Washington Place [1-4-13]

Workers on the roof of a Washington Place commercial building were believed to have been the cause of a fire on the afternoon of January 4th. Just before three p.m., Nassau County Police began receiving calls reporting flames coming from the roof of the building. Upon their arrival, police began evacuating workers from the roof and requested the fire department to step up their response. Roosevelt Quint 734 was the first fire department unit on scene along with North Merrick Chief Allen [6700]. Chief Allen advised Fire Com that this was not a house as originally dispatched, but rather a commercial building. One line was immediately stretched off of the quint and brought to the roof where the main body of fire was concentrated. The one line was able to hold the fire which consumed an air conditioning unit and the tar around it. Extension into the building was minimal. Aside from Quint 734 and Ladder 735, also on scene was Merrick Engine 641 [Empire Hose Co. 3], North Merrick Heavy Rescue 678 [the FAST team who saw working during operations], and Hempstead Truck One. The main body of fire was knocked down within fifteen minutes and all fire department units were under the command of Roosevelt’s First Assistant Chief Hansen [7301].