(Rewritten) Yonkers - 3rd Alarm 5-16-12

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Date: 05-16-12

Time: 2156hrs

Location: 581 Saw Mill River Road X Tuckahoe Road (Dunham Paint)

Description: Fully-involved 1-story commercial involving chemicals (paints, thinner, etc.)

Reporter: Truck4

2156hrs- Verbal by E-310 for a 10-29 (Working Fire) behind 577 Saw Mill River Road, down the driveway. (behind quarters).

1st Alarm: E-310, 312, 309, 306; L-75, 72, R-1, B-2

2158hrs- B-2 req. PD for traffic control.

2202hrs- B-2 transmitting 10-30 (All-Hands) and the 2nd Alarm, fire in a 1-story commercial.

2nd Alarm: Sq-11, 307; L-70; B-1

2204hrs- B-2 req. B-1 'Bring water.' Fire is through the roof of a 150X50 set back on a dead end.

2205hrs- Co's have (1) line from the rear of 577 SMRR and (1) from the lot above on the Exposure #1 side.

2207hrs- B-1 req. Sq-11 to hit hydrant on Saw Mill River Road north of the fire, E-307 to pick up a hydrant from south near Liberty Lines.

2209hrs- B-1 rpts exterior operations ATT. Co's bringing in water.

2212hrs- L-75 backing down the driveway to set up in front of the building. (3) L/S/O.

2213hrs- B-1 req E-307 to hit the main and send (3) members to meet the B/C.

2216hrs- B-1 transmitting the 3rd Alarm. Units on the 3rd to park the rigs down the block and report to the staging area in front of Station 10 and will be stretching lines.

3rd Alarm: E-314, 303; L-71

2220hrs- Co's cutting fence and setting up stangs in the lot above the front of the fire building. Very heavy fire conditions.

2225hrs- (2) H/L's, (1) Tower Ladder in opertion in front. (1) H/L, (1) stang in operation above. Setting up a ladder pipe on Saw Mill River Road (L-70).

2230hrs- Numerous explosions within the building. L-70 in operation along with an additional stang in the lot. WCPD req. to shut down the southbound Saw Mill River Parkway due to numerous onlookers on the overpass and vehicles stopped in the roadway.

2232hrs- E-313/L-73 to relocate Station 12

2233hrs- E-308 to relocate Station 1.

2236hrs- B-1 rpts a 1-story warehouse 150X50 with unkown contents. Exposure #1- 1-story warehouse, 30 foot seperation, Exposure #2- Yard with construction equipment, Exposure 3- Unknown, Exposure #4- Parking lot with debris. Multiple master streams in operation. Building is fully involved.

2240hrs- Co's setting up (2) ground ladders to remove members from the front of the building and up to the lot.

2244hrs- B-2 req. DEC for runoff into the Saw Mill River (Exposure #3).

2250hrs- L-72 ladder pipe going into operation.

2255hrs- Car 3 rpts fully involved 1-story commercial. Units removed from front of the building (below street level). Several lines protecting exposures. E-314 and R-1 assigned to mitigate the run off.

2300hrs- Conditions remain unchanged. Members pulled back from the building. (1) Tower Ladder, (2) Ladder pipes, numerous H/L's in operation. Notifications being made for the runoff into the Saw Mill River.

05-17-12

0400hrs- Fire is U/C. Co's still hitting pockets of fire.

0700hrs- (1) master stream continues to operate. Road closures still in effect. Runoff visible in the Hudson River.

1330hrs- Co's reporting a flare up of a large pocket of fire.