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Batt. 44 operated with all hands for a compactor fire at 675 Lincoln Avenue, near Sutter Avenue, East New York Section of Brooklyn.

Probable assignment: Engines 225, 236, 290  Ladders 107, 103, Batt. 44

Engine 310 relocated to Engine 225.
 
East New York, Brooklyn, NY, 6/13/09

Address: 675 Lincoln Ave @ Sutter Ave

21:20 hours
Phone Box 8373 - Multiple calls for smoke in a MD
Engs. 236, 225, 293, 331
TL107, L175, L143
Battalion 44

(4 and 3 on multiple calls and units responding from other boxes in the area)

21:20 hours
10-12 for Battalion 44

21:23 hours
Receiving reports for apartments 14B, 15J, 15G, 17J, 17C, and the 16th floor

10-75-8373 - 21:25 hours
Battalion 44: We're going with a 10-75, we have a fire in the compactor on the 15th floor, we have heavy smoke on multiple floors, we're going to use All-Hands
TL142 is the FAST Truck
Battalion 51
Rescue 2
Squad 252
Division 15
RAC2

21:29 hours - Duration 14 hours
BC44: Box 8373, We're using All-Hands for fire in the compactor on the 15 floor of a 20 story Fireproof OMD 330x60, exposures as per CIDS.  1 line stretched, 1 in operation, primary searches are in progress, trucks are opening up, fire is Doubtful.

21:32 hours
Receiving report of a person trapped in apartment 11F

21:37 hours - Duration 22 minutes
Division 15: 8373, we have fire in the compactor, we've got 3 lines in operation, trucks are checking apartments, fire remains Doubtful.

21:40 hours
Report of an asthmatic possibly in the staircase between the 10th and 11th floors

21:43 hours
Updated info reports the asthmatic is in the A stair between 10 and 11.  Also received apartments 14B, 14C, 15C, 15G. 15J, 16B, 17G, 17J, 17C, and the 16th and 18th floors

21:46 hours
Receiving report of people trapped in apartment 12C

21:48 hours
DC15: 8373 can you special call a unit with the High-Rise Fan, we have a heavy smoke condition throughout.
E285 S/C

21:50 hours
E234 is 10-8 in E236's response area

21:54 hours
Receiving apartment 17P reporting smoke

21:54 hours - Duration 38 minutes
DC15: Box 8373, searches are still in progress, fire is Under Control.
 
I beleive it should be E331 special called with a high rise fan as they carry one. I a  :)lso heard that 285 relocated to 331.
 
I see L143 came in on the first alarm - was L142 or  L173 on another call when the first alarm was sounded?
 
Could someone explain to me these compactor fires. Do they run the whole length of the bldg? How does a fire start on a floor,example above 15th floor. Would think that a fire would start at the bottom. Never seen a compactor in a apt bldg. Grew up in Canarsie and then pops moved us to the Island.
  Last question,how come such a problem with the smoke,does it pour out of all the floors. Thank you, was just curious.
 
Depending on the building, they have multiple trash compactors on various floors.  A vertical shaft connects to the top of the compactor and can be assessed from any floor.  People open the door on their floor, throw their trash in, and it falls down the chute into the compactor.  This was a 20-story High-Rise so most likely had a compactor every 5 or so floors.  Once these things go on fire (or more likely something in the garbage catches on fire) the smoke travels up the chute and out onto every floor.  It can also travel out of the chute and up staircases.
 
  Remember the big fatal compactor fire at the Shaumburg Plaza apts. [Fifth Ave & 111th St.] a few years back  in the 80's?
 
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