Rochester (NY) FD - 4 Alarms

Rochester FD worked a 4 alarm fire in a high rise apartment building this morning. The first alarm was on scene a few minutes before receiving the report of a police officer trapped in the elevator on the 5th floor. He was removed unconscious but is expected to fully recover.

Here is a link to video and a recording of the radio traffic starting with the initial dispatch: http://www.mcfw.com/?p=1079

The small skinny bar below the You Tube box is the fireground audio recording.

To summarize: Engine 17 was dispatched to an automatic fire alarm; the assignment was filled out when dispatch received the report of a fire; E-17 ordered a 2nd alarm on arrival (in about as calm a voice as you'll ever hear); Battalion 2 ordered a third on his arrival; and the 4th was struck a few minutes after. A 4 alarm fire in Rochester pretty much empties its fire houses and numerous surrounding volunteer and career departments filled in.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Betz on December 14, 2008 at 4:27pm

Cool link, thanks. BTW, how many personnel total? We have some high rise's, and haven't had a "worker" yet. We have an ongoing discussion about how many folks it will take to work it. I know the rule of thumb, but just curious.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Stoltz on December 14, 2008 at 6:03pm

Totalling up all the equipment I'm guessing about 68 fire fighters and 5 chief officers worked the incident. All but four city companies responded to the fire.