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FDNY · QUEENS · Fire

Units Releasing at Exit 22 on the Long Island Expressway in Queens

FDNY is responding to a brush fire at Exit 22 on the Long Island Expressway in the vicinity of the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens. Units are being released except one engine and one ladder, and the incident was classified as a brush fire (10-21).

Location
Van Wyck Expressway

Radio audio

Latest transmission
Transmission 1

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Updates

  1. Units Releasing at Exit 22 on the Long Island Expressway in Queens10-18; 10-21
  2. Radio Units are releasing; the incident was a brush fire.
  3. Radio Units arrived on scene and the brush fire was confirmed.
  4. Brush Fire Reported at Exit 22 on the Long Island Expressway in Queens

Units on this call

Engine 273

Heard on the FDNY radio for this call and checked against the FDNY unit roster.

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