12/3/08 Manhattan Box 1942 - All Hands

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Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, NY, 12/3/08

Address: 560 Main St on Roosevelt Island

12:24 hours
Phone Box 1942 - Report of smoke from the flower shop @ 580 Main St.
Engs. 260, 262, 263
L116, TL117
Battalion 49
Rescue 4 (normally assigned)

10-75-1942 - 12:28 hours
E260: Urgent! 10-75 1942, fire in a flower shop!
E312
TL115 is the FAST Truck
Battalion 45
Squad 288
Division 14

CIDs for 580 Main St
MD 19 story 1000x3000 interconnected on the 4th floor only.  Duplex apartments.  Handicap occupants throughout.  Vent shaft from bathrooms to roof.

12:30 hours
E258 available replacing E312

7-5-1942 - 12:32 hours
Car 11A (DC William Seelig, Chief of Rescue Operations): We're 10-84 at the 10-75, we're going to use All-Hands.
RAC4

12:35 hours
Apartment 422 at 560 Main St reports smoke.

12:35 hours
Manhattan unable to raise any company operating.

12:40 hours
Battalion 49: We're using All-Hands for the address 560 Main St.  19 story occupied, dimensions 1000x3000.  We have 1 lines stretched, 1 line operating, trucks opening up, the 1 line stretched has knocked down the fire, and primaries are now negative, fire is still Doubtful.  Primaries on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors are in progress.

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

12:47 hours
Rescue 4 is 10-8 back to Queens

12:50 hours - Duration 28 minutes
DC14: At All-Hands Box 1942, this fire is Under Control at this time, searches are complete and negative.  We're also releasing squad and rescue, they'll make themselves available on the MDT.
 
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