Rundown from exchief84: Manhattan, N. Y. 04/06/10 @ 16:15 hrs.
Midtown / Times Square
Box 880
address: 225 West 52nd St. x Broadway
880 @ 16:11
Engs. 23, 54, 65
Lad. 4, Lad. 8 act. Lad. 2
Batt. 9
@ 16:21
Batt. 9 reports: Box 880, Using All ? Hands. We have a transformer vault explosion
with at least ( 1 ) manhole going in front of the ed Sullivan Theater. Fire?s Doubtful.
Special Call an additional Engine & Truck
All ? Hands:
7 ? 5 ? 880 @ 16:21
TowerLadder 35 is designated as the ?FAST? Truck
Eng. 8
Eng. 26 add. Engine
T. Lad. 21 add. Truck
Rescue Co. #1
Squad Co. #18
Batt. 8
Division 3
Fire Building:
33 Story Class 1 105 x 210 Comm. Bldg.
@ 16:32
Batt. 9: We have a transformer vault explosion. 1 ? line stretched and flooding the vault.
We have high CO readings in the basement, 1st & 2nd floors. starting evacuations.
Heavy smoke condition. Fire?s Doubtful.
@ 16:44
Division 3: Box 880, Fire involves a feeder cable to a transformer vault.
We?re checking exposures for extensions & CO readings.
@ 16:47
Division 3: Special Call ( 3 ) additional Trucks and a High Rise Unit w/ Fan
Lad. 16, Lad. 24, Lad. 25 s/c
Eng. 39 w/ High rise 2 s/c
@ 16:50
Eng. 229 w/ Purple ?K? Unit s/c
@ 16:54
Eng. 243 w/ Special High Rise Fan s/c
2nd Alarm:
2 ? 2 ? 880 @ 16:58
Engs. 40, 34
Eng. 24 w / Satellite 1
Batt. 7 ?Safety Officer?
Batt. 6 ?Resource Unit Leader?
Rescue Battalion / Safety Battalion
Fieldcom 1 / Tactical Support Unit #1
Command Tactical Unit
Car 4 ?henry? Assist. Chief Robert Maynes
3rd Alarm:
3 ? 3 ? 880 @ 17:12
Engs. 21, 74, 33 act 3, 5
Batt. 4
Batt. 11 ?Staging manager?
Batt. 43 ?Air Re Con Chief?
Mask Service Unit #1
Staging area: West 51st St. & Broadway
Command Post: West 52nd St. & Broadway
@ 17:13
Division 3: Box 880, We have 2 ? lines stretched into the basement of 225 West 52nd St.,
Process of evacuating the Bldg. Fire?s Doubtful.
@ 17:28
?Division 3 to Manhattan, Transmit a 10-76 for this Box.
High Rise Commercial Response:
10 ? 76 ? 3 ? 3 ? 880 @ 17:28
Eng. 53 C.F.R.D.
Eng. 14 ?Lobby Control Co. ?
Batt. 45 act 6
Batt. 46 ?Planning Chief?
Eng. 295 act 262 w/ I. M. V. ( Incident Management Vehicle )
Rescue Co. #4
Division 1
@ 17:34
Division 3: Special Call ( 2 ) additional Battalion Chief?s
Batt. 52, Batt. 12 are s/c
@ 17:42
Fieldcom 1: Special Call ( 3 ) additional Trucks.
T. Lad. 7, T. Lad. 12, T. Lad. 13
@ 17:50
Fieldcom 1
Special Call an additional ?FAST? Truck. Ladder 5 s/c
@ 17:51
Haz Mat 1 & Haz Mat. Battalion assigned
@ 18:03
Fieldcom 1: Progress Report for the 3rd Alarm, Box 880, 10-76, Car 4 ?henry?
Assist. Chief Robert Maynes reports: Main body of fire has been knocked down.
Units are holding positions until Con Ed cuts the power. Bldg. is being ventilated.
CO has dropped to 300 ppm. Evacuations are still in progress. Doubtful Will Hold.
@ 18:21
Fieldcom 1: Progress Report for the 3rd Alarm, Box 880, 10-76, Car 4 ?henry?
Assist. Chief Robert Maynes reports: Co?s are continuing to vent the Bldg.
CO readings are continuing to drop from the 7th floor above. Continuing to keep
all lines in place. Fire remains Doubtful Will Hold.
@ 16:24
Fieldcom 1: Special Call ( 2 ) additional Trucks.
Lad. 2 / Lad. 108 act. Lad. 3
@ 19:17
Fieldcom 1: Progress Report for the 3rd Alarm, Box 880, 10-76, Car 4 ?henry?
Assist. Chief Robert Maynes reports: CO readings are down to 50 ppm.
All Primary Searches are complete and negative. Secondary Searches are in
progress. Fire is Probably Will Hold.
@ 19:40
Fieldcom 1: Progress Report for the 3rd Alarm, Box 880, 10-76, Car 4 ?henry?
Assist. Chief Robert Maynes reports: All Secondary Searches are complete and
negative thru out. Fire is UnderControl.