Queens - 3rd Alarm/Mayday - 4/9/11

[ryang 166]

Date: 4/9/11

Time: 10:10 hours

Location: 424 Beach 129 st between Cronston and Newport Aves

Frequency: FDNY Queens

Weather Conditions: fair

Description Of Incident: heavy fire on arrival in a pizzeria extended to dwellings above. 2 MAYDAYs given, member forced to bail out using PSS.

Reporters/Writer: ryang

Belle Harbor, Queens, NY, 4/9/11

Address: 424 Beach 129 st between Cronston and Newport Aves

10:10 hours

Phone Box 1407 - Report of fire in a restaurant

Engs. 268, 329, 266

L137, TL121

Battalion 47

10-75-1407 - 10:13 hours

E265

TL159 (FAST Truck)

Battalion 33

Division 13

Squad 270

Rescue 4

CIDS for 420 Beach 129 st:

Restaurant 1 story 30x100 class 3. Partial sprinkler siamese on exposure 1 for cellar and kitchen areas

7-5-1407 - 10:19 hours

Battalion 47: We have a heavy fire condition, extra engine and truck. All-Hands on Arrival.

E309, L134 S/C

RAC2

2-2-1407 - 10:19 hours

Engs. 264, 328, 323

E284 w/ Satellite 3

TL153

Battalion 39 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 43 (Resource Unit Leader)

Safety, Rescue Battalions

Tactical Support 2

FieldCom 1

10:23 hours - Duration 14 minutes

BC47: Box 1407, the address 424 Beach 129 st, we have fire on the 1st and 2nd floor extended to the 3rd floor, check the basement for extension. Exposure 1 is a street, 2 is a similar attached, 3 is a rear yard, 4 is an alley, k.

10:27 hours

TL157 S/C

10:29 hours

The staging area is Cronston Ave and Beach 131 st

10:29 hours - Duration 22 minutes

Division 13: 2nd Alarm Box 1407, we've got 4 lines stretched, 2 in operation, we have heavy fire on the 2nd floor of a 2 1/2 story commercial. You've got a 30x100, fire on the 2nd floor. 1st floor commercial occupancy, 2nd floor multiple dwelling, 3rd floor possibly apartments also.

10:31 hours - Duration 23 minutes

DC13: 2nd Alarm Box Box 1407, we have 4 lines stretched, 2 in operation. We're going to change it from a 2 1/2 story to a 3 story building. Fire's Doubtful, searches in progress, trucks are opening up, the 2nd Alarm is still Doubtful.

10:36 hours - Duration 27 minutes

DC13: 2nd Alarm Box 1407, a MAYDAY has been transmitted, the MAYDAY has been recovered and removed from the building. We put the FAST Truck to work, special call another FAST Truck. We're Doubtful on the 2nd Alarm.

L173 (FAST Truck) S/C

10:38 hours - Duration 30 minutes

E321 S/C

3-3-1407 - 10:40 hours

Division 13 to Queens, URGENT, 3rd Alarm, as soon as you get the companies give me a rundown.

Engs. 254, 331, 225

Battalion 50

Battalion 58 (Staging Manager)

Battalion 42 (Air-Recon Chief)

Mask Service Unit

Car 4A( AC James Manahan, Assistant Chief of Operations)

10:41 hours

Car 1E (Commissioner's Liaison) is responding

10:52 hours

Car 36A (Department Chaplain) is responding

10:54 hours - Duration 43 minutes

DC13: 3rd Alarm Box 1407, we had a 2nd MAYDAY, he used his PSS to escape the building.

10:55 hours

Car 11A (BC Thomas J. Richardson, Chief of Rescue Operations) is responding

11:00 hours - Duration 52 minutes

FieldCom: Progress report on the Queens 3rd Alarm Box 1407, the address 424 Beach 129 st near Cronston Ave, fire on the 2nd and 3rd floor of a 3 story commercial 30x100. Division 13 reports he has 6 handlines stretched in operation, truck companies continuing to open up and they're in the process of setting up the tower ladder operation. Fire is Doubtful.

11:14 hours - Duration 1 hour 5 minutes

FC: Special call 1 additional truck, have them respond to the staging area.

TL107 S/C

11:18 hours - Duration 1 hour 9 minutes

FC: Progress report on the 3rd Alarm Box 1407, at this time Car 4A, Assistant Chief Manahan reports: a roll call has been conducted and all members are accounted for. Members have been backed out of the building and a tower ladder operation is in progress, and the fire remains Doubtful.

11:20 hours - Duration 1 hour 11 minutes

FC: Notify the Buildings Dept. to respond, they want to check the stability of the building.

11:25 hours

FC: By authority of the Incident Commander you can 10-2 the Air-Recon Chief.

11:27 hours - Duration 1 hour 18 minutes

FieldCom requests mixer-off message

11:33 hours - Duration 1 hour 24 minutes

FC: Progress report on the 3rd Alarm Box 1407, at this time Car 4A, Chief Manahan reports that they have 4 handlines in operation, they have 1 tower ladder in operation on exposure 1. Conditions remain the same and searches will be delayed. Fire remains Doubtful.

11:58 hours - Duration 1 hour 49 minutes

FC: Progress report on the 3rd Alarm Box 1407, at this time Car 4A, Chief Manahan reports that the safety chief is going to enter the building to assess the stability, searches are delayed, and the fire is now Probably Will Hold.

12:02 hours

Car 14C (Fire Marshal) is 10-84

12:09 hours

Car 14 (Chief Fire Marshal Robert Byrnes)is 10-84

12:11 hours

Car 4A is 10-8, Division 13 is Incident Commander.

12:32 hours - Duration 2 hours 23 minutes

FC: Progress report on Box 1407, primary searches on the 2nd and 3rd floors are complete and negative, k, the secondaries are in progress.

12:36 hours - Duration 2 hours 27 minutes

FC: Progress report on the 3rd Alarm Box 1407, Division 13 reports: The primary searches throughout the fire building are complete and negative, the secondaries are underway, and the fire is Under Control.

Relocations

Engines: 275/265, 319/266, 233/329, 259/331

Ladders: 155/121, 135/155, 150/134, 120/137, 125/173

Battalions: 48/43, 51/47, 52/51

Edited April 9, 2011 by ryang