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FDNY · MANHATTAN · Fire
All-Hands Fire at 420 Park Avenue in Manhattan
FDNY has an all-hands fire operating at Box 663, 420 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
- FDNY alarm box
- Box 0663
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- Radio Heard: "10 four. We found in Manhattan. Engine four. 10 four. 1632 hours 46."
- Radio Heard: "My attention, four. Engine four. Did you say in front of one New York Plaza? No, it says in front of Peter Minett Plaza. If not, we don't have anything on further."
- Radio Heard: "Engine four, looks like the patient may be in front of the Peter Mutant Plaza. K, if not, we don't have anything else."
- Radio Heard: "Battalion 49 acting six to Manhattan. Battalion 49. Battalion six is response area. Battalion 49 acting six 10 four. 1629 hours. Dispatcher 426."
- Radio Heard: "Division one 10. Division one 10. Division one 10 from box 663 battalion six remains on scene. They're in control."
- Radio Heard: "Ladder 43 10 eight. Ladder three is response area. 10 four. 1617. The time is about 422."
- Radio Units reported they are available at 1611 hours.
- Radio Heard: "914 Battalion Eight, Manhattan."
- Radio Heard: "Battalion nine, a minute. Battalion nine, yes. Battalion nine, 663. If you want to send 1st battery home."
- Radio Heard: "Battalion 49, acting battalion six to Manhattan."
- Radio Heard: "Primaries throughout are complete negative. Bobby will hold. 10 four. You probably will hold. Time is 16 hundred hours. Your duration is 33 33 minutes. Division one."
- Radio Primary searches on the floor below the fire floor are complete and negative.
- Radio All firefighters are accounted for; primary searches on the fire floor and the floor below are negative, and units are checking the floor below that.
- Radio Heard: "Engine six to Manhattan. Engine six, Captain."
- Radio Heard: "914, Battalion Eight Manhattan. 914, Battalion 18. 914, frequency relocating to Battalion Eight. 10 four."
- Radio Heard: "Engine four, okay. 1002. Patient got up, walked away. No need for EMS. Cancel them. Make it a 10 91 or 10 eight. Stop."
- Radio Heard: "Engine six, EMS unit O two W is coming in. They were assigned at 1543 hours, 15 43. Engine six, 10 four."
- Radio Heard: "That's calling engine six, K."
- Radio Heard: "Manhattan to engine six."
- Radio Heard: "Manhattan Engine Six K."
- Radio Heard: "We have two lines stretched, one line in operation. 10 four. 96. While I have you, your incident duration is now two o 20 minutes. 96."
- Radio Heard: "Battalion six box 663. Main body fire knocked down."
- Radio Heard: "Engine six, no EMS unit at this time, Captain. Engine six, Manhattan. Can we have EMS come? Engine six, they have it. They're on backlog, Captain. Engine four. Battalion..."
- Radio Units reported arriving on scene.
- Radio Units reported no patient in the lobby and building personnel have no idea there is a patient.
- Radio Heard: "10 four battalion six. Time of that report 1544 hours. Your duration is now 17 17 minutes. Battalion six."
- Radio Heard: "Battalion six, box 663, exposure one, Park Avenue, exposure two, adjoining building, exposure three, adjoining building, exposure four, 29th Street. We have water on the..."
- Radio Heard: "Battalion six, man at. Battalion six, when you can, we just need explosives, K."
- Radio Heard: "Manhattan Battalion six K."
- Radio All Hands was transmitted for the fire on the 19th floor.
- Radio The fire was declared a working fire, and the attack staircase was identified as B.
- Radio All Hands was transmitted for the fire in the multiple dwelling.
- Radio Heard: "Battalion six, Manhattan. Battalion six, yes."
- All-Hands Fire at 420 Park Avenue in Manhattan
- Radio All Hands was transmitted for the fire on the exterior structure on the 19th floor, and a line is being stretched.
- Radio Heard: "Another battalion six, your message, Chris."
- Radio Heard: "Engine five aiken. Have an update on EMS."
- Radio Heard: "Time six 10 four. Go ahead. 10 four. Engine five is going to be your high rise nozzle. Engine 26 is your C F R engine. Ladder three is your fast truck. Battalion nine is..."
- Radio Heard: "Battalion six."
- Radio Units confirmed they are still responding to the high-rise residential fire.
- Radio Heard: "10 four. 10. Battalion nine, K. 10 nine. Battalion nine, designated D safety officer, K. Fire in the bulkhead. Battalion nine, safety officer, 10 four. Battalion eight."
- Radio Heard: "Engine five. Engine five, you are dedicated to the high rise nozzle. You can get it off of engine 14 K. Engine five 10 four. And then to engine 26. Engine 26. Engine 26..."
- Radio A high-rise residential fire was announced for the incident.
- Radio The building is a nineteen-story class one hotel with a rooftop bar and pool, commercial first floor, and a ballroom on the third floor.
- High-Rise Fire at 420 Park Avenue in Manhattan
- Radio A high-rise residential fire was announced for the incident.
- Radio A high-rise fire was announced citywide for the incident.
- Radio A working fire was announced for the incident.
- Radio Heard: "Battalion 62 men. 96 K. Box 663."
- Fire Reported at Hotel on East 29th Street and Park Avenue South
- Radio A fire was reported at a hotel.
Units on this call
Battalion 6 Battalion 8 Battalion 9 Battalion 49 Engine 4 Engine 5 Engine 6 Engine 14 Engine 26 Engine 39 Ladder 3 Ladder 43
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