Queens - *4th Alarm* - 3/18/2015

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Date: 3/18/15
Time: Approximate 2015
Location: Queens Box 8561 - 91-21 90th St (bet. Atlantic Ave and 91st Ave)
District:
Units:

First Alarm:
E293, E285, E294, E236
TL142, L143, TL107 (Extra truck for reported entrapment)
Batt. 39, Batt. 51
Squad 270
Rescue 4
DC13
RAC
Medical Branch resources

2nd Alarm:
E319, E286, E303
Batt. 28 (Firefighting)
Batt. 44
Batt. 50 (Safety Coord)
Rescue Batt.
Safety Batt.
E324 w/ Satelite 4
Field Comm
Tactical Support 2

Command Tactical Unit

3rd Alarm:

E305, E302, E298, E277
L126, L127
Batt. 46 (Staging) - Staging location will be at 89th St and Atlantic Ave
Batt. 33 (Air Recon Chief)

4th Alarm:

E332, E331, E290, E218 act. E215

E262 with IMO1

E263 (Communications Vehicle)

L103, L170

Batt. 54 (Planning)

Additional Units:

Special Calls:

L173, L151, L125 - S/C above the 3rd

Batt. 58, Batt. 37 - S/C above the 4th

L133, (L122 act 120), L155 (act .142) - S/C above the 4th

Staff Officers (Probably missing a few):

Car 1-Charlie - Commissioner’s Liaison/Officer In Charge - FD Operations Center

Car 1-Frank - Commissioner's Liaison - Bureau of Health Services

Car 4 - Chief of Operations

Car 9 - Queens Borough Commander

Car 11-Adam - Chief of Rescue Operations

Car 12 - Chief of Safety

Car 12-Adam - XO to the Chief of Safety
Car 36-Henry - Chaplain

Description:

Originally reported as a kitchen fire in a private dwelling, upgraded with report of children trapped.

DC13 has Command

2 10-45s (no code) on the 2nd floor

DC13 transmitting the 4th Alarm, fire has extended to at least 5 buildings (sounds like a cockloft issue.) Special call 2 addl. Trucks above the 4th.

Command reports all primaries negative in the original fire building. Both 10-45s are Code 4 (Green Tag.)

2105: DC13 requesting an additional 2 Chiefs above the 4th Alarm (Battalions 58 and 37 assigned). 7 L/S/O.

2110: Additional 10-45 Code 4. Duration is exactly 1 hour.

2121: DC13 reporting main body of fire knocked down. Fire's still Doubtful. Trucks opening up, still dealing with pockets of fire. 8 L/S/O.

2126: S/C an additional 3 Trucks above the 4th: L133, (L122 act 120), L155 (act .142)

2211: Total of five 10-45 Code 4's. Car 4 places this fire under control.

Edited March 19, 2015 by SageVigiles