Brooklyn - 4th Alarm - 1/17/12

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Date: 1/17/12

Time: 08:20 hours

Location: 368 Himrod St x Wyckoff Ave

Frequency: FDNY Brooklyn

Weather Conditions: cold, overcast

Description Of Incident: fire on the 2nd floor extended to the 3rd floor and cockloft of a 3-story row-frame

Reporters/Writer: ryang

Additional Info:

Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, 1/17/12

Address: 368 Himrod St between Wyckoff and St Nicholas Aves

08:22 hours

Box 751

Engs. 271, 277, 218

TL124, L112

Battalion 37

08:22 hours

Battalion 28 available replacing Battalion 37

10-75-751 - 08:22 hours

L124: 10-75 the Box, 3 story frame, 1st floor

E291

L140 (FAST Truck)

Battalion 37

Division 11

Squad 252

Rescue 2

7-5-751 - 08:24 hours

E237, L176 S/C

RAC2

2-2-751 - 08:26 hours

Engs. 206, 222, 217

E207 w/ Satellite 6

TL135

Battalion 35 (Safety Officer)

Battalion 57 (Resource Unit Leader)

Safety, Rescue Battalions

Tactical Support 1

FieldCom 1, Command Tactical Unit

Car 7 (DAC James Leonard, Brooklyn Borough Commander)

08:26 hours

Receiving report of people on the rear fire escapes.

08:27 hours - Duration 7 minutes

Battalion 28: We have fire on the 2nd extended to the 3rd floor, 3 story row frame 20x40 multiple dwelling, occupied. 1 line stretched in operation, 2nd line being stretched, primary search being conducted, trucks are opening up, we have 2 10-45s at this moment. Exposure 1 is a street, exposure 2 is a similar attached, exposure 3 is a rear yard, exposure 4 is a 1-story commercial bodega-type building.

08:30 hours

The staging area is Bleecker St and Wyckoff Ave

08:32 hours

Car 17 (BC Michael F. Gala Jr., Chief of Personnel) is responding

08:46 hours - Duration 25 minutes

Division 11: Box 751, we have 3 lines stretched, 3 in operation, we have heavy fire on the 2nd and 3rd floors. 124 opening up from the bucket on the 3rd floor.

08:48 hours - Duration 27 minutes

FieldCom: Progress Report on Box 751, Division 11 reports 3 lines stretched and in operation, we have heavy fire still on the 2nd and 3rd floors and the cockloft. Members have been removed from the 3rd floor and the roof and they have a tower ladder operating on the 3rd floor. Fire is still Doubtful, k.

3-3-751 - 08:53 hours

Engs. 233, 214, 216, 286

L103 acting 112, TL111

Battalion 44

Battalion 51 (Staging Manager)

Battalion 33 (Air Recon Chief)

Mask Service Unit

08:57 hours

E286 was involved in an MVA and is unable to respond, E227 assigned.

09:01 hours

Car 23 (Press Officer) is responding

09:08 hours

L108, TL146 S/C

09:14 hours - Duration 54 minutes

FC: Progress Report on the 3rd Alarm Box 751, at this time Car 7, DAC Leonard reports: he has 5 lines stretched and in operation, searches are in progress, the main body of fire has been knocked down. The primary searches of exposure 2 are complete and negative, and the 2 previously reported 10-45s are both code 4 (Green Tag, Minor). He places the fire Probably Will Hold and would like to special call 1 additional Battalion Chief for relief.

Battalion 48 acting 35 S/C

09:20 hours

FC: At Box 751, Car 7 is going to close down the staging area. Any further units can respond directly to the Command Post.

09:28 hours - Duration 1 hour 7 minutes

FC: Box 751, can you special call 2 additional trucks. Also we have the exposures: exposure 1 is a street, exposure 2 is a similar attached, exposure 3 is a rear yard, exposure 4 is a 1-story attached

L102, T104 S/C

09:39 hours - Duration 1 hour 18 minutes

FC: Progress Report on the 3rd Alarm Box 751, at this time Car 7, DAC Leonard reports: he has 5 lines stretched, main body of fire has been knocked down, trucks are opening up and extinguishing pockets of fire, primaries in fire building are complete and negative. The unconscious male reported on the 1st floor is now accounted for. Secondary searches are delayed due to heavy debris. There was slight extension to exposure 4 which is 183 Wyckoff, that's been extinguished. Fire remains Probably Will Hold.

4-4-751 - 09:46 hours - Duration 1 hour 26 minutes

FC: At Box 751, by orders of Car 7, DAC Leonard, transmit a 4th Alarm for relief purposes. He would like the engines only, and places the fire Under Control.

Engs. 230, 299 acting 286, 229, 235

09:51 hours

FC: Car 7 would like to request Buildings Dept. to check the stability of the building, and make sure utilities are responding. Also transmit a 10-41 code 1 (Suspicious Fire, Occupied Structure) for heavy fire on arrival. Also notify incoming units that the rear fire escape has been compromised and is not to be used.

09:57 hours

FC: At Box 751, Car 7 reports that primary and secondary searches throughout the fire building are complete and negative.

10:10 hours

FC: At Box 751 we have an updated 10-45 count: it's going to be 3 10-45 code 4s and 1 10-45 code 3 (Yellow Tag, Delayed)

Relocations:

Engines: 33/211, 16/216, 220/222, 298/227, 255/233, 228/235, 332/277, 299/286

Ladders: 11/108, 131/111, 103/112, 151/112

Battalions: 48/35, 2/35

Edited January 17, 2012 by ryang