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Third-Alarm Fire Near 6th Avenue & 58th Street in Brooklyn

FDNY transmitted a third alarm for Box 2634 near 6th Avenue & 58th Street in Brooklyn. The corner is the alarm box's; the exact address follows when it is verified.

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Box 2634
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Radio audio

Latest transmission

Public FDNY / NYPD radio, kept for 7 days.

Updates

  1. Radio Units reported they are available and received a relocation order.
  2. Expand 12 updates
    1. Radio Heard: "Br 10 eight and ladder 111. Spot there."
    2. Radio Heard: "Ladder 138, acting ladder one 11 to Brooklyn."
    3. Radio Two additional trucks, Ladder 170 and Ladder 146, are being assigned to the incident.
    4. Radio Heard: "Ladder one 46, you're gonna respond to the fire, okay? To the command post."
    5. Radio Heard: "Ladder 146, activate ladder 114. Ladder 146, activate ladder 114. You can control 10 eight. Ladder 114, response area. Can you send us the combination over the MDTK?..."
    6. Radio Ladder 146 is acting as Ladder 114.
    7. Radio Heard: "Ladder 86, actor 172 to Brooklyn. Ladder 86, actor ladder 172. Show us on your frequency. 10 four. Time 0250 hours, detachment 30."
    8. Radio The Medical Branch Director reported an additional black tag civilian, bringing the total to three black tags, two red tags, one orange tag, and one green tag, all civilians.
    9. Radio Engine 235 is acting as Engine 282.
    10. Radio Heard: "Engine 206, activate engine 279."
    11. Radio Heard: "Engine 236, activate engine 242. We are 10 eight and 242's response area. 10 40244. I was dispatched here. Call to Brooklyn. Call. I need to sign the hazmat trio for a..."
    12. Radio Engine 227 is acting as Engine 281.
  3. Radio Secondary searches on exposures two and four were completed with negative results.
  4. Expand 2 updates
    1. Radio Units arrived on scene.
    2. Radio Acting Ladder 170 is being assigned to Ladder 149.
  5. Radio The division reports multiple fires with some knocked down and pockets remaining, and states they will hold the rescue and squad units.
  6. Expand 3 updates
    1. Radio Heard: "Ladder 119."
    2. Radio Heard: "Ladder 119, actor. Ladder 114."
    3. Radio Ladder 111 is broken down; Acting Ladder 172 is on the way to the fourth floor.
  7. Radio Primary searches for exposures two and four were negative.
  8. Expand 17 updates
    1. Radio Additional ladder companies are being dispatched to the scene.
    2. Radio Heard: "Ladder one, 75."
    3. Radio Heard: "31. The correct station area is going to be 6th Street, 6th Avenue. 10 four, 14 now. 10 four, ladder 153."
    4. Radio Heard: "We're gonna battalion 31."
    5. Radio Heard: "Brigadier Battalion 31."
    6. Radio Heard: "Division eight. Problem. Division eight. 30 alarm box 2634. Firefighters on the 1st floor, 2nd floor, and basement are still in progress. We have five lines stretch..."
    7. Radio Engine 318 acknowledged the assignment.
    8. Radio Heard: "Engine 310. 10 10 four. Engine 318."
    9. Radio Heard: "Ladder 159 standby. Eunice, that's responding to the 3rd alarm box six. Correction, 2634. The correct staging area is going to be 6th Street and 6th Avenue. Engine 202."
    10. Radio Two additional trucks, Ladder 153 and Ladder 175, are assigned to the operation, with Engine 279 as the communications unit and Battalion 31 as the stationery manager.
    11. Radio Heard: "Ladder 153 10 four. Respond. Ladder 175. 175. The response to the station, Six O Street and 3rd Avenue. 10 four."
    12. Radio Heard: "Ladder 153."
    13. Radio Heard: "Engine responding to the 3rd one box 2634. The staging area is going to be 6th Street and 3rd Avenue. Engine 310, activate engine 282. 310 10 four. Engine 318, activate..."
    14. Radio The third alarm was announced citywide for the fire in a private dwelling.
    15. Radio A third fire victim was reported.
    16. Radio A third fire victim was reported with no additional code specified.
    17. Radio Staten Island is announcing the third alarm for the fire in the private dwelling.
  9. Third-Alarm Fire Near 6th Avenue & 58th Street in Brooklyn
  10. Expand 2 updates
    1. Radio Manhattan is announcing the third alarm for the fire in a private dwelling.
    2. Radio Heard: "Staten Island announcing in the borough of Brooklyn a 3rd alarm has been transmitted for box 2634, address is 65358 Street, for fire in a private dwelling. Staten Island..."
  11. Radio A third alarm was transmitted for the fire at the private dwelling.
  12. Radio Heard: "Any two 84's response area. Okay. Division eight. So, my orders of the deputy chief, Andrews, are 3rd alarm box 2634. We also have two dispatch trucks on top of that..."
  13. Expand 2 updates
    1. Radio Heard: "Engine 310 acting. Engine 282. Got nothing further on box 25820. You can go with the 33 one. That's tough one."
    2. Radio Heard: "At Brooklyn Center, Long Island, 2634. Correct the address, 6535 8th Street, six th Avenue, seven th Avenue, five block on two Brooklyn multiple dwelling. At this time..."
  14. Radio The fire on the first floor is knocked down, but the fire is still on the second floor; trucks and paramedics are still searching.
  15. Expand 5 updates
    1. Radio Heard: "Ladder 153 acting. Ladder 149."
    2. Radio Heard: "Units operating at 2nd long box 2634. Your duration is two o 20 minutes."
    3. Radio Units reported the fire is in a two-story apartment building with three lines in operation and two victims.
    4. Radio Heard: "Battalion 40 receive. Battalion 40 10 four."
    5. Radio Battalion 32 will serve as a resource and Battalion 33 will be the safety key.
  16. Radio Battalion 40 reported water is on the fire in the basement and first floor, and a fire was seen on the top floor of the original fire building.
  17. Expand 6 updates
    1. Radio Heard: "Engine 310 acting. Engine 282. What's your location, Kay?"
    2. Radio Heard: "Battalion 33 10 four safety. Battalion 32. 32. You are designated as the resource unit leader, K. Battalion 10 four."
    3. Radio Battalion 32 asked Battalion 33 to serve as the safety officer.
    4. Radio Heard: "Brooklyn battalion 32."
    5. Radio Unit 33 was designated as the safety officer.
    6. Radio Heard: "Battalion 32."
  18. Radio Battalion 40 reported the fire is on all floors of the two-story class three building, with two lines stretched and one in operation.
  19. Expand 3 updates
    1. Radio A second alarm was transmitted for the fire in a private dwelling.
    2. Radio A second alarm was transmitted for the fire in a private dwelling.
    3. Radio A second alarm was announced for the fire in a private dwelling.
  20. Radio A second alarm was transmitted for the fire in a private dwelling.
  21. Expand 5 updates
    1. Radio Heard: "The 2nd room has been transmitted for Brooklyn box 2634. The address is 64258 Street. That's between 6th and 7th Avenue. For fire in a private dwelling. The 2nd room has..."
    2. Radio Battalion 14 was instructed to pick up a modified CBa fast pack from rescue.
    3. Radio Heard: "Breaking the battalion four o."
    4. Radio All Hands was transmitted for the fire.
    5. Radio Battalion 40 reported that Engine 148 is responding and designated as the FAST truck.
  22. Radio All Hands was transmitted for the fire in a private dwelling.
  23. Expand 4 updates
    1. Radio The address is 642 58th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenue, and the fire is in a private dwelling.
    2. Radio Brooklyn is working the box for a fire throughout a private dwelling at 642 58th Street.
    3. Radio The building is a private dwelling located between Sixth and Seventh Avenue.
    4. Radio Engine 241 arrived on scene.

Units on this call

Battalion 14 Battalion 31 Battalion 32 Battalion 33 Battalion 40 Division 8 Engine 202 Engine 206 Engine 227 Engine 236 Engine 241 Engine 242 Engine 279 Engine 281 Engine 282 Engine 310 Engine 318 Ladder 1 Ladder 14 Ladder 86 Ladder 111 Ladder 114 Ladder 119 Ladder 138 Ladder 146 Ladder 149 Ladder 153 Ladder 159 Ladder 170 Ladder 172 Ladder 175

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