3/8/25 Bronx 10-75 Box 8871

[Hank]

Incident Location: North Brother Island

Phone Alarm Reporting Smoke From A Building.

B14: Looks Like We Might Have A Brush Fire, Have All Units Standby At The Rock - 17:30.

M6: Possible Structure On Fire, Middle Of The Island. Still Investigating - 17:49.

MB: 10-75, Fire In A 2-Story Vacant. Roof Collapsed, M6 Is Picking Up Companies From The Rock - 18:03.

TL17 - FAST.

D6: You Can Release R3 & SQ41 For The Job On Loring Place - 18:11.

MD: Building Is Fully Involved, DWH - 18:30.

D6: E83, L29 & B14 Are Heading Over To The Island Now - 18:31.

D6: E83, L29 & B14 Are On The Island, 1 L/S. 50x100 Brick, Exterior Operations. E60 Heading Over On Smaller Boat To Assist - 18:45.

D6: Water On The Fire - 19:02.

D6: Marine Units Are Trying To Position To Hit It With Their Stream - 19:21.

D6: M1 Is Still Putting Water On The Fire, DWH - 19:36.

D6: 2 L/S/O Off M6, DWH - 19:56.

D6: AVFKD, Still Hitting Hotspots. DWH - 20:33.

D6: Under Control - 22:25 (5hr, 12 Min).

Rundown:
E83, E60, E35, E73
L29, L42, TL17F
B14, B12
R3
SQ41
D6
RAC3
M1, M6, MB

Relocations:
E46 act. E83
E64 act. E73
TL41 act. TL17

 

[HFN01]

All units going in to the Rock for pickup. M6 responding to that location

Partial:
SQ41, R3, BN12, D6, RAC3.
M6, M1, MB

BX to D6: can you release R3 and SQ41, got another job
D6: 10-4

 

[DaveReinstein]

Pretty interesting history of the island

 

[ZombieFire]

Here is a video about the history of the island

 

[johnd248]

Anyone know how many personnel from land units can fit on M 6?

 

[Skyler Fire]

Anyone know how many personnel from land units can fit on M 6?

Probably 2-3 companies

 

[FDNY Response Videos]

Got some decent video of operations from across the river

 

[den114]

Probably 2-3 companies

Wonder how the fire started, being no one allowed on island, according to video?

 

[DaveReinstein]

Wonder how the fire started, being no one allowed on island, according to video?

I bet urban explorers go there often, it doesn’t seem far enough not to be able to take a small boat there

 

[DaveReinstein]

Wonder how the fire started, being no one allowed on island, according to video?

Yeah, people go there all the time to “explore”. These dudes took two kayaks

 

[FDNY Response Videos]

[22:25] D6: Under Control, all members are off the island. In the process of returning to Randall’s island. Final duration: 5hrs 12 minutes.

 

[RCL]

Here is a video about the history of the island

He's done quite a few videos on different things NYC history. I think he did one on the Brooklyn Navy yard

 

[FDNY Response Videos]

Clips in the video are swapped. 12:42 shows members first arriving at the island.