On Sunday, February 17th, 2002
at 1300 hours, M-LFD Companies 1 and 2 were toned out to
for a house fire at the residence at 98 Deer Run in the
High Point Condominiums, which is located off the LIE North
Service Road in Roslyn. At the same time, the Roslyn Fire
Companies were toned out for reports of an explosion near
Jessica Place in the residential area west of Mineola
Avenue and north of Powerhouse Road.
M-LFD Deputy Chief O'Malley (8702) was the first unit to respond to the alarm, and transmitted the Signal 10 while en route. Heavy
smoke was visible from across the Long Island Expressway.
The call was then re-toned with a request for Heavy Rescue 8730, the
M-LFD Ambulance Unit and M-LFD Company #5 for a F.A.S.T. Team.
Upon arrival, units found heavy fire through the roof
of an attached 2-story condominium unit. The exposure
2 and exposure 4 sides had concrete block walls which
separated the burning unit from the other residences and prevented ther spreading of the fire.
At the scene, a command post was established by Chief of Department McGrath (8703), while the four M-LFD Deputy Chiefs took up interior
command positions and exposure protection positions. Numerous
Chiefs from the Roslyn Fire Companies (under the command
of 5600) were also at the scene and assisted C8703 in supervising the combined operations of the three departments on scene.
Multiple handlines were stretched off of Engine 8725 and
Engine 8712. Engine 8725 also dropped a 5" LDH line to feed
Tower Ladder 8724. Roslyn Rescue Engine 566 stretched a handline to
the rear of the fire building to protect exposures and
detached nearby residences.
After some operations with interior handlines, Tower
Ladder 8724 was set up and began a prolonged exterior
attack with large volumes of water delivered via the deck
gun. At the same time, crews from M-LFD Company #5 and
the Roslyn Fire Companies used saws to open up the roof
on the exposure 2 and exposure 4 sides to create fire
stops. M-LFD units remained on scene until being released
from the scene at approximately 1700 hours.
The next day, the New York Daily News reported that the
occupant of the residence had fled the scene and was involved
in an automobile accident. This fire made the cover of
May 2002 Firehouse magazine. |
