9/3/2010 All Hands Box 3150

[firebuffkevin]

SS Queens Blvd at 71 Avenue

http://maps.yahoo.com/map?q1=S%2FS%20QUEENS%20BLVD%20at%2071%20AVE%20Queens%20NY%20us&mag=2&ard=1#mvt=m&lat=40.591965&lon=-73.799879&mag=2&zoom=14&q1=S%2FS%20QUEENS%20BLVD%20at%2071%20AVE%20Queens%20NY%20us

Queens is all garbled - can't hear the transmissions clearly.  Anyone else haveing trouble with Queens?  Been like that all week.

 

[Old dog]

yes queens has been awful for days now

 

[guitarman314]

Normal response should be: E305, E324, 319?, L151, HL143, Bn46

 

[catry]

Was an All-Hands, Under Control for brush behind the LIRR tracks.

 

[AuxWarYearsCapt]

Box 3150 was transmitted for a track fire at 71 Ave & Queens Blvd............1st alarm response was E305, 324, 319.....Ladders 151 & 143 and the 46 Batt.............The fire was stubburn to put out, it was between 71 and 75 Aves..........a hand line was streatched but that did not help..........After over  2 hours and five light trains the fire was finally extingushed........L151 had train 1, L143 had train 2, E305 had train 3, E319 had train 4 and L143 went again on train 5............once the fire was just about extingushed the 46 Batt reported using all hands fire under control with no additional units needed........even the 14 Div was trying to get the disp to see if they were needed................the operation took over 2 hours....