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1-31-09, Brooklyn Box 310, Located at 141 Division avenue in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The fire was in a 3 story Commercial building containing a medical center and pharmacy on the first floor and a catering hall on the 2nd floor. There was a heavy fire condition in the middle of the building. Units had a hard time getting access to the fire. The building is a triangular building that fronted on 2 streets. The sids information stated that the build had an unsafe maze condition and parts of the structure was unstable. An exterior attack was maintained using 4 tower ladders and numerous handlines. The above photo was taken from the roof of a building across the street from the fire. The following photos shows some of the operations at the scene.
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Engine Company 211 operates from the exposure 1 side on Division Ave.
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Ladder company 104 had to move their rig, so a tower ladder could setup and operate.
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Engine 211 had to move back behind the collapse zone.
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Engine 211 is repositioning their line.
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Engine 211 operates into the fire building.
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heavy smoke is coming out of the building.
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Ladder 119, using a spare rig, is operating on the Division Ave. side of the fire building.
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Chiefs are conferring at the Command Post.
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The field communications units command board keeps track of the units who are operating at the scene. A drawing is made of the fire building and tiles representing units are placed in the drawing. The black tiles are engine companies and red tiles are ladder companies.
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The FDNY EMS Command also has their own status board.
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EMS units are standing by in case they are needed.
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I placed the camera low to get a unique angle of this firefighter operating a handline.
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A closeup of Ladder Company 119 in operation.
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Tower Ladder 146 in operation on the Calyer Street side of the fire building.
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A heavy fire condition existed in the middle of the fire building. I took firefighters awhile to knockdown the main body of fire
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Rescue Company 2 at the scene.
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Squad Company 252 at the scene.
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Ladder Company 104 backed up into this street, so a Tower Ladder could operate.
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Ladder Company 105 backs into the block and gets in position to operate.
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Major Emergency Response Vehicle number 3 at the scene.