4/27/25 Queens 2nd Alarm Box 1620

[RCL]

Typically the volunteer company will fall into the FDNY flow. So in this case BCVFD was first due, they pull a line and go work. When I think 331 was next due they pulled their line and went to work. When the 39 or 47 showed up, they can direct the vollies as needed. If they showed up later in the fire say 2nd or 3rd due, the chiefs will use them as necessary. I've been to fires with WHB and we were 3rd in 4th due and the 39 used us as relief for the first or 2nd due. We've supplied city towers any number of times on brush fires in WHB lobbing water over the subway tracks.

Most if not all of the my fire I was here first was solved many years ago.

 

[lfdlt31]

Typically the volunteer company will fall into the FDNY flow. So in this case BCVFD was first due, they pull a line and go work. When I think 331 was next due they pulled their line and went to work. When the 39 or 47 showed up, they can direct the vollies as needed. If they showed up later in the fire say 2nd or 3rd due, the chiefs will use them as necessary. I've been to fires with WHB and we were 3rd in 4th due and the 39 used us as relief for the first or 2nd due. We've supplied city towers any number of times on brush fires in WHB lobbing water over the subway tracks.

Most if not all of the my fire I was here first was solved many years ago.

If a volly company is 2nd due does the 2nd due FDNY engine assume 2nd due duties or 3rd due duties?

 

[NikFDNY]

If a volly company is 2nd due does the 2nd due FDNY engine assume 2nd due duties or 3rd due duties?

To my understanding, the fdny companies get essentially "knocked back" a 'due', so the 2nd due engine may become do the duties of the 3rd, 3rd doing the duties of the 4th and the 4th either stretching a 3rd line or standing by for relief. entirely depends on the incident though.

 

[RCL]

To my understanding, the fdny companies get essentially "knocked back" a 'due', so the 2nd due engine may become do the duties of the 3rd, 3rd doing the duties of the 4th and the 4th either stretching a 3rd line or standing by for relief. entirely depends on the incident though.

Pretty much. It also depends on a lot of things like man power, is the fire going according to plan( is there more fire then there 1 line can handle and need to be backed up or can they move to next position....)