Yonkers, NY - Working Fire -- 7/7/12

[Disaster_Guy 96]

Date: 7/7/12

Time: 12:06 or 15:01 (see explanation below)

Location: 22 Orchard Street x Myrtle Street, Yonkers, NY

Frequency:

Units Operating: Yonkers Fire Department-

Box Assignment:

Engine 309, Engine 306, Engine 312, Engine 310

Tower Ladder 71, Ladder 72

Rescue 1

Battalion 1

Car 6 (Fire Investigation Unit)

10-29 (Working Fire) / 10-30 (All-Hands) Assignment:

Engine 310 (S/C F.A.S.T.)

Battalion 2 (Safety)

Weather Conditions: hazy, hot and humid.

Description of Incident: 1-Alarm working fire on the 1st floor with extension to the 2nd at 22 Orchard Street in Yonkers. Fire relatively quickly knocked down. 3 lines were S/O. Unsure if structure was going to hold at the time when the fire was k/d. Google results describe the building as a wood-frame 3-story home with 5+ families and 4,400 total square feet. Original call came in as someone set fire to something in the building, then upgraded to possible structure fire; arson assignment was added to the Box.

Reporters: Larchmont_Boy; Yonkers OEM twitter (@yonkersoem40) and YOEM Twitter user (@YOEM44); srfd18; truck4 (via nycfire.net).

(first time is as reported by YOEM and the second is from nycfire.net. Note, I did not listen to this incident live.)

12:06 or 15:01 hrs: 10/29 for 22 Orchard Street. Full alarm and rescue (R1). [OEM monitoring.]

12:13 or 15:07 hrs: 310 F/T. Battalion 2 responded as Safety, two minutes later transmitted 10/30.

12:16 or 15:15 hrs: B-2 reporting fire located on the rear of the first floor with extension to the second floor. 3 L/S/O, and making progress. All hands working. Exposures: #1 is street, #2 is 3-story wood-frame M/D, #3 is rear yard, #4 is 3-story wood-frame M/D.

12:20 or 15:10 hrs: E-310 will be FAST. Require a 5th engine, E/C E-308 or F/T.

12:25 or 15:17 hrs: Fire knocked down. It's possible that the structure will hold.

12:33 hrs: Fire under control. One of three lines still stretched and operating. [OEM continuing to monitor.]

Edited July 9, 2012 by Larchmont_Boy