2/20/25 Bronx 3rd Alarm Box 3189

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Address: 2202 University Ave. off West 183rd St.

Fire throughout a 3 story 40x100 vacant PD

Phone Alarm Box 4786 - Reporting fire in a PD at 2198 University Ave. - 01:31

Box loaded up due to calls - 01:32

B-19: 10-75 - Fire on the first floor - All Hands on arrival - 01:33

L-27 FAST

B-19: Give us an extra TL (TL-46) - 01:36

B-19: Fire on the first & 2nd floors - Corrected address is 2202 University Ave. - 1 L/S/O - 01:39

Box number changed to 3189

B-19: Transmit the 2nd Alarm - 01:40

B-18 RUL, B-13 Safety, E-72 w/ Sat. 2

D-7: We pulled everyone out, roll call in progress - 01:48

D-7: Transmit the 3rd Alarm - 01:55

B-3 Staging, E-35 Communications

Staging: University Ave. at West 183rd St.

D-7: Have E-92 & B-26 respond to Aqueduct Ave. the exposure 3 side - Special call a 95ft TL to that location (TL-44) - 02:03

D-7: Fire throughout, 6 L/S/O - Extension to exposure 2&4 on the exterior - 02:06

D-7: 5 L/S/O, 2 TL's in operation - 02:14

FC: Per-C-11, PWH - Special call 4 engines for relief & 1 truck to relieve the FAST truck - 02:47

FC: Special call a 95ft TL (TL-35 act. 44) - 03:26

D-7: Under Control - 04:04

Duration: 2 Hours & 34 Min.

Maybe:
E-75, 43, 42, 48, 46
L-33, 59, 27F, 56, 46 s/c
B-19, 27
R-3
SQ-41
D-7
RAC-3

2nd Alarm Maybe:
E-95, 81, 79
L-36
B-17, 18R, 13S
FC, SB, RB, TSU-1, CTU, RM
E-72 w/ Sat. 2

3rd Alarm:
E-88, 92, 93, 62
L-37, 38, 44 s/c
B-26, 3 Staging
MSU
E-35 Communications
RAC-1
Car-11, 32, 23d, 12b

Relief after PWH:
E-90, 94, 68, 45
L-19F, 35 (act. 44)

Watchline at 04:45
E-60
L-117

Relocations:
E-259 to E-88
E-74 to E-93
E-297 to E-62
E-67 to E-81
E-64 to E-48
E-22 to E-90
E-54 to E-68
L-50 to L-33
L-2 to L-36
L-154 to L-27
L-35 to L-44
L-54 to L-44
B-49 to B-19
B-10 to B-17
B-53 to B-18

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That's a heck of a lot of fire showing. News media showed a large ball of fire mushrooming through the roof, probably at the collapse time. Unsealed windows were probably also contributory to fire spread to the exposures.













how did this get so far out of hand
 
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