Brooklyn - 4th Alarm Fire 6-4-2011

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Date: 6-4-2011

Time: 04:25

Location: 816 Washington Avenue (Corner of St. Johns Place)

Frequency: FDNY Brooklyn Dispatch

Units Operating: FDNY Brooklyn (See below for rundown)

Weather Conditions: Nice

Description Of Incident: Working fire in a 4-story 25x60 brick store and dwelling. 10-75 transmitted by Engine 280 @ 04:24. 4 L/S/O. 2 Tower Ladders in operation. Heavy fire on 3 floors. Companies were removed from the fire building due to the collapse of three floors. Air Re-Con Chief was utilized to monitor the stability of the fire building and exposures from above. Extension to the cockloft of exposures 2 & 2a (both similar attached). Primary and secondary searches of the exposures completed and negative. Searched of the fire building were completed from the outside due to structural collapse and instability of the fire building. 4th alarm transmitted for relief purposes. Further structural collapse of the original fire building occurred after the 4th alarm was transmitted. A special call "FAST" truck was called in for the additional collapse. Staging location was Washington Avenue & Eastern Parkway. Fire called U/C @ 07:20.

Reporters/Writer: PFDRes47cue

Box Assignment: (04:21)

Engine 280, 219

Squad #1

Ladder 132

Tower Ladder 105

Battalion 57

10-75 Assignment: (04:24)

Engine 235

Ladder 113 (FAST)

Rescue #2

Squad #252

Battalion 38

Division 11

Extra Engine & Truck: (04:24)

Engine 210

Ladder 122

Second Alarm Assignment: (04:26)

Engine 226, 239, 230

Tower Ladder 111 (S/C)

Engine 207 w/ Sat. 6

Battalion 31 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 48 (Resource Unit Leader)

Rescue Battalion / Safety Battalion

Fieldcom 1 / Tactical Support Unit #2 (S/C)

Car 15

Third Alarm Assignment: (04:31)

Engine 249, 220, 234, 214

Ladder 123

Tower Ladder 131 (S/C)

Battalion 41 (Staging Manager)

Battalion 58 (Air Re-Con Chief)

Mask Service Unit #1

Additional Tower Ladder: (04:46)

Tower Ladder 119 (S/C)

Fourth Alarm Assignment: (05:49)

Engine 217, 279, 240, 211

Tower Ladder 107

Ladder 102

Additional FAST Truck: (05:58)

Ladder 110 (S/C)

Edited June 4, 2011 by PFDRes47cue