Boston, Ma. 4th alarm

patrickfd · Jul 30, 2014

East Boston Box 6139 for a fire at 309 Sumner St. 2nd alarm on arrival by Engine 9 for a fire in 2 buildings. Car 1 arrived and struck the 3rd.
0825 Car 1 struck the 4th alarm

http://bostonfirebox.com/6139

0827. Car 1 reporting heavy fire in original fire building with extension into 2 other buildings

0835 5th alarm

0836 Main fire building defensive operations only

0838 Building to the rear of original fire building has the roof collapsing

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/26149081/crews-respond-to-4-alarm-fire-in-boston
http://www.necn.com/07/30/14/Firefighters-on-scene-of-5-alarm-fire-/landing.html?blockID=869845&feedID=11106

0850 Command struck 6th alarm plus an extra truck

fdny1075k · Jul 30, 2014

08:25hrs. - Box 6139 struck in District 1 for the rear of 102 Webster St. and 309 Sumner St. for a reported fire. Engine 9 o/s striking the 2nd Alarm for Box 6139 for fire in two buildings. Car 1(District 1) o/s striking the 3rd and 4th Alarms.

One Firefighter treated by BEMS for a minor injury.

Could be:

Box 6139:

E9, E5, E56, E8(R.I.T.)
L2, L21, L1(R.I.T.), TL3
D1, D3(R.I.T.), H1(Safety)
R1
Rehab. Unit

2-6139(2nd Alarm):

E10, E50, E21 Chelsea FD E2
L15
D6, D4(Act.)
C6(DC Division 1), C22(P.I.O.)
SU
ASU

3-6139(3rd Alarm):

E22, E39
L18

4-6139(4th Alarm):

E3, E37

5-6139(5th Alarm):

E33, E42
L17
C1(Chief of Department/Commissioner), C2(Chief of Operations)

6-6139(6th Alarm):

E14, E24

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/30/images-reports-from-east-boston-fire/zKNXqOzp62VDBrdEyhNKmO/story.html

fdny1075k · Jul 30, 2014

Photos from BFD's twitter (BFD doing what they do best with a great aerial ladder placement by Ladder 1 in the 4th photo down):

patrickfd · Jul 30, 2014

Emmett the original RIT assignment was Engine 8, Ladder 1 and Car 3. I'm not sure why E-4, Ladder 24 were not available

fdny1075k · Jul 30, 2014

patrickfd said:
Emmett the original RIT assignment was Engine 8, Ladder 1 and Car 3. I'm not sure why E-4, Ladder 24 were not available

Okay, thanks for the info, Pat. I altered the rundown accordingly.

By the way, did you take this one in by any chance with the Sparks?

Maxim · Jul 30, 2014

Patrick

Did you get any info on Eliot Belinn?

Thanks

J.Patrick

fdny1075k · Jul 30, 2014

Some photos from the Sparks:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152656533751757.1073741933.365095281756&type=1

Another angle of Ladder 1 set up. Some great positioning by 1 Truck's chauff.

fdny1075k · Jul 31, 2014

Some videos from this job:

http://www.backstepfirefighter.com/2014/07/30/boston-working-videos-from-six-alarm-fire-in-eastie-first-multiple-for-new-commish/

patrickfd · Jul 31, 2014

Maxim said:
Patrick

Did you get any info on Eliot Belinn?

Thanks

J.Patrick

Last time I was up was for a wedding and didn't get the chance to ask. I will be at the Sparks club tomorrow and will ask.

Maxim · Jul 31, 2014

Good "Sparkin" in Beatown. Thanks

mack · Aug 1, 2014

patrickfd said:
Maxim said:

Patrick
Did you get any info on Eliot Belinn?
Thanks
J.Patrick

Click to expand...

Last time I was up was for a wedding and didn't get the chance to ask. I will be at the Sparks club tomorrow and will ask.

Eliot recovering from mild stroke. Will update website in a few weeks. Our hopes for a rapid recovery.

Maxim · Aug 1, 2014

Thanks Mack

All the best to Eliot for a full and speedy recovery.

patrickfd · Aug 2, 2014

I was told he has not been going to fires lately but has been at the fire museum on saturdays.

Boston, Ma. 4th alarm

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