Montgomery Avenue [3-27-13]

At approximately 21:30 hours on the evening of March 28th, the Oceanside Fire Department was dispatched to a reported garage fire at 271 Montgomery Avenue with Messick Avenue and Nassau Road as the cross streets. Upon arrival [first due] Oceanside Engine 246 reported smoke showing from the private dwelling. Arriving units were met with a heavy fire condition inside an attached garage. When Chief Klein [241] arrived on scene he transmitted a signal ten [working fire]. Initially Engine 246 was having difficulty with the hydrant they connected to. When this took place the second due engine, Engine 243, hit a hydrant and stretched in to the scene. Within minutes Engine 246 was able to get water flowing and stretched two lines. In all four lines were stretched during operations with at least two of them going into operation. Rockville Centre responded to the scene with Ladder 447 as the FAST team and Ambulance 4462. During the operation Rockville Centre Truck Company was put to work. When this took place East Rockaway Ladder 403 became the new FAST truck. Standing by for Oceanside during the fire was RVC Engine 444, Baldwin Ladder 207, and East Rockaway Ambulance 4081. The fire was brought under control within forty minutes. The occupants of the home had just recently moved back for the first time since Hurricane Sandy. All fire department units were under the command of Oceanside Chief of Department Kevin Klein [241] and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.