Bayview Avenue [1-21-15]
At 00:23 hours on the morning of Wednesday, January 21st, 2015 the Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire Department was dispatched to a reported house fire at 499 Bayview Avenue between Lincoln and Monroe Streets. Lawrence Cedarhurst First Assistant Chief David Campbell [3201] was among the first on scene and immediately transmitted a signal ten [working fire] after having been met with heavy fire throughout a two story private dwelling. Firefighters attempted to make an interior attack into the home; however, the fire load was far too advanced and members instead utilized an exterior attack. Going to an exterior attack proved to be the best decision when minutes into the operation a portion of the first floor collapsed into the basement of the home. With Lawrence Cedarhurst Ladder 325 out of service at the time of the fire Inwood Ladder 313 had the front of the home while Elmont Ladder 707 was positioned on the number four side of the home. Both of these ladders had their master streams in operation to assist the hand lines that were located on various sides of the home.
Fueling the fire was the gas service to the home which led Lawrence Cedarhurst Command to request a forthwith response from National Grid. When National Grid arrived on scene they discovered that they could not shut the gas service off from the curb and would need to dig up the street in order to do so. Once the gas service was properly secured and shut off firefighters were able to pick up where they left off and again work at containing the blaze. The scene was placed under control at 03:43 hours. Mutual aid units responded from Inwood, Woodmere, Hewlett, Valley Stream, Elmont, Meadowmere Park, and Lynbrook among others. The cause of the fire remained under investigation and no one was home at the time of the fire as the occupant[s] was said to be out of state. All fire department units were under the command of Lawrence Cedarhurst Chief of Department Rivelli [3200].
Read MoreFueling the fire was the gas service to the home which led Lawrence Cedarhurst Command to request a forthwith response from National Grid. When National Grid arrived on scene they discovered that they could not shut the gas service off from the curb and would need to dig up the street in order to do so. Once the gas service was properly secured and shut off firefighters were able to pick up where they left off and again work at containing the blaze. The scene was placed under control at 03:43 hours. Mutual aid units responded from Inwood, Woodmere, Hewlett, Valley Stream, Elmont, Meadowmere Park, and Lynbrook among others. The cause of the fire remained under investigation and no one was home at the time of the fire as the occupant[s] was said to be out of state. All fire department units were under the command of Lawrence Cedarhurst Chief of Department Rivelli [3200].
