12-22-11 Bronx (Hart Island)- All-Hands Box 8855

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Date: 12-22-11
Time: 2236hrs
Location: Hart Island, Long Island Sound off City Island. Some light reading if interested:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Island,_New_York

2236hrs- Phone alarm for fire on Hart Island. Units responding onto City Island.

2347hrs- 10-75 transmitted for unk. type fire on the island.

2250hrs- Marine 1 and Marine 6 S/C. Unk. type fire visible on Hart Island. Units to respond in to Fordham St X King Ave at the ferry dock.

2252hrs- B-15 req. Marine 6 to pick up members at . (25) minute ETA.

2253hrs- R-3 suggests B-15 S/C NYPD Harbor. Div. 7 concurs and requests a channel to communicate on.  Corrections Dept. rpts island is unoccupied. R-3 rpts they will contact NYPD Harbor on TAC Channel 'U.'

2254hrs- Marine 1 has (90) minute eta, Marine 1A will be (45) minutes, inquiring which vessel to respond on.

2255hrs- Div. 7 S/C Air Recon. B-15 req. Marine 1 to respond with Marine 1A with shorter ETA.

2258hrs- Div. 7 S/C Field Communications Satellite Engine. S/C E-46.

2303hrs- Marine 6 is at the Throgs Neck with a (10) minute ETA.

2306hrs- Div. 7 S/C BFU. Advised it will come from Queens. S/C BFU-6/E-321. BFU 7 is OOS. Air Recon is grounded due to weather.

2312hrs- Div. 7 rpts (1) Engine, (1) Truck, B-15 over to the island on Marine 6. NYPD Harbor with a (20) minute ETA. Marine 1A enroute with a (45) minute ETA. Fireboat 343 will be responding with E-24/L-5/B-2 with a (90) minute ETA.                         

2322hrs- Div. 7 rpts Marine 6 enroute with co's to the island ATT. R-3 and Squad is also onboard and will be FAST.

2324hrs- Div. 7 transmitting the All-Hands.

2333hrs- E-70/L53/R-3/Sq-61 are on the island, rpt a structure is on fire: 2-story 30X40.

2335hrs- Marine 1A is on location. Req. to approach from east side of the island. Div. 7 also req. comfirmation that the larger fireboat is enroute. B-2 rpts (1) hour ETA.

2340hrs- Div. 7 rpts Rescue and Squad are being returned and L-50 will go on the island as FAST. Marine 1 (Fireboat 343) will be the water source on arrival.

2350hrs- Div. 7 rpts Marine 6 has water on the fire.

0009hrs- B-15 releasing Marine 1A.

0010hrs- Div. 7 rpts fire K/D by Marine 6. BFU will be sent over on arrival. Marine 1 and 1A can go 10-8.

0023hrs- Div. 7 rpts P/W/H. DOT ferry is transporting BFU/E-321 over to the island.

[MichaelS]

Should be noted a 10-75 was transmitted early on, L50 designated FAST.

[Buff9663]

Battalion 2 of Manhattan on the Bronx frquency responding with a marine unit did not say which one probably , 1 or 9

[Buff9663]

It is Msrine 1 & Engine 24 , Ladder 5 , & Battalion 2 on board , Marine 1-Alpha is 10-84 , Marine 1 ETA is 1 hour

[kfd274]

This is a great report. Thanks truck4
This is also a great story, showing the use of the multiple emergency services of a great City.  Imagine having a DOT ferry to bring in equipment.

[fdce54]

I think that run down with the ETA's of the fireboats shows the need for a fireboat in the Bronx. Only the north side of the Bronx is connected to the mainland. The east, west and south are on the water and anyone who knows the area around City Island knows the heavy boat traffic there during the warm season and the number of islands just off City Island.

[patrickfd]

Thanks for the rundown. Not your everyday structure fire response.

[3511]

How would a fire start on an uninhabited island on a rainy, winter's night?

If started by someone,

1. What were they doing on a boat at that hour of night in that weather?

2. Have they any idea how much of the taxpayers' money was wasted in manhours and fuel to get to the scene?

3. A Squad, rescue and boats OOS for a couple of hours. What if needed elsewhere?

Hope someone gets arrested.

[fdce54]

I'll guess electrical.

[CFDMarshal]

Faulty Con Ed equipment Frank?