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17:07 Div 8: One foam line stretched. Main body of fire knocked down extinguishing remaining pockets of fire. 17:21 Div 8 Fire Under Control. Duration 3 hrs and 1 minute. Any ideas why the Purple K did not work and they had to use foam ?

I believe that Div 8 indicated that the Purple K was not effective. Can anyone else confirm this ? Picture in Advance article ishows a deck gun in use. My guess is that this is either foam or water. Can anyone confirm ...

https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2023/12/fdny-responds-to-house-fire-on-wednesday-afternoon-on-staten-island.html

When was ladder 87 established on Staten Island ?

Anyone have a rundown on what NYPD channels are currently encrypted and what the schedule is for the rest of the channels particularly Staten Island ?

https://www.silive.com/news/2023/12/one-person-in-critical-condition-following-new-brighton-house-fire-neighbors-detail-scary-scene.html

https://www.silive.com/news/2023/12/two-injured-in-massive-house-fire-in-new-brighton.html

E 155, L 78,E153,TL 77, L156 BN 21 BN 22 Div8,E 152,Rescue 5 RAC5 SQ 8 22:00 All Hands fire on the first floor of a private dwelling. 2 lines stretched and in operation 1 10-45 no code 22:09 Div 8 Transmit 2nd Alarm 22:12 Fire on 2nd and 3rd floors 2 10-45's 22:17 Per Div 8 3 lines stretched...

Was this Mitsubishi another City car hooked up last night also ?

I wonder how they extinguished the fire in only 23 minutes. My impression from reading about electric vehicle fires is that they take hours to extinguish.

I understand that Super Pumper1, 5,500 gpm from Ferrara, went into service recently. Is there any documentation or Department order available regarding the scope of its mission ? Where is it housed ? What areas of the City will it respond to ? Alarm levels ? Types of alarm it will respond to...

Did I read correctly that E260 responded with the Super Pumper ? Is it in service ?

What happen to the 5th man ? Reassignbment ?

How does someone physically move an ebike that is on fire inside a building to the outside ? I thought that ebike fires were so intense that this would be impossible. Perhaps the person carrying the bike was super lucky that they were able to move the bike before it reached "thermal runaway". I...

How can a car just "blow up" without any type of explosive involoved ? There had to be some type of explosive force given the scattering of debris shown in the pictures.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/nyregion/nypd-police-scanner-radio.html

My question about Adams is why Turkey of all places ? The number of NYC residents with Turkish ancestry is not very large.

Who are the Chiefs currently assigned to Div 8 on SI ?

What is the difference between a high pressure pumper and the standard 2,000 gpm pumpers ?

See article in NY POST https://nypost.com/2023/10/29/metro/fire-safety-woes-found-at-planned-floyd-bennett-field-migrants-encampment/