3/8/25 Brooklyn Brush Box 3676

[Hank]

Incident Location: Gerritsen Beach

E321 For Reported Brush.

E321: Transmit The Box, Large Area Of Brush Behind The Baseball Field - 13:22.

Box After Initial - Avenue U & East 33rd Street (Marine Park) - Reporting A Brush Fire - 13:23.

B33: Brush Fire Is Right Up Against The Water, We Need An ETA On The Marine Units - 13:37.

B33: M9 Has Water On The Fire, Stretching A Line Off BFU6 - 14:12.

NYPD Aviation: We Are Leaving Floyd Bennett Field Now With The Bambi Bucket, 1 Minute Out - 14:28.

B33: NYPD Aviation Is Hitting It With The Bambi Bucket, Making Very Good Progress - 14:41.

B33: Our Location Is Gerritsen Ballfields, Across From The Library On Gerritsen Avenue - 14:54.

B33: NYPD Aviation Has Done Multiple Drops, We Are Moving In Now And Hitting Some Fire On The Northern Edge - 15:07.

D15: Still Extinguishing Small Pockets Of Fire - 15:43.

B33: Fully Extinguished, Units Are In The Process - 15:51.

Rundown:
E321, E309, E254
TL159, TL153
B33
D15
M6, M9, MB
BFU6
Gerritsen Beach Vollies
CAR4C (Deputy Assistant Chief Of Operations)

Relocations:
E228 act. E321
TL114 act. TL159

 

[FDNY Response Videos]

PD aviation with the Bambi bucket

 

[GerrittsenBeachVFD]

Given today’s wind conditions, the fire started around Devon Avenue and beelined straight for the water (the real point). This was a wind-driven incident that moved fast.

GBVFD responded with BFU1, BFU2, Engine 1, and Car 1 with UAS. We did what we could without melting our rigs. We pump and roll, but with PD and Marine Units operating, the beach became too soft for us to draft effectively.

With Bambi Bucket operations, we also had to give way to manned aircraft while operating our drone.

No one got stuck, no one got hurt, and no mistakes.

This video is played at 4x speed—otherwise, it would just be too long.

Good work by all.