3/9/26 Boston MA 3rd Alarm Box 3648

[Signal73]

Fire Location: 7 Wilmore St

L-16 we have smoke showing from the attic

Heavy fire in the rear of a 3 story

2nd Alarm Extra Engine above the 2nd

*Units use caution on the rear porches

E17 & L23 Additional RIT

L-6 is a flex vehicle. L-7 assigned as an additional ladder

E-53,52,16,18
L-16,29,28,10
R-2
D-12

2nd Alarm
E-24,17(RIT),48,42,14
L-6,23(RIT),26,7
C-8

3rd Alarm
E-21,3
L-4
C-10

 

[ExChief-551]

Good old triple deckas.

 

[ExChief-551]

 

[Darrell]

L-6 is a flex vehicle.

What does this mean? L6 not running in an actual ladder company?

 

[grumpy grizzly]

What does this mean? L6 not running in an actual ladder company?

From the MassFireTrucks.com page. It is a vehicle given to companies when their primary vehicle is down for repairs for an hour or so for repairs but not more than a day. Carries some hose, a ground ladder and some medical equipment. An additional company is added to the response. More info on their FB page.

 

[captaindewey50267021@gm]

Typical Boston 3 decker Fire. Boston is very good at fighting this type of fire, due to lots of experience with 3 Deckers. Picture of NYC Row frame 3 stories high with a wooden flammable rear and often front porches on each floor, on often narrow streets and built very close together. If you want to see what is possible in fires in groups of 3 Deckers look up the "Belflower Disaster Conflagration" in Boston in the 1950s. ALSO Note Boston run card for each Box, go from the 1st to the 8th Alarm, but with less engines and trucks assigned on each alarm to provide more flexibly to Incident Commanders to get just what is need on each alarm. Many areas in Boston Include automatic Mutual Aid from other cities and area. Some great books exist on the Boston F.D. including "Busy as Hell 1 & 2" and a series of books by the late great Boston Fire Commissioner Leo Stapleton.
Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired