Beyond the Fires - 2019

[nfd2004]

Various Emergencies that the FDNY responded to in 2019 according to Nycfire.net members postings.

January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019

*** LODD - January 6th. Firefighter Steven Pollard of Ladder Co 170 while operating on the Mill Basin Bridge at Belt Parkway. May he Rest in Peace ***

Staten Island:
  1/16 - MVA with pin - Richmond Hill Rd and Marsh Ave.
  1/28 - Car into a house - 350 Jewett Ave and Bache St
  2/15 - High C.O. levels at 415 Narrows Rd North
  2/16 - Princes Bay Staten Island Rail Station at Seguine Ave. Injured civilian
  Also on a few nights earlier - Arm severed Amboy Rd and Penton
  3/18 - Overturned dump truck at 356 Meredith Ave.
  3/20 - Chimney Collapse - 50 Manchester Dr
  3/20 - Unusual incident at Lois Lane and South Ave - deer stuck in fence
  3/31 - Verrazzano Narrows Bridge - motorcyclist struck at 92nd St exit

Queens:
  1/3 - MVA with fire and pin. Car into furniture store at Liberty Ave near 122 St
  2/21 - Falling material from # 7 Line hit car windshield at Roosevelt Ave and 65th St
  2/23 - MVA with pin on Belt Parkway under Merrick Blvd
  3/4 - Overturned vehicle Box 8359 Cross Island Parkway near Hempstead Ave.
  3/4 - Person under bus Box 7844 at 40-07 75th St near Roosevelt Ave.
  3/9 - JFK Airport EMS Emergency. 29 injured, 10 transported due to plane encountering turbulence.
  3/22 - Box 435 (?) - Subway Emergency on F Express Train stopping all other trains.
  3/24 - Fire and Shooting outside of 111 Pct at Northern Blvd and 215 St

Manhattan:
  1/6 - Haz Mat - Several thousand gallons of Dielectrical fluid leaking from Con Ed feed on cable at 12th Ave and 132 St
  1/9 - Unusual Occurrence Box 0953. Object fell from 30 story high rise onto roof of 6 story building causing large hole at 200 E 63 St
  1/20 - Fatal MVA with fire - West 155 St near Riverside Dr
  2/5 - Multiple construction workers overcome by C.O. with 2 contained in confined space plus others requiring high angle rescue. Total 9 patients.
  2/11 - Box 0717 at 2nd Ave and E 36 St. Person pinned under bus
  2/18 - Box 0508 - Tech Rescue with woman down laundry chute at 205 W 10th St
  2/19 - Box 7465 - Grand Central station. Person under IRT # 7 train.
  2/26 - Collapse Box 0452 - Unstable wall at 301 East 10th St
  2/26 - Collapse Box 1035 - Sidewalk, shed and scaffolding collapse at 905 Fifth Ave
  3/5 - Rescue Box 0569 at 215 West 28 St. Construction worker down 5 foot hole
  3/6 - Box 0901 - MVA with pin at 12 Ave and West 56 St.
  3/8 - Box 1295 - Haz Mat, white powder at 215 West 14th St.
  3/11 - Box 0833 - Tech Rescue, person down air shaft at 446 West 47th St.
  3/12 - Haz Mat Box 1019 - 420 East 70 St
  3/18 - Crane Incident at Box 0713 - 7th Ave and 34th St (Penn Station). Crane collapse with hydraulic fluid spill
  3/20 - Box 8158 - Tech Rescue finger stuck in a circular saw at Bellevue hospital
  3/29 - Water Rescue Box 1242 at the Hudson River and West 79 St

Brooklyn:
  *** 1/6 - LODD Firefighter Steven Pollard, Ladder Co 170 while operating on the Mill Basin Bridge and Belt Parkway fell through a open section of that bridge scene of an MVA ***
  1/9 - Roof collapse pinning worker at 244 Howard Ave.
  1/25 - Collapse Box 0226 at 331 Grand St off Marcy Ave, partial wall collapse
  2/10 - Box 7181 - person struck by train at Utica and Fulton.
  2/20 - Haz Mat - 3rd Ave and 34 St. Oil truck on fire and leaking from 2,000 gallon tank
  3/1 - Box 1315 - Water rescue at Gowanus Canal
  3/11 - Box 1894 - Water rescue from pool at Jamaica and Nichols Ave requiring CPR
  3/11 - Box Person struck by train at Fulton and Rockaway
  3/11 - Box 2317 - MVA with pin at Kings Highway and Snyder Ave
  3/17 - Box 7033 - Person under train at 9th Ave and 39 St
  3/24 - Box 7127 - Person under train on DeKalb Ave.
  Date - ? -  Also earlier maybe one at Nostrand and Beverly
  3/29 - Box 3310 - Minor collapse at 2303 East 13th St
  3/29 - Box 2194 - Car into McDonalds restaurant at 2208 Rockaway Parkway - one injury
  3/30 - Fatal 3 car crash at Ave J and East 56 St

Bronx:
  3/10 - MVA with pin at 1651 Hammersley Ave
  3/14 - Box 4381 - Overturned vehicle with pin on Bartow Ave.
  3/16 - Box 4496 - Power outage at Co Op City numerous stuck elevators in 38 high rise buildings. Plus smoke on the 17th floor at 120 Co Op City Blvd.
  3/20 - Box 2562 - High Angle Rescue at 3500 Park Ave with injury.
  3/20 - Parapet wall collapse at 302 Walnut Ave. No injuries - 3 cars crushed.
  3/28 - Unusual Incident Fire Alarm pulled for numerous fights in progress at school 1980 Lafayette Ave.
 

 

[manhattan]

Nice work, Bill.  Thank you.

 

[nfd2004]

April 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019

Staten Island:
  4/15 - Collapse - 11 Motley Ave
  4/30 - Unstable Fa?ade - 255 York Ave
  5/5 - Car into building - 821 Annadale Rd
  5/22 - Haz Mat - Staten Island Expressway E/B at Slossan Ave. Bus fire with diesel spill
  5/25 - Overturned vehicle - VN Bridge. Multiple vehicles involved - 10 injured
  6/1 - VN Bridge with jumper and confirmed body in the water. Also minor MVA between two NYPD cars.
  6/14 - Overturned dump truck at West Shore Expressway and Arden Ave
  6/19 - Overturn with pin Hylan Blvd and Barclay Ave.
  6/27 - Pickup truck into a house at 97 Redwood Ave

Queens:
  4/3 - MVA with pin at 162 St and 45th Ave
  4/6 - Haz Mat at 168-174 Baisley Blvd. Tanker dumped 100 - 200 gallons of fuel into storm drain
  4/15 - MVA with pin at Hillside Ave and 247th St
  5/5 - Car fire with person inside at Baisley Blvd and 155th St
  6/8 - MVA with pin at Cross Island Parkway near 114th Terrace
  6/15 - Water Rescue - Jacub Riis Park - two victims removed

Manhattan:
  4/3 - Confined space at 550 West 34th St. Stuck occupied elevator in blind shaft
  4/8 - High Angle Rescue at 311 East 50th St. disabled scaffolding with an unconscious victim on it
  4/10 - Confined space on West 33 St between 8 and 9 Aves. Worker in a shaft at construction site.
  4/16 - West 190 St and St Nicholas Ave. Two people pinned in vehicle, one traumatic arrest
  4/19 - Subway Emergency - BMT line 14th St and 1st Ave. Person struck by a train
  4/30 - Broadway and West 79 St. Man under train
  5/3 - Subway Emergency - Grand Central Shuttle - 42 St and Madison Ave. Person struck by a train.
  5/10 - CO Emergency at 103 West 96 St. Basement of a day care
  5/15 - Helicopter crash into Hudson River at 30th St and 12th Ave.
  5/17 - Haz Mat at 1387 St Nicholas Ave
  5/17 - Mutual aid to Kearny, NJ. Chlorine fire under Pulaski Skyway
  5/30 - Haz Mat - hydrogen leak Columbia University at 530 West 120th St
  5/30 - Construction worker using pneumatic tool hit electric line at West 53 St and 9th Ave
  5/30 - High angle rescue at 24th St and Lexington Ave. Stuck boom with three workers suspended.
  5/31 - East 72 St and 2nd Ave. 20 people stuck in elevator, 20 feet below grade.
  6/4 - Subway Emergency - Central Park West and W 72 St. Person jumped in front of train.
  6/7 - Subway Emergency - Broadway and West 86 St. Person under train
  6/9 - Collapse of vacant 3 story 50 x 50 tenement at 350 West 52 St
  6/10 - Helicopter crash onto roof of 54 story building at 787 7th Ave between West 51 - West 52 St
  6/14 - Water rescue - missing swimmer near the George Washington Bridge
  6/26 - Haz Mat - 890 Broadway between East 19 and East 20 St. 300 gallon leak in basement
  6/30 - Tech Rescue 230 Fifth Ave. Occupied elevator dropped 15 feet from first floor to basement
  6/30 - 76 Mott St - person crushed under a safe

Brooklyn:
  4/7 - Water rescue - Shell Bank Creek foot of Voorhies St. Floater in the water.
  4/10 - Collapse - Crane struck a building at 29 Wythe Ave
  4/16 - Gas Leak - 77 Freeman St. Numerous addresses evacuated
  4/22 - Subway emergency - Person struck by a train at Van Sinderen and Livonia Aves
  4/26 - NYCHA Power outage Glenwood Houses with numerous stuck elevators
  5/1 - Collapse at 43 St off 3rd Ave
  5/2 - 3 year old killed by van at Bay 25th St and Benson Ave
  5/10 - Confined Space at 19 Richardson St. Man down a shaft
  5/13 - Car fire killed driver and occupant at 39th St off 12th Ave.
  6/3 - Water rescue at Coney Island Pier
  6/8 - MVA with fire at Flatbush Ave and Ave V.
  6/13 - Collapse - Car into a shed and scaffolding with two injuries Alabama and Liberty Ave
  6/17 - Gas main rupture at 12 Ave and 47 St
  6/23 - Subway Emergency - Person pinned under train at 4th Ave and 25th St

Bronx:
  4/29 - MVA with pin Cross Bronx Expressway and White Plains Rd
  5/2 - CO Emergency at 1750 Grand Concourse and East 175 St
  5/27 - MVA with pin Major Deegan service road of 233 St
  6/9 - Water rescue off City Island
  6/13 - Water rescue Macombs Dam Bridge

 

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July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019

Staten Island:
  7/7 - Serious MVA with overturned auto at Huguenot and Rosedale Ave
  8/21 - Car into building - 1931 Richmond Ave
  8/21 - Gas Emergency - Freon gas leak at shopping plaza at Hylan Blvd and Tysens Lane
  8/25 - Person trapped on a ship in dry dock at 1983 Richmond Ter
  8/30 - MVA with pin at Arthur Kill Rd and Giffords Lane

Queens:
  7/3 - Water rescue at 163-45 Cross Bay Blvd
  7/9 - Water rescue at Beach 9th St and Seagirt Blvd
  7/15 - LIRR Jamaica Station at Archer Ave and Sutpin Blvd. Man on tracks with legs pinned under wheel.
  7/20 - Rockaway Beach area - Multiple boxes out for alarm activation, stuck elevators and stalled occupied "A" train at Beach 60th St
  8/4 - Water rescue of four people at Beach 88 St and Beach Channel Dr
  8/26 - Haz Mat with fire - Ruptured high pressure gas line at 304 Beach 147th St

Manhattan:
  7/7 - Water rescue - person in the water vicinity of Water Club. Brought to 34th St ramp and transported to Bellevue
  7/11 - Taxi cab into Westville restaurant on 9th Ave. Multiple minor injuries.
  7/13 - Major Blackout 42 St to 71 St, from 6th Ave to Hudson river. Numerous stuck elevators.
              *** 42 years to the day of the 1977 Blackout ***
  7/19 - Man under at 57th St and 7th ave
  7/30 - Crane collapse of 14 story building at FDR Dr off East 6th St
  8/3 - Haz Mat - two glass calcium cased batteries on roof leaking at West 175 St and St Nicholas Ave
  8/11 - Serious MVA, car into a tree with entrapment West Side Highway near 96th St.
  8/16 - Unstable building on Thompson St
  9/2 - Tech rescue, box truck into scaffolding at 90 Nassau St near Fulton
  9/6 - Second floor collapse at construction site at 350 East 88 St

Brooklyn:
  7/6 - Human body parts stuck in the rocks near Bay 9th - 10th St
  7/20 - MVA with overturn on the Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn bound. No pin
  7/23 - MVA with pin, Utica Ave and Ave "L"
  7/26 - Water rescue West 31st St at the beach - Coney Island
  7/27 - Multiple people shot at New Lots and Linden Aves
  7/29 - Water rescue broad walk near Steeplechase Pier
  8/3 - Water rescue West 37th St
  8/10 - Worker trapped at construction site Surf Ave between West 35th and West 37th St

Bronx:
  7/13 - Tech rescue - 475 Exterior St. Construction worker crushed by bulldozer
  7/13 - Haz Mat - Box truck into tractor trailer with fuel leak Cross Bronx Expressway at Rosedale Ave
  7/21 - House sinking into water - Schurz and Balcom ave
  8/10 - Double EMS ambulance MVA with overturn at Brook Ave and 142 St.
  8/27 - Collapse Box - 92 East 208 St. Second floor into first floor with worker trapped
  9/26 - Gas line rupture at 35 East Clarke Pl

 

 

[nfd2004]

October 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019

Staten Island:
  11/30 - MVA with overturn involving NYPD, West Shore Expressway and Victory Blvd
  12/20 - Jumper down Box0250 Verrazzano Bridge. Marine 9 transporting back to quarters with CPR in progress

Queens:
  10/1 - Water Incident Rockaway Beach around 96th St and Ocean. Three teens in distress
  10/12 - MVA w/pin Box 4356, 3rd Ave under the Whitestone Bridge near Francis Lewis Park
  10/16 - MVA w/pin Box 6855, 221 St and 118 Av
  10/28 - Collapse Box 8884. wall collapse of vacant building at 140-20 123rd Ave
  11/22 - Train derailment Box 9826, LIRR Jamaica Station - Track 8. No injuries.
  11/27 - Box 0444 - Pedestrian struck by train IND "E" Line at Sutphin Blvd and Archer Ave
  12/12 - Box 7942 - Manhole with elevated C.O. levels 83-45 Dongan Pkwy
  12/14 - Major flooding Whitestone Expressway. All lanes shut down area of Cross island Pkwy.
  12/16 - Box 6526 - gas main break 153-02 78th Rd

Manhattan:
  10/10 - Unusual incident. FDNY Extricate Mount Sinai Ambulance from under scaffolding at Polo Ground Houses in Harlem.
  10/20 - Box 1303 - High angle rescue at 440 East 105 St off First Ave. Stuck elevator in blind shaft with large person in it
  10/21 - Collapse Box 0256 at 60 Norfolk St with Two construction workers trapped
  11/11 - Trauma Box 0691 at 50 Hudson Yard. Scaffolding collapse on 8th floor with Four injured workers
  12/27 - Technical Rescue Box 0846. Man fell into shaft in tunnel at Grand Central station.

Brooklyn:
  10/5 - Haz Mat Box 1200 at 110 Fourth Ave. 1,000 gallons of fuel spilled from tanker
  10/15 - MVA involving Engine 249 and Ladder 113 at 262 Rogers Ave. Twelve injured.
  10/31 - Car jumped curb at Ave "M" and Coney Island Ave striking Four pedestrians
  11/25 - Major gas leak in commercial building at 20 Berry St off North 13th St
  12/10 - Car into building Box 0900 at 1431 Fulton St
  12/13 - High C.O. readings Box 3734 at Clarident and Nostrand. Four patients.
  12/29 - MVA with pin Box 1177 at 52 92nd St. Car down 10 foot embankment

Bronx:
  11/9 - MVA with roll over Box 3504 at 3034 Albany Cresent
  12/5 - Trauma Box 3218 at 1620 Unionport Rd. Con Ed worker electrocuted. One dead, Two hurt at Amtrak Rail yard.