12/13/08 Manhattan Box 1630 - 3rd Alarm

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Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, NY, 12/13/08

Address: 1745 Amsterdam Ave @ W146 st
Extended to: 1743 Amsterdam Ave

01:41 hours
Phone Box 1630 - Multiple calls for a structural fire for the addresses 1745 and 1743 Amsterdam Ave
Engs. 80, 69, 84
L28, TL23
Battalion 16

10-75-1745 - 01:42 hours
E37
L40 is the FAST truck
Battalion 14
Division 6

01:43 hours
Received Reports of fire at the rear of the building, also fire on the roof, and apartment 2B.

CIDs for 1745 Amsterdam Ave:
MD 20-story star-shaped 100x100. Standpipe outlet in public hall. May require 4 hose length stretch.

CIDs for 1743 Amsterdam Ave:
MD 5 story 25x100 class 3.  Wrought iron fence blocks rear fire escape access to/from 1745 Amsterdam Ave on exposure 2 side.

7-5-1630 - 01:46 hours
Battalion 16: Using All-Hands, extra engine and truck.
E59, L34 S/C
Rescue 1
Squad 61
RAC1

2-2-1630 - 01:47 hours
Engs. 67, 60, 68
E72 w/ Satellite 2
L30
Battalion 12 (Safety Officer)
Battalion 11 (Resource Unit Leader)
Safety, Rescue Battalions
Tactical Support 1
FieldCom
Command Tactical Unit

01:48 hours
Squad 41 available replacing Squad 61, Rescue 3 w/ Collapse Rescue 3 available replacing Rescue 1

01:48 hours
BC16: Box 1630, 10-45 no code.

01:55 hours
BC16: Box 1630, using 2nd alarm units for a fire on the 2nd through 5th floors with extension to a 6 story non-fireproof, the address is 1743 Amsterdam Ave. 2 lines stretched, 2 in operation, searches in progress, trucks opening up, fire is Doubtful, k.

Exposures are:
1 - street
2 - similar attached
3 - unknown
4 - similar attached

01:55 hours
E53 is 10-8 in E59's response area

3-3-1630 - 01:56 hours
BC16: Urgent! Third alarm!
Engs. 47, 35, 58, 83
TL17, L49
Battalion 17 acting 16
Battalion 10 (Staging Area Manager)
Battalion 43 (Air-Recon Chief)
Mask Service Unit 1

01:56 hours
BC16: We'll correct the height and size-up as per CIDs.

01:59 hours
The staging area is 145 st and Amsterdam Ave

01:59 hours
L59 is relocating to L28

02:03 hours
Division 6: We've got no code on that 10-45 at this time.

02:04 hours
DC6: That 10-45 is a code 4 (Green Tag, Minor)

02:06 hours
E312 is relocating to E35

02:06 hours - Duration 26 minutes
DC6: Special call 2 additional ladder companies
TL14, L26 S/C

02:07 hours
E54 is 10-8 in E37's response area

02:10 hours
Battalion 43 is 10-84 at Floyd Bennett Field

02:11 hours - Duration 32 minutes
DC6: We have 5 lines stretched, all visible fire has been knocked down, trucks are opening up.

2:13 hours
DC6: We do not need the Air-Recon Chief

02:18 hours
Battalion 43 is 10-8 back to Brooklyn

02:18 hours
Car 8 (AC Thomas Haring, Staten Island Borough Commander) is responding.
Car 12A (Executive Officer of Safety and Inspection Services) is responding.

02:20 hours - Duration 41 minutes
DC6: Primary search in apartments 3A and 3B, the fire apartment, at 1745, is complete and negative.  1745 is the actual fire building.

02:22 hours
DC6: Apartment 4A, 4B, 4C in the main fire building, searches are negative.

02:23 hours
TL163 is relocating to TL14

02:25 hours
Car 23D (Press Duty Car) is responding

02:27 hours - Duration 47 minutes
FieldCom: Progress report for Manhattan 3rd alarm Box 1630, the address 1743 Amsterdam Ave off W146 st, fire in a 5 story MD, Car 8, Assistant Chief Haring reports: primary searches on the 5th floor are negative, and the fire remains Doubtful, k.

02:29 hours
FC: Special call 2 additional truck companies into the staging area.
L55, L29 S/C

02:30 hours - Duration 50 minutes
FC: Progress report for Box 1630, Car 8 reports: secondary searches in Apartment 3A, the original fire apartment, are complete and negative, and remaining Doubtful Will Hold.

02:36 hours - Duration 56 minutes
FC: Progress report: car 8: The primary searches in both the fire building and exposure 4 are complete and negative, fire is Probably Will Hold.

02:50 hours - Duration 1 hour 11 minutes
FC: Progress report for 3rd alarm box 1630, Car 8, AC Haring reports: The original fire building was 1745 Amsterdam Ave, there were 2 lines stretched to that building, fire on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors. Exposure 4 was 1743 Amsterdam Ave, we had 3 lines stretched to that building, fire on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors.  Fire is Under Control.

02:53 hours
FC: Secondary searches in exposure 4 are complete and negative.

02:56 hours
FC: Secondary search in the original fire building on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors is complete and negative.
 
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