Box 7936 Broadway at Dongan Avenue
Address 83-45 Broadway Elmhurst
10:41
Disp 224 Phone alarm for Box 7936 - reporting fire apt 525
Disp to B46: 3 and 1 for you - Eng 319 your additional 10-14 Engine
B46: 10-4
Disp: Units responding CIDS information is available upon request
10:42
B46: can you start out a second truck for this building?
Disp to TL138?
Disp to Eng 287: whats your location?
E287: Whitestone Expwy (VWE) by the LIE
Disp: 287 continue into box 4859 (14th Ave and 110 St)
E297: we're 10-8 - do you have a box for us?
Disp: E 297 you can remain in service at this time
10:43
Disp to B46: L140 you're second truck
10:45
Disp to TL138: what is your location?
TL138: 109-15 14th Avenue -after some interaction with the dispatcher they give a 35-2 signal
(Unneccesary alarm) for the box
B52: goes 10-8
10:46
Disp to B46: On the second source we gave you an Extra Engine - E287
First Alarm Not the normal response - not all units confirmed**
Engines: 292** 325** 319* 287
Trucks L136** L140
BC 46
10:48
B45: Box 7721 (94St and 24th Ave) - we're going 10-18 - will get back to you with the particulars
B46: Urgent 10-75 box 7721- we have fire on the fifth floor - your address
10:49
Disp transmits 10-75
L154: we're 10-8 - do you want us to take that in?
Disp: what's your location?
L154: Astoria Blvd and 93 St
Disp: L154 remain in service (normally would be the FAST truck)
10:50
CIDS information for the 10-75:
7 story MD - 150x200 Class 3 L shaped - 3 wings - use Broadway entrance for "A" wing -
use St James entrance for "B" and "C" wings - second Engine and ladder to St James -
handicapped apt 530 fifth floor via elevator - "C" like Charlie in the rear
10:51
Disp to TL138: you've been designated the FAST truck
TL138: 10-4 we're going to be slightly delayed
Disp : 10- 4
10-75 assignment
Engine 287 already assigned
Truck TL138 FAST
Rescue 4
Squad 288
BC ?
DC 14
10:52
Disp to B46? No response
10:53
B46: ...searches are in progress
Duration 14 minutes
Disp to B46? No response
10:54
Disp to L140: there's a handicap apt - 530
L140: 10-4 we're about a block away
D14: Did they pinpoint the fire apt and the wing?
Disp: standby I'll try and get it
Disp to B46? No response
Disp transmits All Hands
10:55
Disp to B46? No response
10:58:
Disp to B46?
D14: you have a message for the 46?
Disp: I'm still trying to ascertain thr fire apt and the wing - we're also getting a call for smoke on the number 6 floor
D14: inaudible k
10:59
D14: it's the "B" wing apt 525
11:00
B45: still operating at Box 7721 (they are the normal 10-75 Chief) - E316 is going to remain on scene
11:06
D14: Box 7936 as per the Super there is no longer a handicap person in apt 530 - and we are trying to gain access
11:13
D14: secondaries throughout are negative - the fire is under control
Duration 34 minutes
Notes: Very interesting archive tape - lots of activity nearby
1. Normal response for 7936 would be
Engines: 287, 289, 292, 307
Trucks: 136,138, 154 FAST
BC's: 46 and 45
Res 4
Squad 288
D14
2. As you can see E287 and TL138 were sent to Whitestone which would normally mean E324
was unavailable
3. B45 was operating at Box 7721 which is normally B49's response area - multiple units were there including E316, E307, L154 - perhaps even E289 (they would go to Whitestone before E287)
4. TL 163 would be second truck before L140 if available - TL117 was operating somewhere's else
5. E319 from Middle Village was the third Engine
It should be clearly understood that the unconfirmed units are a SWAG based on the available information and that the G'man's conspiracy theory is alive and well