Manhattan Residential High-Rise Fire

Ladder Company 4, Acting Ladder Company 10 gave the 10-75

 

Hussein B – Fire at 747 10th Avenue between West 50 Street and West 51 Street, Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan.

Fire reported in apartment 11K of a 38-story multiple dwelling, 150×150 Class I

“High Rise Challenges – Tips for Determining Floor Layout”
High-rise fires are intense. Everything about them presents a unique set of challenges to firefighters who are not strangers to being challenged. One aspect that gets lost at times is layout of fire floors and how different and confusing they can be; especially when you add in fire, smoke, urgency and challenging access.
– Mike Gagliano

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Ladder Company 4, Acting Ladder Company 10 gave the 10-75

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