11/8/2011 Brooklyn Box 3650 - Major Collapse/10-60

Confirmed major collapse Box 3650, 3 workers trapped; 10-60 2nd Alarm declared.
Staging area Neptune & Brighton 6th.
All units except Rescue & special units to report to staging area.

14:56
5 Story brick bldg under construction.  4th floor collapsed onto 3rd floor, 3rd floor collapsed onto 2nd floor.  1 worker removed, 2 still trapped.

15:15
Status report:  address 2929 Brighton 5th St; 3rd victim is being packaged, have unconfirmed report of a 4th victim; searches will continue.  Duration:  49 min.

15:21 
Car 8 reports 1st victim was yellow tag, removed & transported by EMS; 2nd victim red tag, removed & transported by EMS; 3rd victim yellow tag, removed & transported by EMS.  Duration:  54 min.

15:38
Car 8, Chief Malone reports @ 2929 Brighton 5th St, a 5 story brick bldg under construction, 75 x 50.  All victims with whom we have made contact have been removed, 2 yellow tag, 1 red tag.  All fire units have been removed from bldg; SOC units continue to search; still doubtful.  Duration:  1:12

16:08

Car 8, Chief Malone reports still searching voids, places PWH.
Duration: 1:41

Video here:

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Building-Collapse-Brighton-Beach-Brooklyn-Brighton-Fifth-Street-133463718.html

 
NY Post Account

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/building_collapse_in_brooklyn_injures_O3fQD9Onlu1G6q6LJMHvHK

NY1 Preliminary report
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/150409/developing--three-pulled-from-brooklyn-building-collapse

NY Daily News
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/construction-workers-pulled-collapsed-building-brighton-beach-brooklyn-article-1.974560
 
10-60 Response is as follows

10-60 Major emergency (Bldg collapse, train wreck, Etc.) 8 Engines, 5 Ladders (one being the FAST Unit), 6 Battalion Chiefs (3rd due chief is Safety Officer; 6th due chief is Resource Unit Leader), 2 Deputy Chiefs, 2 Rescue Companies, 2 Collapse Units, 2 SOC Support Trucks, SOC logistics van, Squad 1 with is Technical Response Vehicle, 1 additional Squad, Rescue Battalion, Haz-Mat Battalion, Safety Battalion, Field Communications Unit, Satellite Unit with its associated Engine, RAC Unit, and a Mobile Command Center). Also, a Battalion responds and meets NYPD Aviation to provide Air Recon
 
E-246 10-84 and confirmed that their were workers trapped.
E-245,L-161,169,L-131/SOC support,R-2,R,5,SQ-1,BN-43,BN-33,D-8,Tac 2
L-166(FAST)
Plus all units assigned on the 10-60 Response as listed by efd274
 
Updated NY Daily News Account

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/construction-workers-pulled-collapsed-building-brighton-beach-brooklyn-article-1.974560

 
One Construction worker dies

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/collapse_horror_Z40mUWeT211qGRjH00qbgP
 
Photos courtesy of FIRST ON SCENE:

http://www.firstonscenephotos.com/FDNY/FDNY-Brooklyn-2nd-Alarm118/19985462_jLDvPT#1575481251_Mq5Mj4T
 
Concrete wasn't allowed to properly set up (cure in engineering lingo)

http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2011/46/bn_collapseupdate_2011_11_11_bk.html
 
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