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FDNY · MANHATTAN · Fire

All-Hands Fire at 15 Saint James' Place in Manhattan

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FDNY has an all-hands fire operating at Box 124, 15 Saint James' Place in Manhattan.

Location
15 Saint James' Place
FDNY alarm box
Box 0124
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Radio audio

Latest transmission
Transmission 2
Transmission 1

Public FDNY / NYPD radio, kept for 7 days.

Updates

  1. Radio Primary searches of elevators, stairways, and hallways are completely negative; secondary searches are on the way.
  2. Radio Heard: "10 four, Division one. You're probably the hold time 23 26 hours. Incident duration 24 24 minutes. Also, when you can, we just need the exposures. Division one 10 four."
  3. Radio All visible fires have been knocked down in apartment 98A; primary searches in the fire apartment are negative, and hallway searches on the floor above are in progress.
  4. Expand 6 updates
    1. Radio Engine 74 reported it is available.
    2. Radio Heard: "Engine 74 to Manhattan. Units operating and responding to all hands box 124. Incident duration is two o 20 minutes."
    3. Radio Units arrived on scene.
    4. Radio Units reported water is on the fire and the incident has been ongoing for 17 minutes and 27 seconds.
    5. Radio Engine 84 confirmed it is responding and reported the attack stairwell is A.
    6. Radio Heard: "Battalion six. Battalion four. Apartment nine. Adam is sheltering in place. They are disabled, and when you're ready, I have your designations. 10 four. 10 four. Engine..."
  5. All-Hands Fire at 15 Saint James' Place in Manhattan
  6. Expand 5 updates
    1. Radio Heard: "Manhattan, engine 15. Engine 15. Engine 15, you are designated to the CFR engine. Engine 15, responding. Manhattan, engine seven. Seven. Engine seven, you are designated..."
    2. Radio All Hands is operating on the box.
    3. Radio Heard: "124. The attack staircases, attack staircase eight."
    4. Radio All Hands is announced for the high-rise residential fire.
    5. Radio The building has tethered stairs, with A Stairs accessed via the lobby and B Stairs via the exit and rear; the fire department connection is in the rear.
  7. Radio The building is a 17-story multiple dwelling, 110 by 115 feet, class one, with 10 apartments per floor.
  8. High-Rise Fire at 15 Saint James' Place in Manhattan
  9. Expand 3 updates
    1. Radio Battalion 31 announced a high-rise residential fire at the address.
    2. Radio Heard: "And had announcing a 1077 box 12415 Saint James Place between Wagner Place and Madison Street fire apartment 10 Ida. Correction, nine Ida. 1077 transmitted box 12415..."
    3. Radio Heard: "Engine nine, you can now respond to the fire alarm. It's going to be 15 10 James, please."
  10. Smoke Reported at 15 Saint James' Place in Manhattan
  11. Radio Heard: "Manhattan, Tunnel Arm Box 12415 Saint James Place between Wagner Place and Madison Street, smoke apartment 10 Ida. Tunnel Arm Box 12415 Saint James Place between Wagner..."

Units on this call

Battalion 4 Battalion 6 Engine 3 Engine 7 Engine 9 Engine 15 Engine 74 Engine 84 Ladder 6

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

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