Jericho Turnpike [11-30-14]
Minutes after 10:00 hours on the morning of Sunday, November 30th, 2014 the Westbury Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at Hick’s Nursery located at 100 Jericho Turnpike. When units arrived on scene they were met with heavy fire inside of a storage building/small office. Westbury Third Assistant Chief Ken Gass Jr [9603] advised of a working fire and asked that it be retoned as such. Within minutes of the first units having arrived on scene a second alarm was transmitted due to the nursery related contents within the fire building and in the surrounding structures. Firefighters discovered early in the operation that there were no hydrants present on the grounds of the nursery and had to setup a water relay using hydrants located on Jericho Turnpike. Through the use of hand lines on various sides of the burning building firefighters were able to get a good hold on the fire and keep it from spreading to other structures on the property.
Mutual aid units were assigned to the scene and to stand by with the transmission of the working fire with additional units added on the second alarm. On scene was Hicksville Ladder 931 [initially designated the FAST], Williston Park Ladder 862, East Meadow Engine 614 and Ambulance 6144, Jericho Ambulance 948, Carle Place Engine 9147, Mineola Engine 167 and Ladder 165. Standing by for Westbury during the operation were units from Plainview and Bethpage. The cause of the fire remained under investigation and all fire department units were under the command of Westbury Second Assistant Chief John Bartunek [9602].
Video from the scene: https://youtu.be/SwtX3Q2lbSw
Read MoreMutual aid units were assigned to the scene and to stand by with the transmission of the working fire with additional units added on the second alarm. On scene was Hicksville Ladder 931 [initially designated the FAST], Williston Park Ladder 862, East Meadow Engine 614 and Ambulance 6144, Jericho Ambulance 948, Carle Place Engine 9147, Mineola Engine 167 and Ladder 165. Standing by for Westbury during the operation were units from Plainview and Bethpage. The cause of the fire remained under investigation and all fire department units were under the command of Westbury Second Assistant Chief John Bartunek [9602].
Video from the scene: https://youtu.be/SwtX3Q2lbSw
