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What happened to the trapped civilians ? Still trapped or removed ?

Blitz nozzles are made with a 3 inch intake. In the FDNY, where they are used, are they fed with a 2 1/2 line or do companies carry 3 inch hose specifically for use with a Blitz nozzle or do they ise a 3 1/2 inch line to supply the nozzle ?

Anyone have the specs on the pumpers ? 1,500 gpm or 2,000 gpm ?

Peopel throw lithium ion batteries away in their recycling and soetimes it ignites in the recycling plants. A big problem for those plants.

Great picture !! I didn't see any pictures of the fire in Belleville where they stuck a tower ladder right into the fire building.

Very small building with no exposures. Rreason why only All Hands even though fully involved.

13: 48 4948 Arthur Kill Road Shipping container on fire in the rear of the property Under control time 30 minutes Eng 151,164,168, TL 76, L84 B23 Div 8 Marine Battalion Marine 9 Div 8 https://www.silive.com/news/2026/04/fdny-extinguishes-fire-at-south-shore-property.html

Did this warehouse have an automatic sprinkler system ?

The picture from Google maps is incorrect. The fire building actually looks like this from the Advance. I made the same mistake looking at Google maps.

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2026/04/fire-on-multiple-floors-at-staten-island-home-draws-massive-fdny-response.html Huge volume of fire for an occupied house at 10:30 in the morning. It looks like both houses had rear decks very close to one another.

I wasn't planning to go to the fire but I keep a record of all SI working fires and one of the things I track is the GPS location using Google Maps. Where the fire is of course makes a difference for the GPS location.

Is the fire East of the Expwy or West of the Staten Island Expwy and North or South of the West Shore Expwy ?

What about the Neptune system ? Did it respond ?

Unfortunately the article was vague about how much funding they are requesting.

See pasted article below: Staten Island volunteer fire companies lack city funding despite thousands of 911 responses Updated: Apr. 03, 2026, 1:55 p.m. |Published: Apr. 03, 2026, 5:50 a.m. Robert Sawicki (left) and Robert Coghlan pose for a photo at the Oceanic firehouse Friday, March 20...

https://www.firerescue1.com/technology/calif-fd-tests-sound-wave-system-to-fight-fires-without-water?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwY2xjawQ-AEJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyRDMzZDZSM1NybFRKZXNtc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhmSu6KkPYrVhHETQdnix8YK7hoGHRpSzvkMlm2GIhE-hsvQEW6...

https://www.silive.com/news/2026/04/staten-island-volunteer-fire-companies-lack-city-funding-despite-thousands-of-911-responses.html

Yes I have also noticed that.