Long Beach Road [7-9-13]
On the morning of July 9th the Island Park Fire Department was dispatched to the Bayview Nursing Center at 1 Long Beach Road for a reported automatic alarm. However, upon arrival units found heavy smoke on the third floor of the building and fire in a room on the number three side of the exposure. The signal ten [working fire] was then transmitted [standard for the occupancy] and with it the second alarm procedure was filled out.
The second alarm procedure sent one engine [Engine 2344], one ladder [Ladder 2372], and one ambulance from the City of Long Beach to the scene. Responding from Oceanside was two engines [one of them Engine 2482] and one ladder [Ladder 244]. Point Lookout-Lido also sent Ladder 254 to the scene. Island Park Engine 225 was the first engine on scene and immediately stretched a line to the third and was able to make a quick knockdown of the fire. The fire was believed to have been caused by an electrical problem with an air conditioning unit. This is at least the second fire of its kind [originally toned out as an automatic fire alarm] in the senior center within the last year. A routine investigation of the fire’s cause was underway. The building was undergoing storm related renovations at the time of the fire and because of this the sprinkler system was not active. The first floor of the three story building is currently empty while the floors above are occupied. Standing by for Island Park during the operation was Freeport Engine 216 as well as Baldwin Ladder 206, Engine 203, and one ambulance. All fire department units were under the command of Island Park Chief of Department Anthony D’Esposito [221].
Read MoreThe second alarm procedure sent one engine [Engine 2344], one ladder [Ladder 2372], and one ambulance from the City of Long Beach to the scene. Responding from Oceanside was two engines [one of them Engine 2482] and one ladder [Ladder 244]. Point Lookout-Lido also sent Ladder 254 to the scene. Island Park Engine 225 was the first engine on scene and immediately stretched a line to the third and was able to make a quick knockdown of the fire. The fire was believed to have been caused by an electrical problem with an air conditioning unit. This is at least the second fire of its kind [originally toned out as an automatic fire alarm] in the senior center within the last year. A routine investigation of the fire’s cause was underway. The building was undergoing storm related renovations at the time of the fire and because of this the sprinkler system was not active. The first floor of the three story building is currently empty while the floors above are occupied. Standing by for Island Park during the operation was Freeport Engine 216 as well as Baldwin Ladder 206, Engine 203, and one ambulance. All fire department units were under the command of Island Park Chief of Department Anthony D’Esposito [221].
