Park Hill, Staten Island, NY, 8/16/09
Address: 280 Park Hill Ave between Sobel Ct and Palma Dr.
22:19 hours
Phone Box 460 - Report of smoke in a MD
Engs. 160, 153, 152
TL77, L81
Battalion 21
Rescue 5
22:19 hours
Receiving reports of smoke in 1E, 1H, 1J, 2G, and the basement boiler room
10-75-460 - 22:23 hours
Battalion 21: 10-75, fire blowing out the basement windows.
E161
L78 is the FAST Truck
Battalion 22
Squad 1
Division 8
CIDs for 280 Park Hill Ave:
MD 6 story 260x100 class 3. Long hand stretch. Apartments A-L exposure 2 side, Apartment M-S exposure 4 side. Stairwells from first floor to roof. Large cockloft with inverted roof.
7-5-460 - 22:25 hours
Division 8: I'm 10-84, we're using All-Hands on arrival.
E159 w/ Satellite 5
RAC5
22:33 hours
DC8: Give me an extra engine and truck, we're having trouble getting access, we're setting up lines to the compactor chute. Fire is still Doubtful, searches are in progress, we have people coming down the fire escapes, we have 3 lines stretched, 1 going into operation.
E155, L83 S/C
22:35 hours
TL86 is 10-8 in TL77's response area
E201 is relocating to E161
22:38 hours
E154 is 10-8 in E152's response area
22:40 hours
TL149 is relocating to L83
22:41 hours - Duration 24 minutes
DC8: All-Hands Box 460, the address 280 Park Hill Ave, we have a fire in a crawl space on the exposure 3 side. We have 3 lines stretched, 2 in operation, trucks are opening up, fire is Doubtful.
2-2-460 - 22:43 hours
DC8: Transmit the second alarm, we now have fire on the 1st floor, extension possibly to the second.
Engs. 156, 163, 165
TL79
Battalion 23 (Safety Officer)
Battalion 40 (Resource Unit Leader)
Rescue, Safety Battalions
Tactical Support 2
FieldCom
Car 11 (DAC William Seelig, Chief of Special Operations)
22:44 hours - Duration 28 minutes
DC8: Transmit 1 10-45 code 3. Have the units come in off of Sobel Ct, they won't be able to come in off Palma Dr.
22:49 hours
E330 is relocating to E155
22:51 hours - Duration 34 minutes
22:53 hours - Duration 36 minutes
DC8: Trucks are still opening up, primary searches in the A line apartments are negative, fire is still Doubtful.
22:53 hours
DC8: The command post is in the parking lot on exposure 2.
22:56 hours
The staging area is Vanderbilt Ave and Targee St
22:57 hours
Battalion 32 is relocating to Battalion 22
23:07 hours -Duration 50 minutes
DC8: Box 460, we have 5 lines stretched,3 in operation. Main body of fire has been knocked down in the crawl space. We are checking for extension in the H and G line apartments from the 2nd floor through roof. I need an extra truck.
L85 S/C
23:15 hours - Duration 58 minutes
Exposures are:
1 - street
2 - parking lot
3 - parking lot
4 - street
23:17 hours
TL153 is relocating to L85
23:23 hours
FieldCom: Progress report for your 2nd alarm Box 460, the address 280 Park Hill Ave, that's between Sobel Ct. and Palma Dr, fire in a 6 story brick 260x100 MD, DAC Seelig, Car 11, reports primary searches are negative in the H and G line apartments, he places the fire Probably Will Hold, and request 2 additional trucks fro relief.
L80, L168 S/C
23:27 hours - Duration 1 hour 10 minutes
FC: Can you notify the 2 relief trucks to respond to the command post at exposure 2.
23:44 hours - Duration 1 hour 27 minutes
FC: Progress report #7 for your 2nd alarm Box 460, the address 280 Park Hill Ave, that's between Sobel Ct. and Palma Dr, fire in a 6 story brick 260x100 MD, by orders of DAC Seelig, Car 11, secondaries on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors are negative. Secondaries in the crawl space, 1st and 2nd floors are still underway. He's putting the FAST Truck to work for relief, and places this fire Under Control.
00:07 hours
FC: Progress report for your 2nd alarm Box 460, the address 280 Park Hill Ave, that's between Sobel Ct. and Palma Dr, fire in a 6 story brick 260x100 MD, DAC Seelig, Car 11, reports secondaries throughout are complete and negative except in the original fire area of the crawl space. Special call 2 additional engines for relief.
Engs. 243, 242 S/C
