4/26/14 FDNY Marine 9 Mutual Aid to 5 Alarm NJ Fire

[FDNYSTATENISLAND]

M9 responding mutual aid to 5 alarm Keasby, NJ warehouse fire @ 19 Crows Mill Road

Warehouse is right on the bank of the Raritan River

 

[svd385]

Just curious, but ...  When a marine company is on mutual aide and operating how do they do shift change for the units on that marine run.  Many years ago I was involved in the Sewaren section of Woodbridge with my township company for a fire in the Shell Oil plant caused by a ightening strike on a 3 million gallon gasoline storage tank and was  being fed by Marine 9 for about 16 hours.  Needless to say I was a bit busy to notice such things.

http://mhswebtvprinting.tripod.com/wrcphotos2.html

 

[68jk09]

If not accessable by land i would say one of the smaller boats would be used to provide releif.

 

[svd385]

Thanks chief ... was just curious ...

 

[Bulldog]

Hopefully somebody will get some good pictures of M ? 9 at the scene.  We really haven't seen any pictures of either of the big new boats fighting a major fire!

 

[Parkave32]

I heard a progress report from the marine battalion around midnight saying they were feeding a 5 inch ldh and a 12 inch line feeding several tower ladders.

 

[BCR]

If they did not respond with marine 9a which it sounds like they didn't, I am guessing they probaly jumped in that and switched out crews or went by vehicle depending on how far away it is, by any chance does anyone know if on a long duration event like this if they do call backs and put a spare boat like the gov Alfred smith in service at marine 9 or just operate with there small boat ?

 

[truck4]

Marine Co's at the 14:05 mark:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SDJv7ctvsY#t=86

 

[raybrag]

Check out the parade of tankers from about 14:45 to the end . . . talk about a 10-70! 

 

[Bulldog]

Check out the parade of tankers from about 14:45 to the end . . . talk about a 10-70! 

That's quite a parade of tankers!  I wonder if they only utilized them before the fireboats got set up?  Seems like the fire boats would be able to supply enough water for just about anything.

 

[BCR]

I'm guessing it may be the other side of the complex where the tankers were set up but you may be right, it is probably quicker to set up a tanker task force in some places the To get boats pumping

 

[vbcapt]

svd...are you from Woodbridge Township?    That's where I'm from .