8/22/10 Manhattan Box 1796 - 2nd Alarm

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Inwood, Manhattan, NY, 8/22/10

Address: 53 Vermilyea Ave @ Academy St

Verbal 10-75-1796 - 10:50 hours
E95: Transmit a 10-75 for 53 Vermilyea Ave, 1st floor, 6 story occupied multiple dwelling!
Engs. 95, 93, 81, 43
L36, TL45
TL46 (FAST Truck)
Battalions 13, 19
Division 7
Rescue 3
Squad 41


10:55 hours
Report of people trapped on the 2nd and 3rd floor fire escapes.

2-2-1796 - 10:56 hours
Engs. 75, 67, 48, 84
E72 w/ Satellite 2
L59, TL33
Battalion 27 (Safety Officer)
Battalion 16 (Resource Unite Leader)
Rescue, Safety Battalions
Tactical Support 1
FieldCom 1
RAC3


10:58 hours
Battalion 27 is an Acting Battalion Chief.  Battalion 27 is now designated the Resource Unit Leader, Battalion 16 is designated the Safety Officer.

11:00 hours
Receiving report of people trapped, apartment 2E.

11:03 hours - Duration 14 minutes
Division 7: Box 1796, we have water on the fire, trucks are conducting searches, we have numerous people being rescued from the fire escapes.  Trucks are opening up, fire is Doubtful.

11:03 hours
The Staging area is Academy St and Broadway

11:11 hours
DC7: At the 2nd Alarm, primary searches of the fire floor and floor above are negative, fire has been extinguished on the fire floor, minor extension to the floor above, we're still Doubtful.

11:11 hours - Duration 22 minutes
DC7: 1 10-45 code 4 (Green Tag, Minor) at this time.

11:12 hours
L49, T40 acting 36 S/C

11:16 hours
DC7: 1796, at this time we have one 10-45 code 3 (Yellow Tag, Delayed) and we have three 10-45 code 4s.

11:19 hours - Duration 30 minutes
Fire Building Height/Size-up:
Multiple Dwelling 5 story 100x75
Exposures are:
1 - street
2 - 25x50 OMD
3 - rear yard
4 - street

11:20 hours
DC7: 1796, secondaries complete and negative above the fire floor, still waiting on searches in the fire apartment, Probably Will Hold.

11:26 hours - Duration 36 minutes
DC7: 1796, change in the 10-45s, there is now one 10-45 code 3, two 10-45s code 4s; one of the victims walked away.  We'll makes this a 10-41 code 1 (Suspicious fire, occupied structure) for heavy volume of fire with no apparent cause, and can you notify ConEd we shut the gas and electric to apartment 1D.

11:39 hours - Duration 50 minutes
FieldCom: Progress report 6 on the 2nd alarm 1796, the address 53 Vermilya Ave at Academy St, building is a 6 brick 100x100 multiple dwelling, fire located on the 1 floor.  Division 7, DC Warner reports fire Under Control.

11:41 hours
DC7: 1796, another change on the 10-45s: we still have one 10-45 code 3, and we now have four 10-45 code 4s.

11:59 hours
DC7: Have an additional engine company respond to the scene of the 2nd alarm, ConEd is on scene, they're getting readings from a transformer outside, request an engine company to stand by.
E48 re-assigned

12:10 hours
DC7: 1796, we have an update from EMS on the 10-45s: we have two 10-45 code 3s, one fire related, one not fire related, and we have eight 10-45 code 4s, all non-life threatening.

Relocations:
Engines: 91/67, 59/95
Ladders: 40/36, 22/36
Battalions: 11/13
 
Looks like 95/36 were alone up there for a little while...
 
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