Grand Avenue [5-19-13]
On the same night Baldwin First Aid Company was celebrating their seventy-fifth anniversary the Baldwin Fire Department was dispatched to a reported house fire. The call was toned out not long after midnight on the morning of May 19th and provided firefighters with the location of 3011 Grand Avenue [Adams Street and Fishermans Road as the cross streets]. The additional for the reported house fire was that the fire was in the basement of the home. When Baldwin First Deputy Chief Craig Yanantuono [2051] arrived on scene he transmitted the signal ten [working fire]. Immediately following the transmission of the working fire the Freeport Fire Department was notified to respond as the FAST team. Freeport responded to the scene with Tiller 218 and Heavy Rescue 217-2. During operations Freeport Truck Company was put to work. When Freeport was utilized Oceanside Ladder 244 [originally called to standby] was redirected to the scene. As conditions inside the balloon frame construction home deteriorated the fire load intensified. Soon Oceanside saw work and another truck company was needed on scene. This void was filled by Rockville Centre Ladder 447 who became the latest FAST team.
As firefighters operated on the scene of the Grand Avenue working fire units were needed to backfill firehouses. Oceanside had a Long Beach engine and ladder standing by for them along with an engine from Island Park. Standing by for Baldwin was a Lynbrook ladder, Bellmore ambulance, and Oceanside engine. Prior to Bellmore being notified East Rockaway had an ambulance in Baldwin but was diverted to a different aided case. While operating at the scene of the fire at least two firefighters were transported from the scene to area hospitals [one with smoke inhalation]. These firefighters were transported by a Baldwin ambulance and Point Lookout-Lido Ambulance 252. Within an hour all visible fire was knocked down and soon after the scene was declared under control. All fire department units were under the command of Baldwin Chief of Department Robert Brancato [205]. Baldwin Engine 202 and Ladder 207 were the first engine and truck companies on scene. The fire marshal was requested to respond to the scene with no death or serious injuries present. The cause of the fire, which saw four lines stretched [three in operation], remained under investigation.
Read MoreAs firefighters operated on the scene of the Grand Avenue working fire units were needed to backfill firehouses. Oceanside had a Long Beach engine and ladder standing by for them along with an engine from Island Park. Standing by for Baldwin was a Lynbrook ladder, Bellmore ambulance, and Oceanside engine. Prior to Bellmore being notified East Rockaway had an ambulance in Baldwin but was diverted to a different aided case. While operating at the scene of the fire at least two firefighters were transported from the scene to area hospitals [one with smoke inhalation]. These firefighters were transported by a Baldwin ambulance and Point Lookout-Lido Ambulance 252. Within an hour all visible fire was knocked down and soon after the scene was declared under control. All fire department units were under the command of Baldwin Chief of Department Robert Brancato [205]. Baldwin Engine 202 and Ladder 207 were the first engine and truck companies on scene. The fire marshal was requested to respond to the scene with no death or serious injuries present. The cause of the fire, which saw four lines stretched [three in operation], remained under investigation.
