trapped, possibly an elderly male went back inside the building.

07:46 hours

Battalion 32: It's 539 Court.

CIDS for 539 Court St:

Rehabbed multiple dwelling 3-story 20x40 class 3. Interconnected to 539A on the 1t floor. Daycare center between 8am and 3pm, Mondays to Fridays. 2nd and 3rd floor apartments with rear fire escapes.

07:49 hours

BC32: Be advised that exposure 1 is a street, 2 is a street, 3 is unknown, 4 is a similar attached. We have 1 line stretched, fire is Doubtful.

7-5-1338 - 07:50 hours

BC32: We're using All-Hands, also we have a 2 10-45s.

RAC2

07:51 hours

BC32: Be advised we have a Collyer's-type condition, searches are being delayed.

07:53 hours

BC32: Be advised we have a 3rd 10-45, the first 2 10-45s are being worked on, do you have an ETA for EMS.

07:55 hours

L132 S/C

07:55 hours

BC32: Be advised we're putting L122 to work, TL105 will be the FAST Truck)

2-2-1338 - 07:56 hours

Division 11: Transmit a 2nd alarm, we have fire on the 2nd and 3rd floors.

Engs. 224, 226, 228, 219

E207 w/ Satellite 6

Battalion 48 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 40 (Resource Unit Leader)

Safety, Rescue Battalions

Tactical Support 2

FieldCom 1, Command Tactical Unit 1

Car 7 (DAC James Leonard, Brooklyn Borough Commander)

08:02 hours

The staging area is on Smith St near Huntington Pl

08:03 hours - Duration 23 minutes

DC11: Box 1338, we have fire on the 1st floor, extension to the 2nd. Collyers-like conditions. We have 2 lines stretched, 2 in operation. We have 2 10-45s being attended to by EMS. Fire's Doubtful.

08:04 hours

DC11: There are only 2 10-45s at this time.

08:08 hours - Duration 28 minutes

DC11: Box 1338, main body of fire has been knocked down, searches on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors are negative. I have 3 10-45 code 4 (Green Tag, Minor), 1 10-45 code 3 (Yellow Tag, Delayed), and 1 10-45 no code.

08:11 hours

L110, TL114 S/C

08:16 hours - Duration 36 minutes

DC11: Box 1338, secondary searches are negative in the basement, 2nd, and 3rd floor. Under Control.

08:30 hours

FieldCom: Additional info for 2nd Alarm Box 1338, there are 4 10-45 code 4s, and 2 10-45 code 3s, 6 10-45s altogether.

Relocations:

E249/220, E241/279, TL172/114, L176/122, BC43/48

Edited March 18, 2011 by ryang