Bronx- 2nd Alarm 01-22-09

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Date: 01-22-09

Time: 1925

Location: 700 Grand Concourse x E 153 st./ E 156 st.

Frequency: 154.1900

Units Operating: FDNY

Description Of Incident: Fire in the basement of a 2 Story 60x100 Taxpayer.

Writer: Spyda313

1920: Bronx Phone alarm Box 2300, 702 Grand Concourse west, fire on the 1st floor.

Batt. 14 has 3-2, E60 3rd engine.

Intial: Engines: 71, 92, 60, Ladders L 55, 17

1921: Bronx to Batt. 14: "Now getting 700 Grand concourse for smoke, and numerous other calls for smoke."

Squad 41, Rescue 3 Assigned.

1922: Bronx to Batt. 14 "Most of the calls for fire in the furnature store/warehouse."

L17 to Bronx-" Do you have a better location?, Is it on the Concourse or in the Concourse Plaza?"

Bronx to Batt. 14/L17 "Go to the otherside of tracks. On the concourse."

1924: L17 to Bronx 10-75, Fire in the furnature store.

Batt. 14 "Let us know exact location"

Sq41 to Bronx "It's 700 Grandcourse, entrance from grandcourse west, fire in the basement."

L44 F.A.S.T

Rac 3

Div 6

1925: CIDS as follows: Class 3, 2 story brick taxpayer, 60x100, Heavy timber Load bearing collums, sprinklers out, consider exterior ops., cross streets are E 153st/E156st. Also known as 701-704 Grand Concourse West.

Div 6 10-84

1929: Batt. 14 to Bronx "Box 2300, 700 Grand Concourse, Using All Hands for a fire in the basement of a 2story 60x100 Taxpayer furnature store, 1 L/S/O, Doubtful, exposures as follows:

1-Street

2-Parking lot

3-Rear yard.

4-Similar Adjoining 2 brick."

1932: Div 6 to Bronx 2nd Alarm

1933: Bronx to Div6 "Staging area is E 156 st/Grand Concourse"

Rac 3 10-84

Engines 68, 73, Ladder 42

Batt. 26 Safety

Batt. 3 Resource Unit Leader

Rescue Batt.

Tac 1

1937: Batt. 14to Bronx " 2 L/S/O, Still searching pockets of fire"

Command Tac Unit Responding

Field Comm Responding

1945: Div 6 to Bronx "S/C Truck to front of the building, Fire Darkening, Primaries negative, Doubtful"

Ladder 29 assigned

2003: Div 6 to Bronx "All visable fire k/d, searches delayed due to a heavy smoke condition, still doubtful, S/C addtl. truck to front of building. Requesting Con Ed gas + electric."

Ladder 49 assigned

Command Tac 10-84

Field Comm 10-84

Con Ed sending first Available eta is 30min.

2023: Field Comm to Bronx "Box 2300, Chief of Division 6 reports: Primaries throughout are negative, secondaries in progress, negative on the 1st floor, still doubtful."

2043: Field Comm to Bronx "Box 2300, 4 lines stretched, 3 in operation, Primaries complete throughout are negative secondary searches still delayed due to smoke. Fire did extent into a brick 100x150 adjoining structure in the wall, we are searching adjoining parking garage, so far negative. Doubtful."

2057: Feild Comm to Bronx "There is a utility room/floor below the basement that we searched and is negative, there was fire in there but, was k/d. We are tryining to contain the fire to the 4 story 100x150 brick in the rear wall. L44 put to work. S/C addtl truck."

Ladder 48 assigned.

Tac 1 10-8

2110: Rescue Batt. + Safety Batt. 10-8

Edited January 23, 2009 by Truck4