1/21/08 Manhattan Box 1358 - 4th Alarm

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West Harlem, Manhattan, NY, 1/21/08

Address: 269 W113 St between Douglas and Powell Blvds

Box 1358 - Multiple calls for fire on the 3rd floor
Engs 47, 37, 58, 76*
L40, L26
Battalion 11
Rescue 1*
Squad 41*
(4, 2, rescue and squad for multiple calls)

10-75-1358 - 16:39 hours
TL22 is the FAST truck
Battalion 12
Division 3

Building CIDs
5 story 35x90 Class 3 interconnected to 271 and 273 W113 st via basement

7-5-1358 - 16:42 hours
Battalion 11: Fire on the 3rd floor of a 5 story non fireproof OMD 35x100.  Fire apartment is unknown at this time.  We have 1 line stretched, in operation.  Trucks are opening up.  Have the FAST truck come in off of 9th ave.
RAC1

Fire Building Height/Size-up
5 story 35x100 non-fireproof OMD
Exposures:
1 - street
2 - similar
3 - unknown
4 - similar

16:44 hours - Duration 11 minutes
BC11: Correction to size-up, fire is on 2nd floor

16:51 hours
Division 3: Give us an extra engine and truck at this box
E91, L30 S/C

2-2-1358 - 16:52 hours
DC3: Transmit a second alarm
Engs. 59, 35, 80
E9 w/ Satellite 1
TL14
Battalion 16 (Safety Coordinator)
Battalion 10 (Resource Unit Leader)
Safety Battalion
Rescue Battalion
Tactical Support 1
FieldCom

16:53 hours - Duration 19 minutes
DC3: We have fire extended from the 2nd to 3rd floors.  We have 2 lines stretched in operation.

16:53 hours - duration 20 minutes
DC3: We have people on the fire escapes, in the process of removing them.  Fire is doubtful.

16:57 hours
Also receiving smoke for 257 W114 St and in the rear of 2090 Douglas Blvd.

16:58 hours - Duration 25 minutes
DC3: We have fire extended from the 2nd to 3rd floor.  Primaries are underway, we are removing people from the fire escapes.  Still doubtful.

16:59 hours
The staging area is 7th ave and W113 st

17:02 hours
DC3: Fire on the second floor has been knocked down.  We still have fire on the third floor and possibly the 4th, we have lines being stretched to both.

3-3-1358 - 17:09 hours
DC3: Transmit a third alarm.
Engs. 69, 84, 60, 40
L28, TL13
Battalion 14
Battalion 17 (Staging Area Manager)
Battalion 58 (Air Recon)

17:10 hours - Duration 37 minutes
DC3: We have fire on the 3rd, 4th, and possibly 5th floors.  We have 4 lines stretched, 3 in operation at this time.

17:14 hours
Car 10 (Bronx Borough Commander) is responding

17:15 hours
Car 11A (Chief of Rescue Operations) is responding

17:18 hours
Receiving calls from 2098 8th avenue reporting a fire in the rear of the fire building.

17:22 hours
Car 36B (Department Chaplain) is responding.

17:25 hours - Duration 52 minutes
DC3: Fire on the 4th and 5th has been knocked down.  Fire on the 3rd floor is darkening down.  We have 5 lines stretched, 4 in operation; 4 in the fire building and 1 line in Exposure 4.  Fire is still Doubtful

17:30 hours
DC3: We're stretching another line to the roof.

17:31 hours
DC3: Special call 2 additional trucks
L43, TL23 S/C

17:31 hours
Battalion 58 gives a 3 minute ETA.

17:34 hours
DC3: Have the special called trucks respond to the command post.

17:36 hours
Car 10: Have the 58 Battalion take some thermal images, we have fire in the cockloft and the roof and are checking the exposures:

4-4-1358 - 17:47 hours
FieldCom: Car 10 reports: transmit a 4th alarm w/ 2 extra trucks.  We have 6 lines stretched, 5 in operation; 1 in exposure 4, 6th still in the street.  Fire is darkening down
Engs. 74, 22, 83, 71
L25, TL35

17:51 hours
FC: Have the 4th Alarm companies respond in to the staging area.

17:57 hours
FC: By order of Car 10, special call an additional Battalion Chief for fire duty.
Battalion 46 acting 16 S/C

17:59 hours
Battalion 58 is 10-8.

18:03 hours
Car 12A (Executive Assistant of Safety and Inspectional Services) is responding

18:09 hours
FC: Progress report number 5, Car 10 reports: Primaries on floors 3, 4, 5 are negative, secondaries underway.  Primaries delayed on the second floor due to Collyers's Mansion condition.  Fire is probably will hold.

18:10 hours
Car 14C (Fire Marshal) is 10-84

18:26 hours - Duration 1 hour 53 minutes
FC: Progress report number 6, Car 10 reports: secondaries on floors 2, 3, 4, 5 are negative.  The fire apartment is Apartment 2B.  Transmit a 10-41 Code 1 (Suspicious Fire in Occupied Building), heavy volume fire on arrival.  Fire is under control.

18:59 hours
FC: Special call 2 engines, 2 trucks, and a battalion chief for relief
Engs. 23, 82, L3, L37, Battalion 7 S/C
 
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