According to news reports the driver and front passenger of the white BMW that was on fire succumbed to their injuries at Brookdale.
According to reports the BMW was initially traveling eastbound on the belt and launched over the divider into oncoming traffic...
Always interesting to think about how Marble Hill is Considered to be part of Manhattan, but the boxes are Bronx. It does, however, make total sense that it would be dispatched by the Bronx.
It seems like a nearly identical (but inverse) situation for Roosevelt island which is serviced by...
Could use some more context
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Above is some video from Facebook of the astronomical work performed by the companies assigned to this box
[2119] MD: Manhattan Phone Alarm Box 730, the address 415 east 37th street, between FDR Drive and first Avenue, fire apt 40J
[2120] B8: How many calls are we getting on this? Is there a specific location? Apartment number? Floor?
[2120] MD: 10-4 we're getting a couple of calls its going to be...
The dispatch audio is devastating. 2 Battalion chiefs hit, multiple firefighters hit and taking cover behind a rig. A 3rd chief pinned down behind a battalion rig trying to get PD on a rush.
Seems like PD had a lot of trouble getting up there - took quite a while.
Prayers for the fallen brothers.
This is absurd. They’re going to go defensive on a small kitchen fire with “smoke showing” just because there’s nobody reported trapped? That’s how the document reads…
Originally came in as box 2291 for 750 Tinton Ave off 156th street reporting fire on the 6th floor in a building across the street. That address doesn’t exist so B-14 made that box a 10-31 and a new box was transmitted for 2543 for 760 E 166th street & quickly loaded up.
Usually any structural call within a couple blocks of water (regardless of if there’s a major highway in between) gets the marine response.
It’s often nonsensical like a box for fireproof projects in Manhattan where they would need to stretch over the Harlem River Drive.
In some rare...
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