8/8/08 Manhattan box 919 - 10-75 / High-rise fire

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Upper East Side, Manhattan, NY, 8/08/08

Address: 303 E57 st between 1st and 2nd Aves

Phone Box 919 - Report of a fire on the 27th floor laundry room
Engs 21, 65, 54
L16
Battalion 9

18:33 hours
E8, L2, Battalion 8 available replacing E54, Battalion 9

18:35 hours
Now also receiving 303 E67 St.

10-75-919 - 18:39 hours
Battalion 8: Box 919, 10-75, fire on the 27th floor laundry room in the dryer, we're stretching a line at this time, A stair is attack, B is evacuate.
E44
L4 is the FAST truck
Battalion 10
Rescue 1
Squad 18

18:40 hours
Battalion 9 re-assigned replacing Battalion 10, Battalion 10 redirected to acting Battalion 8

18:42 hours - Duration 11 minutes
BC8: We have a 48 story 100x100 OMD fireproof, we have a medium smoke condition, it looks like the fire is out.  1 line stretched in operation, Probably Will Hold

Fire Building Height/Size-up
48 story 100x100 fireproof OMD
Exposures are:
1 - street
2 - street
3 - street
4 - street

18:48 hours duration 17 minutes
BC8: Fire is knocked down, no extension, primaries are negative, still Probably Will Hold

18:57 hours - Duration 25 minutes
Division 3: Box 919, Under Control.  Rescue 1, Squad 18, and E44 will take up when they become available, secondaries underway.

*Note: Although no 10-77 or All-Hands was transmitted, a RAC unit was later assigned to this box.
 
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Yeah, E8 replaced them shortly after the box was transmitted.
 
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