Date: Monday December 31, 2007
Time: 1937hrs
Location: 309-311 Emerson Street, South Boston. Boston Box 7435 (East Fourth St @ L St)
Units Operating: Engines 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 37, 42, 50 & 52; Ladders 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25 & 29; Rescue 1; Districts H1, 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7; Deputy C6; Chief of Emergency Management G1; Chief of Department C2; Fire Commissioner C1; H2, W12, W25 & MCP.
Description Of Incident: 5 story brick condominium with penthouse, 60'x50', 19 units, former Eaton Hotel. Fire originated kitchen floor 1 in the rear, extended via stairwell and elevator shaft to all floors in rear, heavy fire through roof, partial collapse of roof, extended operation, members removed due to fears of collapse. Details to continue throughout night. Currently operating with a detail of 3 Engines, 2 Trucks, 3 Tower Ladders, 1 District Chief & Lighting Plant. A 47yr old M taken out in cardiac arrest, later pronounced dead.
1937 Still CSA By FA E2 L19
1949 Box 7435 By E2 E21 E3 L18 R1 D6
RIT Engine By FA E18
1949 Rehab Unit By FA W-25
1955 2nd Alarm By D6 E7 E10 E17 E22 TL17 L7 TL3 H2 TCU W12 H1 C6 D1 D4(Net)
RIT Team By FA L16 D7 (RIT)
1958 3rd Alarm By C6 E14 E50 L4
2003 4th Alarm By C6 E5 E42
2005 5th Alarm By C6 E37 E24 L23 MCP G1 C2 C1
Mutual Aid Brk E1-E28 Cam E2-E33 Qun E2-E18 Brk L2-L14 Qun L2-L7
2011 6th Alarm By C6 E52 E28
Mutual Aid Ned E1-E30 New E1-E51 Som E2-E32
2017 7th Alarm By C6 E9 E29 L14
Mutual Aid Che E2-E9 Ded E1-E48 Win E1-E56 Cam L1-L15
2024 2xL (RIT) By C6 L24 L29
2342 1 X TL By C2 TL10
0120 Detail By C6 E16
0135 Detail E4 E20 L21 L25 TL3 TL10 TL17 H2
0150 Detail D3
Mutual Aid into the city provided by Brookline (Engine 1 & Ladder 2), Cambridge (Engine 2 & Ladder 1), Chelsea (Engine 2), Dedham (Engine 1), Needham (Engine 1), Newton (Engine 1), Quincy (Engine 2 & Ladder 2), Somerville (Engine 2) & Winthrop (Engine 1). Details to be rotated in throughout the night. G1 is Chief of Emergency Management Gerard Fontana, C2 is Chief of Department Kevin MacCurtain, C1 is Fire Commissioner Fraser, C6 is Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Finn.
Complements of FF Sean 'Skip' Olson, Boston Fire, Ladder 14: