Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY, 12/23/11
10:32 hours
Phone Box 512 - Report of a building collapse.
Engs. 224, 202, 279
T101, TL131
L132 w/ Collapse Rescue 2
TL146 (SOC Support Truck)
Battalions 32, Safety, Rescue
Rescue 2, Rescue 5 w/ Collapse Rescue 5
Squad 1 w/ TRV
Tactical Support 2
SOC Compressor, SOC Logistics
FieldCom 1
10:33 hours
E224: we're 10-84 at 512, we have a partial building collapse at the corner of Columbia and Degraw, it appears we have no injuries at this time.
10:35 hours
Battalion 32: We're in the process of determining if the building is vacant or occupied. We have a partial collapse of a 1 story taxpayer, can you have National Grid and ConEd respond also.
10:36 hours
National Grid reports a 15 minute ETA.
10:38 hours
BC32: Box 512, at the address 185 Columbia St, we have a partial collapse of 1 wall. Everybody's accounted for, nobody is trapped.
10:47 hours - Duration 17 minutes
FieldCom: Progress report for the collapse at Box 512, 185 Columbia St, partial collapse of a 1 story taxpayer 20x80: the entire outside wall is buckling, and we need an ETA for Buildings when you get it.
10:47 hours
Buildings reports a crew en-route
10:54 hours
FC: At this time Battalion 32 will drop down to a 2 and 2 with the Safety Battalion and the 32 Battalion remaining on scene awaiting Buildings. All other units will go 10-8 as they become available and any units not on scene can go 10-8.
Exposures are:
1 - street
2 - 3 story OMD
3 - 3 story OMD
4 - street
10:56 hours - Duration 27 minutes
FC: At this time the exposure 4 side haas completely collapsed. Incident is Doubtful.
11:07 hours
FC: At this time Buildings Dept. has determined that exposure 3 needs to be evacuated. The members are in the process of evacuating it now, just let the Red Cross know we have a 3 story MD being evacuated.
11:15 hours
FC: Be advised the number of evacuated is now raised to 14.