Herald Square Section, Manhattan, NY, 3/16/09
Address: 58 W36 st between 5th Ave and Ave of the Americas
15:53 hours
Phone Box 733 - Multiple calls for a structural fire at 45 W36 st
Engs. 26, 21, 16, 54
L43 acting 24, TL7
Battalion 9
Rescue 1
Squad 18
15:53 hours
E21 is delayed due to BI
10-75-733 - 15:55 hours
L4 is the FAST truck
Battalion 8
Division 3
15:56 hours
Battalion 9: Have PD respond for traffic control and can we get an extra engine and truck on this.
E65, TL21 S/C
15:58 hours
Receiving report of someone out the top floor window @ 58 W36 st.
(*Note: Battalion 9 was experiencing radio problems with heavy static, making their messages from this point on difficult to hear)
16:00 hours
BC9: The address is 58 W36 st, we have fire on the 3rd floor of a 5 story brownstone renovated, 25 x 75, setback on the 2nd and 1 st floor in the rear. We're relaying water to the 3rd floor, we have 2 lines stretched, 1 in operation. We have a woman out the top floor, we're using a rope rescue to remove her.
Fire building Height/Size-up:
5 story 25x75 renovated brownstone
Exposures are:
1 - street
2 - lot under construction
3 - yard
4 - 5 story commercial
7-5-733 - 16:04 hours - Duration 14 minutes
BC9: We have a 10-45 on the 4th floor. We removed the woman through the interior.
RAC1
16:05 hours
Car 1E (Commissioner's Liaison) is responding
16:07 hours - Duration 16 minutes
BC9: Fire has been knocked down, it was in apartment 2B. The 10-45 was found in apartment 4B. Primary in the fire apartment is negative, primary in the apartment above is negative. Fire is Doubtful at this time.
16:10 hours - Duration 19 minutes
BC9: 10-45 was found on the 5th floor, 5th floor primary is negative at this time.
16:14 hours - Duration 23 minutes
Division 3: At box 733, at this time, just to clarify: roof rope operation was not done, the person was removed through the interior, and there is 1 10-45 no code.
16:14 hours - Duration 24 minutes
Box 733, we're going with primaries negative throughout, we're going Probably Will Hold at this time.
16:15 hours
Battalion 12 is 10-8 in Battalion 8's response area
16:15 hours
DC3: The 10-45 is a code 3 (Yellow Tag, Delayed)
16:25 hours
E7 is 10-8 in E26's response area
16:29 hours - Duration 38 minutes
DC3: Box 733, we're going to go with secondaries negative throughout, we're Under Control at this time.
16:30 hours
DC3: 733 we're going to transmit a 10-41 code 1 (Suspicious Fire in Occupied Structure) with a mixer-off.
16:33 hours
DC3: 733, request Red Cross at this location. Also notify ConEd we shut off electricity to the building.
