11/23/08 Staten Island Box 5-5-5-5 - 21 - 2nd Alarm

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Saint George, Staten Island, New York, 11/23/08

Address: 39 van Buren st between York Ave and Richmond Terrace

00:30 hours
Phone Box 21 - Multiple calls for a roof fire
Engs. 155, 153, 156, 157
L78, TL79
Battalion 22
Rescue 5
Squad 1
(*alarm assignments may not be entirely correct due to simultaneous working fires in the area)

10-75-21 - 00:33 hours
E155 to SI, Urgent!  10-75 the Box, 2 story attached PD, fire is showing on the 2nd floor.
L80 is the FAST truck
Battalion 42
Division 8

7-5-21 - 00:37 hours
E159 w/ Satellite 5

00:39 hours - Duration 10 minutes
Battalion 22: Box 21 we have a 2 1/2 Private Dwelling, fire on the top floor.  We have a line stretched in operation, 2nd being stretched, fire is Doubtful

Exposures are:
1 - street
2 - similar attached
3 - rear yard
4 - similar attached

2-2-21 - 00:43 hours
Engs. 166, 165, 167, 158
L83, L82
Battalion 39
Battalion 23 (Resource Unit Leader)
Rescue Battalion
Tactical Support 2
FieldCom

00:46 hours
Division 8: Put a rush on EMS, we have an injured firefighter!

00:49 hours
DC8: Get an ETA for that bus, we've doing CPR on an officer!

00:51 hours
DC8 requests a mixer-off message

00:53 hours
DC8: EMS has arrived on scene

00:53 hours
L86 responding from box 96

00:55
E241, L109 are responding to relocation.

00:56 hours
Battalion 40 is available from box 96, assigned as the "Safety Officer"

00:57 hours
E162 is 10-8 in E156's response area

00:57 hours
DC8 requests a mixer-off message

00:59 hours
DC8: Request a police escort at Richmond Terrace and York Ave for the ambulance

01:00 hours
Battalion 40: Advise EMs we need a bus here forthwith, mixer off.

01:01 hours
Car 11 (Deputy Assistant Chief William Siegel, Chief of Special Operations) is responding

01:01 hours
DC8 requests a mixer-off message

01:03 hours
Battalion 32 acting 22 S/C

01:07 hours
E309 is relocatin to E158

01:09 hours
DC8: All visible fire has been knocked down, primary searches throughout are negative, secondary searches in progress, fire is Probably Will Hold

01:11 hours
Rescue Battalion is 10-8

01:15 hours
E310 re-directed to acting E157

01:20 hours
Car 11 is 10-84

01:24 hours
RAC5 is up from Box 96, assigned in.

01:29 hours
Battalion 33 is 10-8 in Battalion 23's response area

01:31 hours - Duration 1 hour 2 minutes
DC8: Box 21, Secondary searches throughout are complete and negative, fire is Under Control

(Note: Several messages were lost due to SI/Bronx interference.  Also, I did not include certain transmissions due to the nature of the messages)

06:10 hours
A signal 5-5-5-5 has been transmitted.  It is with regret the department announces the death of Lt. Robert J. Ryan Jr. of Engine 155, which occurred on November 23, 2008, as a result of injuries sustained while operating at Staten Island Box 2-2-21.
 
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