BROOKLYN
10th ALARM FIRE
Video By Joe Scurto and Fred Bacchi
Running time 55 minutes
10th ALARM FIRE
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Video By Joe Scurto and Fred Bacchi
Running time 55 minutes
AT 0534 HRS TUESDAY MAY 2ND, 2006 BROOKLYN BOX 0036 WAS TRANSMITTED.
BATTALION 45 WAS ADVISED OF THE CALLS AND THAT A 4TH ENGINE,
THE FIRE WAS ORIGIONALLY LOCATED AT THE WESTERN END ESTABLISHED IN 1890 THE WAREHOUSE SAT BETWEEN
THESE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN ABANDONED FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
THE FIRE QUICKLY CONSUMED THE SPRAWLING, 3 ACRES OF MULTI WAREHOUSES
THE FIRE ALSO SPREAD TO ANOTHER COMPLEX OF BRICK AND HEAVY
IN TOTAL 10 ALARMS WERE TRANSMITTED. BEFORE BRINGING THIS FIRE UNDERCONTROL.
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE OPERATIONS, OVER 80 PIECES OF APPARATUS, AND 400 FIREFIGHTERS WERE UTILIZED.
THE VIDEO BEGINS WITH THE FIRE IN IT'S EARLIER
SEE THE EXTREMELY HEAVY FIRE CONDITIONS,
REPORTED TO BE A WAREHOUSE AT WEST & QUAY STREETS.
UNITS ENROUTE WERE ADVISED THAT CALLS WERE BEING RECEIVED
INDICATING THAT THERE WAS FIRE IN THE WAREHOUSE.
AND RESCUE 4, WERE ADDITIONALLY ASSIGNED TO THE
ALREADY THE 3 ENGINES & 2 LADDERS. WITHIN MINUTES THE 10-75
WORKING FIRE SIGNAL WAS TRANSMITTED,
UNITS ALSO REPORTING FIRE THRU THE ROOF.
OF THE BROOKLYN TERMINAL MARKET. A MIX OF 3 - 4 AND 5 STORY
BRICK HEAVY TIMBER CONSTRUCTION BUILDINGS.
WEST STREET ON THE EAST OAK STREET ON THE SOUTH
THE EAST RIVER ON THE WEST AND NOBLE STREET ON THE EAST.
A NUMBER OF WINDOWS WERE BOARDED OVER, OR JUST MISSING. THE MULTI BUILDING
COMPLEX HOUSED A NUMBER OF BUSINESS IN IT'S DAY.
ADDITIONALLY, A NUMBER OF WALKWAY & CONVEYER BRIDGES CONNECTED
THESE BUILDINGS WITH SEVERAL OTHER BUILDINGS, SOME WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THE FIRE.
ON THE SITE OF THE OLD GREENPOINT TERMINAL MARKET.
TIMBER CONSTRUCTION WAREHOUSES COMPLEX, ON THE OAK STREET WHICH WAS ALSO ABANDONED.
STAGES. FIRE CAN BE SEEN AT THE END OF THE NOBLE
STREET SIDE WHERE A FIRE BOAT IS OPERATING. AS THE
FIRE BEGINS TO SPREAD, ADDITIONAL TOWER LADDERS
ARE PLACED INTO OPERATION.
WATCH AS COLLAPSE AFTER COLLAPSE OCCURS.
HEAR ALL THE FIRE GROUND RADIO TRAFFIC.
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