Boston-6th Alarm-10/17/2011

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Date: October 17, 2011

Time: 00:45 hours

Location: 3 Wardman Rd. X Waldren Rd./Westminster Ave., Roxbury

Frequency: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=497

Units Operating: Boston Fire Department---Boston Police Department CSI/Arson Investigation

00:48hrs. - 1st Alarm Assignment - Box 2246:

Engine 42, Engine 24, Engine 14

Ladder 23, Ladder 4

Rescue 2

District 9(Ops.)

00:50hrs. - R.I.T./Rehab. Assignment:

Engine 17(R.I.T.)

Ladder 29(R.I.T.)

District 4(R.I.T.)

W-25(Rehab.)

00:55hrs. - 2nd Alarm Assignment:

Engine 28, Engine 52, Engine 21

Tower Ladder 10, Tower Ladder 17

District 11, District 8(Accountability)

Division 2(C7-DC-Comm.)

W-12(Air)

H1(Safety)

01:26hrs. - 3rd Alarm Assignment:

Engine 53, Engine 22

Ladder 15

01:34hrs. - 4th Alarm Assignment:

Engine 35, Engine 56

01:39hrs. - 5th Alarm Assignment:

Engine 50, Engine 18, Engine 7(S/C), Engine 49(S/C), Engine 16(S/C), Engine 29(S/C)

Ladder 7, Ladder 16(S/C), Ladder 19(S/C), Tower Ladder 3(S/C), Ladder 14(S/C)

District 6(S/C)

The 4 Engine Companies (S/C) the 4 Ladder Companies(S/C), the District Chief(S/C) were a "Detail Assignment." Based on the number of Ladder Companies on scene, the alarm level was considered at least a 6th.

Mutual aid for station coverage from Brookline, Cambridge, and Quincy.

Weather Conditions: 55 degrees F./mostly cloudy

Description Of Incident: Three story brick, U-shaped apartment complex, explosion and fire from a ground floor apartment (burned resident reported to Boston Medical Center/3rd degree burns/10 percent-subsequently arrested, charged with arson and attempted murder) First in units reported heavy fire from ground floor windows, heavy smoke from second and third floor windows, nine people hanging out of windows and on ledges. At least 15 people rescued using ground ladders to the 3rd floor. Rescues hampered by child-proof screens. Six year old child dropped from third floor window by grandmother; caught by firefighter. Interior attack attempted but an exterior wall collapsed, ground ladder rescues were performed, operations went defensive. 42 apartments damaged or destroyed, 11+ residents and 2 firefighters transported to hospitals with various injuries. BPD investigators said the fire was consistent with a natural gas explosion/fire.

Reporters: John M. Guilfoil and Matt Byrne, John R. Ellement, Aram Boghosian/ Boston Globe

Writer: efdcapt115/sfrd18

http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/10/firefighters-scene-roxbury-fire-amid-reports-people-trapped-inside-the-building/RHiqu5kCW92Pw3sXylcoBP/index.html

Edited October 17, 2011 by efdcapt115