Dale Street [7-28-12]
Just after noon on July 28th, the East Farmingdale Fire Department was dispatched for a general alarm at 60 Dale Street, just off of Edison Avenue. Upon arrival, the first units on scene were met with a heavy fire load inside a commercial building. At this time, the 13/35 [working, structure fire] was immediately transmitted. Firefighters arriving on scene were also greeted by multiple explosions from within the structure. Originally, the building was believed to be a welding facility and the explosions resulting from acetylene tanks. However, the address was corrected to 45 Dale Street and the large, commercial building home to Paragon Recycling – a recycling and transfer site that housed garbage trucks and combustible contents.
Because there were no victims inside and the fire load so heavy, operations went to an exterior and tower ladder operation. During operations, three ladders [two from East Farm and one from the “Danch”] surrounded the building hitting hot spots. Multiple hand lines were also positioned throughout and manned to extinguish the blaze. The manpower on these lines was rotated during the course of operations so that no firefighters would fall victim to fatigue. Water pressure in the industrial area became a factor as so many units were tapped onto hydrants and the pressure just not enough.
Much of Suffolk’s first division was a part of the mutual aid for the over fire hour operation. Units from the second division and parts of Nassau County were also alerted either to the scene or to standby. Some of the immediate towns alerted to the scene included West Babylon, Wyandanch, North Lindenhurst, North Babylon, Farmingdale, Melville, and Lindenhurst. Also part of the day’s mutual aid was Deer Park, Huntington Manor, West Islip, Greenlawn, and Dix Hills, among others. All fire department units were under the command of East Farmingdale Chief of Department Kilbridge [1-5-30].
Read MoreBecause there were no victims inside and the fire load so heavy, operations went to an exterior and tower ladder operation. During operations, three ladders [two from East Farm and one from the “Danch”] surrounded the building hitting hot spots. Multiple hand lines were also positioned throughout and manned to extinguish the blaze. The manpower on these lines was rotated during the course of operations so that no firefighters would fall victim to fatigue. Water pressure in the industrial area became a factor as so many units were tapped onto hydrants and the pressure just not enough.
Much of Suffolk’s first division was a part of the mutual aid for the over fire hour operation. Units from the second division and parts of Nassau County were also alerted either to the scene or to standby. Some of the immediate towns alerted to the scene included West Babylon, Wyandanch, North Lindenhurst, North Babylon, Farmingdale, Melville, and Lindenhurst. Also part of the day’s mutual aid was Deer Park, Huntington Manor, West Islip, Greenlawn, and Dix Hills, among others. All fire department units were under the command of East Farmingdale Chief of Department Kilbridge [1-5-30].
