11/12/2010 Bronx Box 2447 All Hands - Gas Leak

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Box 2447 Hunts Point Ave and Oak Point Ave
Address 420 Hunts Point Ave - Hunts Point
Bet Drake St and Halleck St

09:39
Disp: Phone Alarm for an odor  of gas
Disp to BC26: 3 and 1 - L42 was on your ticket but they are actually going to Firepod (Biopod) - E83 your additional Engine on a 10-14

First Alarm
Engines: 94 73 83*
Trucks 48
BC 26
Note (do not know where BC3 was)

09:48
BC26: we have a heavy concentration of natural gas - we need Con Ed forthwith -
we are in the process of evacuating the buildings

09:49
Disp to BC26: Con Ed advises a 30 minute ETA
BC26: The Chief advises not good enough

09:52
BC26: Box 2447 it's in front of 490 Hunts Point Avenue - can we have
an additional truck - we have a serious condition here
Disp: 10-4

09:53
Disp: you're going to get L29 - can we get a full preliminary here
BC26: not audible

09:55
Disp to BC26: Be advised that DC 7 will be responding in

09:56:
Disp: 26 when 29 truck gets there are you going to be using All Hands?
BC26: yeah - we're going to be using All Hands k
Disp: do you require the Special Units, Fast Truck and all that?
BC26: that's a negative on that
RAC 3

09:57
Disp notifies Squad 41, BC 14 and Rescue 3 they are not needed

09:58
Disp 257 transmits All Hands for a rupture in a gas vent

10:00
Disp: can we get the size up of 490 Hunts Point Ave
BC26: 494 has been evacuated - they are one story commercials - ahh! we have
a precautionary line stretched

10:01
BC26: we have about 10-12 individuals - the buildings are one story taxpayers -
they are approximately 75x75 - side by side
DC7: received

10:02
DC6: we just changed over our rig - please give us our runs over the air - we don'thave Starfire yet
Disp: are you available for a run?
No on air response

10:08
BC26: we have Con Ed representatives on scene - we're trying to shut the gas off at the street
DC7: message received

10:10
BC26: Box 2447 Con Ed has the gas shut off at the street level
Duration 31 minutes

L19/L42

10:13
DC7 - searches are underway and we have a PWH
Duration 36 minutes

L42: we are 10-8 from the Biopod
Disp: L19 you are going to be responding to the Biopod - L42 is
back in their area

10:18
DC7: Box 2447 Con Ed has requested we remain on the scene - we will be holding
all units until the readings go down

 

[lifeguard91]

what is a/the "biopod?"

 

[68jk09]

A citywide exercise that simulates a biological large scale contamination.....it tests the FDNY s capability to inoculate w/an antidote the entire on duty force between 0600 & 2400 hrs on a given day....it has been done annualy for the last 8 years.....there is no actual contamination....originally each Member was given candy....in the last few years the flu shot is offered to those who want it....however all must show up at a predetermined site to evaluate the capability of administering large scale innoculations a predetermined schedule puts Units out of service & sends them to a local pod...or point of distribution..............more info from FDNYinsider............................The FDNY held the eighth annual BIOPOD exercise on Nov. 12, offering the trivalent influenza vaccine to all FDNY members.

The drill is held each year so the Department can be prepared and plan its response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents.

"I recommend the public get their flu shot this year to not only to protect themselves, but also their families," Fire Commissioner Salvatore Cassano said after receiving his vaccine at the POD located at FDNY Headquarters.

To reach all the FDNY's first responders, the Department set up 17 points of distribution (PODs) located throughout the five boroughs, and one mobile POD. Fire companies, EMS units and administrative staff were dispatched to the POD closest to where they work between 6 a.m. and midnight.




The Department also deployed its Incident Management Team to coordinate the exercise.

"This tests our preparedness and provides our members with an important vaccination that will protect them and the public," said Dr. Kerry Kelly, the FDNY's Chief Medical Officer.

The vaccine provides protection from two strains of the influenza virus as well as the H1N1 pandemic. Members are not required to receive the vaccine, but approximately 10,000 were available to FDNY members who chose to receive it.

The annual drill is conducted by the FDNY Bureau of Health Services in conjunction with the FDNY Bureau of Operations and is part of the City's overall emergency response plan that combines the efforts of the Fire Department with other city agencies, including the Police Department, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and Office of Emergency Management.

 

 

[lifeguard91]

Cool. Thank you very much.