12/31/11 Albany Mayday

[nysff 18]

Albany Mayday

1 Cuyler Street, Albany NY 2nd Alarm with Mayday transmitted. Mayday transmitted at 17:54 of audio. The mayday was transmitted after the roof collapsed during mop up operations in the attic. There were 4 injuries due to the collapse with 2 firefighters being transported to Albany Medical Center with minor injuries.

Edited January 3, 2012 by nysff

[Danger 160]

Albany Mayday

1 Cuyler Street, Albany NY 2nd Alarm with Mayday transmitted. Mayday transmitted at 17:54 of audio. The mayday was transmitted after the roof collapsed during mop up operations in the attic. There were 4 injuries due to the collapse with 2 firefighters being transported to Albany Medical Center with minor injuries.

And how many times do you hear ICs releasing FAST after the fire is knocked and guys are doing overhaul

[R1SmokeEater 359]

Eli Gill's Pix:

http://10-75.net/incidents/2011/afd2ndalm123111.html

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Albany Mayday

1 Cuyler Street, Albany NY 2nd Alarm with Mayday transmitted. Mayday transmitted at 17:54 of audio. The mayday was transmitted after the roof collapsed during mop up operations in the attic. There were 4 injuries due to the collapse with 2 firefighters being transported to Albany Medical Center with minor injuries.

nysff...

Thank you for posting this info.

Speedy recovery for the injured members.

[ustadoit 13]

if you are listening to the tape, i can decode some of the portable numbers

there used to be 10 engines 1 to 11 with no # 3. the officer from the engine has a 3 digit radio id starting with a 1. 101 is engine 1's officer.

there used to be 4 ladders. the ladder officers radio id is 20_.

there used to be 3 paramedic rescues,, non transporting, {just like johnny and roy} housed with engine companies. their portables start with a 3.

the heavy rescue, which ran a lot including all working fires, is probably what is heard as rescue 1 with a portable starting with a 4.

when i left albany years ago there was a firehouse on delaware ave (cross st referred to for this fire) which housed engine 9, rescue 9, and ladder 4. these were probably first due.

obviously things have changed in regard to battalion chiefs; they used to staff bat 1 and bat 2. there was also an in-the-rounds driver for the one deputy chief who would be called out for all 2-baggers. in the days before cell phones the driver was still supposed to know where to find the deputy, on or off duty.

[BigBuff 27]

Just listened to the audio, personally thought that the IC up there did a tremendous job, seemed like he remained calm and clear during the entire ordeal, thankfully no one was seriously injured

[nysff 18]

if you are listening to the tape, i can decode some of the portable numbers

there used to be 10 engines 1 to 11 with no # 3. the officer from the engine has a 3 digit radio id starting with a 1. 101 is engine 1's officer.

there used to be 4 ladders. the ladder officers radio id is 20_.

there used to be 3 paramedic rescues,, non transporting, {just like johnny and roy} housed with engine companies. their portables start with a 3.

the heavy rescue, which ran a lot including all working fires, is probably what is heard as rescue 1 with a portable starting with a 4.

when i left albany years ago there was a firehouse on delaware ave (cross st referred to for this fire) which housed engine 9, rescue 9, and ladder 4. these were probably first due.

obviously things have changed in regard to battalion chiefs; they used to staff bat 1 and bat 2. there was also an in-the-rounds driver for the one deputy chief who would be called out for all 2-baggers. in the days before cell phones the driver was still supposed to know where to find the deputy, on or off duty.

Your information is pretty accurate. There are 7 engine compaines in the city with engine numbers 3,6, and 8 being disbanded. There still are 4 ladder companies and 3 rescue units plus the Rescue Squad (heavy rescue company). The Rescue 1 that is heard in the audio is the Rescue 1 (Paramedic Rig) which is portable 301. The heavy rescue is identified in all communications as either the Rescue Squad or just simply the Squad and its officer is portable 401. All riding seats have a portable with the officer being xx1 followed by the crew of xx1 A, B, C, etc...

Ex: Portable 401 is the Squad OIC, portable 401A is a member of the crew as is 401B.

The Deputy Chiefs no longer have drivers, nor do the battalions. The Battalion numbering system has changed over the years due to the modernization of the communications department. CAD was introduced back in the 90's and assigned the former battalion chief numbers of battalion 1 and battalion 2 as Car 7 and Car 8. This was recently changed (5 years ago) to Battalion 7 and Battalion 8.

[nysff 18]

Just listened to the audio, personally thought that the IC up there did a tremendous job, seemed like he remained calm and clear during the entire ordeal, thankfully no one was seriously injured

The commanders that day did do a tremendous job. The intial IC was a BC with 20+ years on the job and the deputy that assumed command has 30+ years on the job and currently serves as Car 2 which is the Executive Deputy Chief of Department (Warren Abriel). Most of the fire officers who were working that day each have 20+ years on the job (one closer to 40 years) so there was a lot of expierenced members who remained calm.

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A total of 6 firefighters were injured. All will be ok, and are EXTREMELY lucky to have made it out. Members arrived to find the entire top floor (illegal finished attic w/ multiple broken up apts) going, made an aggressive push only to be pulled out and then sent back in after a switching to a defensive attack. I won't say anything about the rest of the operation or the mayday...

Also note, AFD has 8 engines, not 7.

[nysff 18]

A total of 6 firefighters were injured. All will be ok, and are EXTREMELY lucky to have made it out. Members arrived to find the entire top floor (illegal finished attic w/ multiple broken up apts) going, made an aggressive push only to be pulled out and then sent back in after a switching to a defensive attack. I won't say anything about the rest of the operation or the mayday...

Also note, AFD has 8 engines, not 7.

Thanks Eli, I have fat fingers and meant to type 8.

[Monty 35]

The commanders that day did do a tremendous job. The intial IC was a BC with 20+ years on the job and the deputy that assumed command has 30+ years on the job and currently serves as Car 2 which is the Executive Deputy Chief of Department (Warren Abriel). Most of the fire officers who were working that day each have 20+ years on the job (one closer to 40 years) so there was a lot of expierenced members who remained calm.

Used to work for an IT company that did work for AFD. Chief Abriel was a great guy to deal with. Looks like that hasn't changed.