10/11/24 Queens All Hands Box 5243

[Hank]

Incident Location: 88-40 179th Place *Delayed*

Phone Alarm Reporting A Gas Main Struck.

B50: Transmit The 10-75, Contractor Struck A 6-Inch High Pressure Gas Line In A Vacant Lot. 2 L/S, In The Process Of Evacuating The School & Surrounding Properties - 09:09.

Exposures: 1: Street, 2: School, 3: Row Of Private Dwellings, 4: Private Dwelling.

L133 - FAST.

B50: Using All Hands (E304 & L126), DWH - 09:13.

B50: s/c An Extra Engine & Truck (E308 & L165) - 09:14.

B50: People Of The School Are Sheltering In Place On The 2 Side, DWH - 09:26.

D13: National Grid & HazMat Are Assessing, No Readings In Surrounding Properties. DWH - 09:39.

D13: Conditions Are Getting Worse, 1300 Students & Staff Being Evacuated Again. DWH - 09:55.

D13: s/c (3) Additional Trucks (L125, TL115 act. TL127 & L102 act. L133), DWH - 10:11.

D13: Conditions Are Improving, DWH - 10:36.

D13: PWH - 10:40.

D13: s/c (2) Additional Engines For Relief Purposes (E293 & E???) - 10:46.

D13: National Grid Has Stopped The Leak, Under Control. Holding w/ 2&2 - 11:28.

Rundown:
E301, E298, E275, E303, E304, E308 s/c, E293 s/c, E??? s/c
L150, TL127, L133F, L126, L165 s/c, L125 s/c, TL115 act. TL127 s/c, L102 act. L133 s/c
B50, B54
R4
SQ270
D13
HM1, HMB, E274HMTU
CAR13, CAR23D

Relocations:
E287 act. E298
E331 act. E301
E218 act. E308
E286 act. E303
E313 act. E275
L102 act. L133
L130 act. L150
TL115 act. TL127
B3 act. B50
TL17 act. TL127

 

[raybrag]

From the FDNY Facebook page:

"FDNY units responded to a report of a punctured gas main on Friday morning near 179th Place and Hillside Avenue in Queens.
"Shortly before 9 a.m., we got a call for a ruptured gas main. Units arrived within four minutes and, on arrival, they found a six-inch high-pressure main that was punctured during construction. There was a heavy odor of gas throughout the area. When units got here, they started searching all the surrounding buildings. All were negative—no gas readings, no casualties," Deputy Chief Robert Sputh said at the scene.
A public school in the area was initially ordered to shelter in place, but as wind conditions changed, the FDNY evacuated the school. In total, 1,200 students and 50 staff members were evacuated. More than 100 #FDNY members responded to the scene.
No injuries were reported, and the students and staff were relocated to another school in the area."