4/14/10 Queens Box 9197 - 10-77

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Rego Park, Queens, NY, 4/14/10

Address: 97-37 63 rd between 97 and 99 sts

Box 9197
Engs. 324, 289, 305
L136, TL138
Battalion 46

10-75-9197 - 19:18 hours
E316
L151 (FAST Truck)
Battalion 52
Squad 288
Rescue 4
Division 14

10-77-9197 - 19:18 hours
E307 (CFRD Engine)
E258 (High-Rise Nozzle Co.)
L154, L129
Battalions 50, Rescue, Safety
Battalion 28 (Safety Officer)*
FieldCom, Command Tactical Unit
Division 14

*Note: designations were originally given as Battalion 50 - Safety Officer and Battalion 28 - Resource Unit Leader.  This was later corrected to Battalion 50 as the 3rd chief on the 10-77 and Battalion 28 as the Safety Officer; there is no Resource Unit Leader on a 10-77.

19:19 hours
Battalion 46: Corrected address is 97-37 63 rd

19:22 hours
Division 14: The "B" stair will be the attack stairwell.

19:24 hours
DC14: Have a correction, the attack stair is now "A"

7-5-9197 - 19:30 hours
DC14: We have 2 lines stretched, 1 in operation, main body of fire has been knocked down, fire apartment is 9B, searches in progress at this time, Doubtful, k.
RAC4

19:35 hours - Duration 24 minutes
DC14: 9197, we have 14 story MD, fire's on the 9th floor, 80x100 irregular.

Exposures are:
1 - street
2 , 3, 4 - courtyard

19:49 hours
FieldCom: At 10-77 Box 9197, Division 14 places the fire Probably Will Hold at this time.

19:55 hours - Duration 45 minutes
FC: At 10-77 Box 9197, Division 14 reports secondary searches throughout are complete and negative and places the fire Under Control.

 

[Bigandy]

Short cell-phone video of the 10-77

Fire in Queens Building, April 14 2010

 

[efd274]

Box 9197 98 St and 62nd Drive - Lefrak City area
Address 97-10 62 Drive

19:13
Disp 237: Phone alarm for a structural fire in a MD
Disp to B46: on second source E305 is your third Engine

19:14
TL 138: do you have a floor and apt?
Disp: we have Apt 10 John as the caller saying the rear of the building
E324: we have a fire at this location - we are going to have to get an address - we
are going to have to go around the block I believe

19:15
Disp to B46: we added Squad 288, Rescue 4 and the fourth Engine 319 -
we are getting the rear of the building

First Alarm
Engines: 324 289 305 319
Trucks L136 TL138
BC 46
Rescue 4
Squad 288

19:16
B46: Box 9197 10-75 we have fire out one window on the ninth floor
Disp: do you have the address of the building?
Disp transmits 10-75

19:17
E289 to Queens: Box 9197 the corrected address is 97-37 62 Avenue

10-75 Assignment

Engine 319 already assigned
Truck L151 FAST
Squad 288 already assigned
Rescue 4 already assigned
BC 49
DC 14

19:18
Disp to B46: there is no CIDS for this address
B46: can you also make this a 10-77 - we have a 15 story building
Disp transmits 10-77

E289: the corrected address is 97-37 63 Road

19:21
10-77 Assignment
Engines 307 CFR 258 HRN
Trucks L154 L129
B50 just up from Box 4902
B28 Safety Officer
SB
RB
FC
TS
19:22
D14: advise units stairway "B" is the attack stairway

19:24
D14: the attack stairway will now be "A" Alpha

19:28
E287/285 is directed to return to their own quarters

19:30
D14: Box 9197 we have 2L/S one in operation most of the fire has been knocked
down - the fire apt is 9 Bravo - searches are in progress at this time - fire is doubtful
Disp transmits All Hands

19:31
D14: it's apt 9 Harry

19:32
Disp to D14: we need a height and size up

19:35
D14: Box 9197 we have a 14 story MD - fire is on the 9th floor - appx 100x190
irregular shape
Esposures
1 - street
2, 3 and 4 are all yards
Duration 24 minutes

19:40
E316 S/C

19:45
L173 acting L136

19:47
D14: Box 9197 DC Cucciarello(sp?) reports that Primary searches in the
fire apt are negative with the exception of the fire room - Primary searches on the
floor above are negative and PWH
Duration 37 minutes

19:50
E326 acting E319

19:52
SB is 10-8

19:55
D14: Box 9197 Secondary searches throughout are negative -
the fire is Under Control
Duration 45 minutes

19:56
RB switching to City wide

19:57
Rescue 4 is 10-8

19:58
E320 acting E289
E317 acting E305

 

[efd274]

Bigandy - Great little video of the fire auto-exposing

 

[Bigandy]

Fire in Rego Park NY.divx

Another video after initial knock down. Fire still rolling in one of the rooms.