Manhattan - High-Angle Rescue - 6/12/13

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Date: 6/12/13
Time:Approx 1440 Hours
Location: 57th St x 8th Ave (Hearst Tower, 46-stories)
Box #0915
Units:

FDNY
Battalion 9
Engine 23
Truck 4
Rescue 1
Squad 18
Rescue Battallion
Safety Battalion
Division 3
RAC-1

FDNY*EMS

NYPD
Emergency Services Unit
Aviation Unit

Office of Emergency Management

(Numerous others, I'm updating as I go)

Description:
Window washing scaffold failure, FDNY and ESU performing a high-angle rescue for the workers outside the 45th Floor. Looks like they're planning on removing the glass and bringing them through the window as opposed to sending anyone over the side.

1550: Division 3 requesting NYPD Aviation and news choppers back away from the building, causing a communication issue.

1605: Per Division 3, 1 glass pane cut, the other in progress, members will remove patients through the windows.

1609: Per Division 3, both window panes cut, 1 member of Rescue 1 will go out onto the scaffold to rescue both victims. Incident still DWH.

1616: RAC-1 assigned on the box.

1617: Division 3, reporting 1 victim brought into the building.

1620: Division 3, all members and victims brought in, still doubtful as they secure scaffolding. Duration 1:08.

Edited June 12, 2013 by SageVigiles