2/5/08 Manhattan Box 1497 - 2nd Alarm / Fatal

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Harlem, Manhattan, NY, 2/5/08

Address: 79 W127 St between Lenox and 5th Ave*
(*there is no actual number address on this building.  79 was received on one of the original calls)

05:43 hours
ERS Box 1497 - Report of fire in an MD
Engs. 59, 37, 58
L30, L40
Battalion 12

05:43 hours
Now receiving multiple calls for various addresses, box filled up
E35
Rescue 3
Squad 41

10-75-1497 - 05:45 hours
TL14 is the FAST truck
Battalion 16
Divsion 6

7-5-1497 - 05:50 hours
Battalion 12: Fire is on the 3rd floor of a 5 story vacant MD.  1 line stretched, in operation.  Have EMS respond to 128th and Lenox, we have a 10-45, no code.  Using All-Hands.

Fire Building:
5 story 20x80 vacant MD
Exposures are:
1 - street
2 - alley
3 - rear yard
4 - alley

2-2-1497 - 05:50 hours
Engs 69, 80, 91, 47
E9 w/ Satellite 1
L26, L28
Battalion 14 (Safety Officer)
Battalion 11 (Resource Unit Leader)
Safety Battalion
Rescue Battalion
Tactical Support 1
FieldCom
RAC 1

06:04 hours - Duration 25 minutes.
Division 6: We're using all second alarm units.  We have 3 lines stretched, in operation.  Original fire on the 3rd floor has spread to 4th, 5th, and 6th floors.  Main body of fire on the 3rd floor has been knocked down.  All primaries are complete, we have a 2nd 10-45, no further info at this time.  Still doubtful, more information to follow.

06:07 hours
The staging area is 5th Ave and 125 St

06:08 hours
DC6: Have the Satellite set up on Lenox and 126th St.  Special call an additional battalion chief to report to the command center at the front of the building.
Battalion 13 S/C

06:09 hours
Car 1A (Executive Assistant to the Fire Commissioner) is responding.

06:13 hours
Car 15 (Chief of Training) is responding, requesting a progress report.

06:16 hours - Duration 38 minutes
DC6: Request 2 additional trucks.  Fire is darkening down on all floors.  The only primaries that are complete are on the 2nd floor.  The 2nd 10-45 has not been removed.  All other primaries are underway.  Fire is still doubtful.  The 1st 10-45 is a code 2 (victim with life-threatening injuries), has been removed to Harlem Hospital with 2nd degree burns on the hands and torso.  The second 10-45 is a code 1(victim deceased) and has not been removed.
TL23, L43 S/C

06:29 hours
Fieldcom: Progress report number 3 for Box 1497, Division 6 reports primaries on the 2rd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floor are complete.  Secondaries are complete on the 2nd floor, still underway on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors.  Still doubtful.

06:42 hours
Car 1A is 10-8

06:44 hours
FC: DC6 reports secondaries are complete and negative throughout.  Fire is probably will hold.

06:49 hours
Safety Battalion is 10-8.

06:53 hours
E9 / Satellite 1 are 10-8

06:56 hours - Duration 1 hours 18 minutes
FC: Progress report number 5 and final report for Box 1497, Division 6 reports primaries in the basement are complete and negative.  Secondaries underway, fire is under control.

07:13 hours
DC6: Be advised the building has no address on it.  It is on W127 st between 67 and 81 W127 St.
 
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