8/22/10 -- Flooding Conditions

rdm258

rdm258

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Multiple FDNY units working all over Queens for flooding and occupied cars in High Water. 4 to 5 feet of water in the roadways.
Multi ESU Units also Pulled into Queens to assist.
Time: 2210 hrs
 
All truck companies in the 51 and 54 Battalions operating, water under all underpasses on the Belt and water along Springfield Blvd from the 100s to the Belt.  Multiple reports of people trapped in vehicles as well as residential flooding.  E264, L134 responded up from the Rockaways, with relocators acting as 2nd sections.  Multiple requests for PD and DOT to shut down the roadways.  E302 reports Springfield Blvd is impassable, Battalion 51 reports the Belt Parkway is shut down.

22:48 hours
L136 acting 133 reports water levels in basements of multiple houses along Springfield Blvd, levels are starting to subside

22:50 hours
Battalion 54 reports all companies delayed responding to a gas leak, Springfield Blvd is impassable.

22:53 hours
Box 142 transmitted for JFK airport for cars trapped in the parking lot.

22:55 hours
Box 5851
Battalion 51 requests a Water Rescue Co. to 140 Ave and Springfield Blvd for an MTA Bus stalled in waist-high water with numerous occupants.
E264, TL158, Squad 270 S/C

23:15 hours
Battalion 51 reports companies have opened manholes and water is rapidly draining from the area.

23:16 hours
L137 is released from relocation and advised to return home.  They are then promptly reassigned to another run in the area for a residential water condition.

23:33 hours
Battalion 51 requests "as many dewatering pumps as you can give us to get this job done" to alleviate residential flooding.
TSU1, TSU2, SOC Dewatering Unit S/C

Relocations:
Engines: 293/317
Ladders: 136/133, 137/134, 142/158, 164/162, 134/165, 125/165
 
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