Latest Brooklyn Posts

October 24, 2016

Lessons Learned/Reinforced from a Fast-Moving Row Frame Fire in Brooklyn

On February 14, 2016, at 2222 hours, units were dispatched to UCT/911, Box 0086, for a house fire at 49 Diamond Street in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. This fire ultimately went to a fourth alarm and took just more than three hours to be brought […]
October 24, 2016

Back-Stretch: The Key to Overcoming a Fast-Moving Brooklyn Second Alarm

Gentlemen, I thought we’d be fighting this fire down the block when I got here. Command Chief, Assistant Chief James Daly, from his opening comments at the After Action Review (AAR) on Brooklyn Box 22-1274. At approximately 1250 hours on March 26, 2016, the Brooklyn dispatcher was notified by the UCT system that they were […]

September 30, 2015

FDNY Members Meet Challenges of Brooklyn Hardware Store Fire

In the early-morning hours of January 21, 2015, units responded to Brooklyn Box 1241 for a UCT911 call reporting a fire in a hardware store. The fire went to a fifth alarm for relief purposes and took almost five hours before it was placed Under Control.  Tragically, one civilian died during the fire after he […]