4/21/2021 Manhattan 3rd Alarm Box 0713

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Address: 213 West 34 Street - between 7th and 8th Avenue

Fire on the 2nd floor of a 4 story 75x100 commercial.

Box 0724 was also assigned prior to the 10-75 for 218 West 35 Street for smoke in a hotel. While these incidents are related, Battalion 9 operated separatly from the 2nd Alarm.

0900 - L-24 - Transmit the box. We have smoke coming from an escalator.

0907 - Bn. 7 - Transmit the 10-75. We have fire in the escalator in the shaft on the 2nd floor. Give me an additional Truck on top of the 10-75.

H&L-5 FAST

0912 - Bn. 7 - Transmit the 2nd Alarm.

0935 - Div. 1 - MBFKD. Primaries are in progress. Special call a Vent Support unit (TL-105).

0947 - Div. 1 - Transmit the 3rd Alarm for the units who are all on scene. We do not need additional units.

0950 - Div. 1 - Primaries are complete and negative from the lobby to the 40th floor of the hotel.

0951 - Div. 1 - PWH - Duration 58 minutes.

All Hands Maybe:
E-1, 34, 65, 14
L-24, 21, 5F
B-7, 6
S-288
R-4
D-1
RAC-3

2nd Alarm:
E-26, 5, 24, 33
L-9, 35
B-2 FF, 1 RUL, 31 Safety
E-324 w/ Sat. 4
Tac. 2, SB, RB
Car 12
TL-105 Vent Support

3rd Alarm - Box 0724 Assignment Maybe:
E-54, 21, 3
L-4, 3
B-9, 39 Air Recon

Relocators:
E-234 act. E-24
E-222 act. E-26
E-201 act. E-14
E-224 act. E-16
L-140 act. L-6
H&L-101 act. H&L-5
B-33 act. B-4
 
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3rd grabbed the units on the box that was transmitted for smoke in the Hotel which is connected to the fire building K
 
There is no difference. Department Books only have L and TL in them. Most tiller companies call themselves H & L just as a throwback. Probably most trucks just dropped the H to save two characters were typing or writing.
 
manlt said:
There is no difference. Department Books only have L and TL in them. Most tiller companies call themselves H & L just as a throwback. Probably most trucks just dropped the H to save two characters were typing or writing.
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The designation “H&L” first began to be abbreviated to just “L” by dispatchers in the 1950s when two-way radios were installed on FDNY rigs. Just easier to say. “H&L” continued to be used in official Department publications into the 1960s. (A good example is WNYF... I have all the issues going back to 1941.) As the War Years hit in the mid 60s, the frequency of journal entries in the busy companies led to the abbreviated “L” being substituted. Soon the practice spread, again simply because it was easier. Some one else in this forum, and OTJ at the time (early 70s?), May recall when “L” (and later “TL”) became official terminology on Department Orders, WNYF, etc.,.
 
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