Manhattan - 3rd Alarm High Rise - 3/10/15

[SageVigiles 1,194]

Date: 3/10/15

Time: Approx 2355

Location: Manhattan Box 1335 - Address of 1295 5th Ave (off E 110th St)

Description:

Manhattan Box 1335 - 1295 5th Ave (off E 110th St) - 10-77 transmitted for fire out the windows of the 17th floor of a 34-story apartment building, extending to the 18th floor.

2nd Alarm Transmitted - Division 3 has Command

Car 6 (Manhattan Borough Commander) responding, reports he sees heavy fire still blowing out several windows while en route.

Apartments 31C and 31F reporting they are trapped.

1219 - Car 1-David responding on the 2nd alarm.

1221 - ***3rd Alarm Transmitted*** Heavy Fire on the 17th Floor, numerous people trapped. No water on the fire.

3rd Alarm:

E37, E44, E69, E60, E83

L23, L49 (Act. L26)

BN53, BN17 (Staging), Safety BN

Edited March 11, 2015 by SageVigiles

[M' Ave 1,466]

Date: 3/10/15

Time: Approx 2355

Location: Manhattan Box 1335 - Address of 1295 5th Ave (off E 110th St)

Description:

Manhattan Box 1335 - 1295 5th Ave (off E 110th St) - 10-77 transmitted for fire out the windows of the 17th floor of a 34-story apartment building, extending to the 18th floor.

2nd Alarm Transmitted - Division 3 has Command

Car 6 (Manhattan Borough Commander) responding, reports he sees heavy fire still blowing out several windows while en route.

Apartments 31C and 31F reporting they are trapped.

1219 - Car 1-David responding on the 2nd alarm.

1221 - ***3rd Alarm Transmitted*** Heavy Fire on the 17th Floor, numerous people trapped. No water on the fire.

3rd Alarm:

E37, E44, E69, E60, E83

L26, L23, L49 (Act. L26)

BN53, BN17 (Staging), Safety BN

Nice rundown. Schomberg Towers, Mitchell Llama Development.

fyi, on that 3rd Alarm Rundwon, It was only Lad. 49 Acting Lad 26. Lad. 26 was first due.

[SageVigiles 1,194]

Sorry, I must have misheard. Correcting now. I didn't start listening until they dropped the 2nd so I missed the first 2 alarm rundowns.

Thanks!

Edited March 11, 2015 by SageVigiles

[STAT213 332]

Just reading this I am VERY glad that the tallest building in my town is four stories.

Whole different kind a firefighting.

[M' Ave 1,466]

Just reading this I am VERY glad that the tallest building in my town is four stories.

Whole different kind a firefighting.

Too true. I work in an area where there are some highrises, mostly NYCHA buildings. You do end up with some wild scenarios and you need A LOT of manpower. I was at a fire a few years ago where the fire was in one unit on the 5th floor with minor auto exposure on the 6th.....there was a fatality on the 21st fl. Smoke permeated throughout due to some odd ball Federal building standards and what not.....crazy stuff.

[kinkchaser 352]

This building had a sad history, in 1987 a fire occurred in the compactor chute killing seven people, some jumped from as high as the 23rd floor into the street. This fire resulted in changes in high rise procedures, where the dispatchers radios or MDT"s to responding or .on scene units the apartments number that called requesting assistance and that unit must be checked out. . At this fire folks in distress where assured that the FD was on scene not knowing the fire had jumped 20 floors over them, Heavy fire load in the compactor ,coupled with a missing chute door and inadequate fireproofing around the chute.too skimpy to prevent the fire .from extending to combustibles in dwelling units abutting the wall covering the chute.

The Schomberg Plaza fire in 1987 was one of the most important high rise incidents and produced many lessons learned and also a big lesson in Mitchell Llama construction

[lt411 145]

After that fatal fire in 1987,at the Schomberg Plaza towers in east Harlem,there was a heavy-duty investigation done. Soon after the fire was under control, the FDNY fire marshals went to the quarters of the administrative fire company whose district the building was in (Engine company 91). They went right to the building inspection folder to see if there were any outstanding fire violations or recent issues with inspections. Luckily the company commander (who was my first lieutenant as a probie) was a very smart and diligent officer.He had documented all the issues with the building, and had sent reports "downtown" and to the NYC Building dept.,concerning problems with the compactor chute.

BOTTOM LINE: When you do a fire prevention inspection on a building,and sign your name on the form, do it right. Cover your butt! You never know when there will be a fire or collapse or other emergency in that building in the future.