Boston, MA - 3rd Alarm Fatal 1-3-2012

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Date: 1-3-2012

Time: 03:00

Location: 40 Westwind Road (Harbor Point Apartments)

Frequency: Boston Dispatch

Units Operating: (See rundown below)

Weather Conditions: Chilly, dry

Description Of Incident: Working fire in a 7-story brick apartment building. Fire located in an apartment on the #5 floor. 80 year old male D.O.A. in the fire unit. Fire contained to the apartment unit of origin. Fire found to have been started by an electrical wire that shorted when pinched by a bed. 3 civilians transported to the hospital with minor injuries. 1 firefighter transported to the hospital with a shoulder injury.

Writer: PFDRes47cue

Operating Unit Rundown:

Engines: 21, 39, 17, 3, 2, 14, 24, 18, 22, 7

Ladders: 18, 7, 4, 19, 26

Tower Ladders: 3

Rescue: 1

Car: 6

Division 6 (Ops), 7 (Rit), 4, 3, 8