12/6/08 Manhattan Box 983 - All Hands

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Upper West Side, Manhattan, NY, 12/6/08

W66 st @ Freedom Place

Box 983
Engs. 40, 74, 54
TL35, L25
Battalion 9
Rescue 1

10-75-983 - 11:02 hours
Battalion 9: Transmit a 10-75, we have a rubbish fire, possibly set by vagrants living in the tunnels, we have 1 line stretched in operation,  it's at least 2 levels below grade.
E39
L4 is the FAST Truck
Battalion 8
Squad 18
Division 3

11:02 hours
E39 is delayed due to MUD

11:06 hours
BC9: Special call a truck company to check out 120 Riverside Blvd, that's a residential high-rise with a stair adjacent to this area
L16 S/C

11:12 hours
BC9: Box, fire has been knocked down, we had a fire in a storage area below grade level, primary searches are negative.

7-5-983 -  11:15 hours
Division 3: We're using All-Hands, you can turn around any unit that isn't on the scene yet.  Still Doubtful.
RAC1
L16 re-directed to acting L25

11:17 hours
DC3: Can we have Amtrak respond to this box, we had fire in the bottom of an evacuation stairwell.

11:17 hours
DC3: Amtrak Fire Safety reports that security in one of the Trump Buildings has access to the ventilation fans

11:18 hours
DC3: Notify Amtrak we have some damage to the electrical wiring in the evacuation tunnel.

11:20 hours
DC3: That wiring is in the staircase itself, not the storage room.
Squad 18 is 10-8

11:21 hours - Duration 28 minutes
DC3: Primary searches are negative, Probably Will Hold.

11:22 hours
Amtrak has a representative en-route, responding from 31st St.

11:23 hours
E91 is 10-8 in E39's response area

11:23 hours - Duration 30 minutes
DC3: Under Control

11:29 hours
DC3: Notify Amtrak the room in question was Line number 231
 
Vagrants, a.k.a. the homeless who choose to live in the tunnels rather than in shelters.
 
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