LOG OF T.C.R. TANK FIRE

8-7-79 & 8-8-79

INCIDENT #518

DISPATCHERS: JIM COX
WILMER BRIGGS SR.

TIME
UNIT - TO -
UNIT
MESSAGE
0856
15
HQ
10/8 TOWARD SMOKE
0858
15
HQ
SEND ALL UNITS & MEN TO 197 & 519 AREA
0858
11,13,21,22
 
10/8 TO 197 - 519 AREA
0859
106
NET
ASK FOR MUTUAL AID
0859
NET
ALL IMAS
ALERT
0900
    770 NOTIFIED
0901
  LAMARQUE FIRE DEPT. PLACED ON ALERT
0902
25
HQ
10/8 TO # 2 STATION
0904
106
NET
REQUEST FOAM PUMPER FROM UNIT 104
0904
104
NET
FOAM PUMPER ENROUTE
0904
11, 13, 21, 22
  10/97 197-146 AREA
0907
25
HQ
10/10 STATION # 2
0908
15
HQ
REQUEST UNIT # 44
0911
76
NET
76 & CARBIDE ARE SET UP AT T.C.R. FIRE SCENE
0912
770
HQ
REQUEST MONSANTO
0913
  MONSANTO RESPONDS
0914
HQ
25
HOUSE FIRE: 1100 11TH ST. N.: INCIDENT # 519
0915
L.M.F.D. 10/8 TO T.C. # 1
0915
44
HQ
10/8 TO # 1
0917
25
HQ
10/97 110 11TH ST. N. : HOUSE FIRE
0918
NET
770
COAST GUARD ENROUTE WITH FOAM AND BOAT
0919
15
770
P.D. SET UP COMMAND POST
0921
110
NET
INSTRUCTIONS WHERE TO SET UP
0921
770
110
SET UP ON HILL TOP
0931
44
NET
10/10 STATION # 1
0935
    LAMARQUE F.D. 10/10 STATION # 1 WITH 2 PUMPERS, 1 PICKUP, & 8 MEN
0936
    L.M.F.D.10/8 TO 1100 11TH ST. N. (HOUSE FIRE)
0937
NET
770
NEED LOCATION FOR COAST GUARD
0938
21
NET
WE ARE AT DOCK 19
0938
    L.M.F.D. 10/97 AT HOUSE FIRE
0944
770
115
DANGER TO NEXT TANK: WATER APPLIED
0952
770
B-1
MOVE OUT OF AREA
0953
22
B-2
SHUT DOWN DELUGE GUN
1000
25
NET
LAMARQUE & 25 10/19
1004
25
NET
LAMARQUE & 25 10/10 CENTRAL
1038
NET
770
SENDING ONE L.M.F.D. UNIT TO #2 WITH ONE T.C. MAN & 3 L.M. MEN
1040
770
115
NEED ELECTRIC POWER IN T.C.R. TANK FIRE AREA OFF
1041
601
L.M. UNIT 10/8 TO # 2
1103
76
770
107 PUMPER DOWN
1121
770
NET
SEND CALL OUT MEN ON UNIT 44 TO FIRE SCENE
1127
44
NET
10/8 TO T.C.R. FIRE WITH 10 MEN AND CAPTAIN G. HARRIS
1133
44
NET
10/97
1206
76
770
STRETCH LINE FROM 21 TO 102 OVER HILL
1206
76
NET
NOTIFY 106, WE ARE ABOUT OUT OF FOAM
1209
NET
770
UNIT 12 IS IN SERVICE AT CENTRAL
1209
770
NET
HAVE UNIT 12 STANDBY
1218
15
NET
2 HOUSTON PUMPERS & 1 AERIAL ARE ENROUTE
1227
19
770
TOO HOT: BACKING OUT
1251
106
NET
CREW OVER FIRE WALL: DELTA AND 106 CREW
1310
21
770
UNIT 44 CUTTING OUT BAD (PAUSE) 44 JUST QUIT
1311
770
44
BREAKOUT AND MOVE OUT: WILL BE REPLACED BY HOUSTON PUMPER
1325
65
NET
PUBLIC SERVICE T.C.R. & FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE ANYMORE FOAM
1336
NET
65
T.C.R. ADVISED THEY HAVE MORE FOAM BUT WILL HOLD UNTIL MATTER CLARIFIED ABOUT AUTHORIZATION
1344
13
NET
NOTIFY DANFORTH E.R. : BRINGING IN G.W. JONES JR. FOR OBSERVATION
1345
115
NET
SALT TABLETS, ASPIRIN, & NURSES ENROUTE TO SCENE
1347
60
NET
NOTIFY AMOCO CHEMICAL, HAD TO PULL TRUCK OUT BECAUSE OF GAS LEAK
1348
13
NET
10/97 DANFORTH E.R.
1524
15
NET
NOTIFY MOTOROLA: NEED BATTERIES FOR WALKIE TALKIES
1526
NET
15
DO NOT HAVE REPLACEMENT BATTERIES
1540
15
NET
10/10 CENTRAL TO REPLACE WALKIE TALKIES
1700
601
  10/8 GRASS FIRE: 2930 18TH AVE. N.
1702
770
NET
ASKED ABOUT INCOMING CREWS
1704
NET
770
CONFIRMED MEN COMING IN
1715
15
NET
10/8 WITH 5 MEN
1728
15
B-1
UNIT 11 WITH D. BRIGGS AND CAPTAIN G. HARRIS 10/19 CENTRAL
1735
11
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
1735
601
10/19 # 2 FROM GRASS FIRE
1832
B-2
15
NEED STRETCHER BY UNIT 22
1835
12
NET
WILL RETURN TO STATION # 2: WILL BE MANNED BY 3 MEN
1837
    LAMARQUE WILL RETURN TO THEIR CITY AND HANDLE ALL STATION # 4 DISTRICT
1853
15
NET
TRANSFER VICTIM (W. BURLESON) TO DANFORTH E.R.
1856
NET
15
DANFORTH NOTIFIED
1859
15
NET
BRAD TREADWELL DOWN AND STABLE
1921
15
770
CAPTAIN MUMEY DOWN
1959
66
770
GET GALVESTON F.D. LIGHT PLANT
2000
770
66
POWER PLANT OUT OF ORDER
2002
770
115
WHAT'S CHANCE OF YOU GETTING LIGHT PLANT?
2004
115
770
POWER PLANT AVAILABLE
2006
115
770
WHERE DO YOU WANT GENERATOR?
2013
115
770
GENERATOR ENROUTE
2015
11
NET
10/8 DUMPSTER FIRE BEHIND VILLAGE APTS: INCIDENT #521
2021
11
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
2046
  LAMARQUE RESPONDS TO GRASS FIRE IN 9400 BLOCK OF MOCKINGBIRD LANE: W.T.C. INCIDENT # 522
2050
LAMARQUE RETURNED TO THEIR STATIONS FROM MOCKINGBIRD LANE
2059
770
115
GENERATOR FROM R. TEICHMAN OF GALVESTON ON THE WAY
2106
11,12,15
10/8 3505-2ND AVE. S. : VAN FIRE (BUS CONVERTED TO CAMPER) KIDS TRAPPED: INCIDENT #523
2109
13
NET
10/8 FROM FIRE SCENE TO 3505-2ND AVE. S.
2110
11, 12, 15
10/97 BUS FIRE
2112
15
NET
SLOW UNIT 13 DOWN BUT PROCEED TO SCENE
2115
13
NET
10/97
2115
15
NET
ONE VICTIM OUT AND CAPTAIN HARRIS GIVING C.P.R.
2117
15
NET
CHILD REVIVED BUT PROCEEDING TO HOSPITAL E.R.
2125
15
NET
SAM DAWIDOWICZ RODE WITH A.B.C. AMBULANCE TO COUNTY E.R.
2130
13
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
2134
11
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
2145
12
NET
10/19 # 2
2146
11
NET
10/10 CENTRAL
2151
12
NET
10/10 #2
2159
13
NET
10/8 TO FIRE SCENE
2201
76
770
107 ORDERED 76 BACK TO 107 PLANT: 76'S REPLACEMENT HAS NO RADIO
2205
115
770
LIGHT PLANT ENTERING AREA AND IS BEING ESCORTED TO YOUR LOCATION
2206
13
NET
10/97 AT FIRE SCENE
   
------- AUGUST 8TH, 1979 ------
0211
15
NET
CONTACT 76 OR REPLACEMENT ABOUT STEAMING TANK
0231
15
NET
TANK BELONGS TO MAYOR LOWERY
0610
15
22
ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
0613
22
21
KILL SUPPLY QUICK!
0613
21
22
SHUTTING DOWN
0614
15
NET
WE ARE REPOSITIONING UNIT 22: WIND CHANGED DIRECTION AND BLOWING FIRE BACK AT US
0615
15
22
GET OUT NOW!
0616
15
NET
THERE'S BEEN A BOIL OVER: SEND AMBULANCES INTO FIRE AREA: SEVERAL PEOPLE BURNED
0616
15
21
ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
0616
15
22
ARE YOU ALRIGHT? DID YOU GET YOUR UNIT OUT?
0617
 
NET
NOTIFY 770 OF BOIL OVER
0620
NET
SENDING AMBULANCES VIA P.D. 911
0621
15
NET
POSSIBLY ONLY BURN IS MYSELF BUT IS MINOR
0628
15
NET
CAPTAIN MUMEY HAS SMALL BURNS ON BACK
0638
770
NET
WITH WIND CHANGE CONTACT CARBIDE AND MAYOR LOWERY THAT THEIR PROPERTY IS IN DANGER
0726
770
NET
CALL IN MORE OFF DUTY MEN
0744
22
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
0759
21
770
21 HAS HEATING PROBLEM
0759
22
NET
10/10 CENTRAL
0849
21
770
TEMP. BACK TO NORMAL
0849
770
21
STANDBY
0833
76
770
CARBIDE PUMPER BROKE AND IS SHUTTING DOWN
0940
NET
770
ADVISED THAT UNIT 22 IS RELOADED AND READY
0941
770
NET
STANDBY: ANOTHER SMALL SPILL
0952
76
770
CARBIDE PUMPER SHUT DOWN WILL HOOK INTO 21
1026
770
NET & 21
UNIT 22 WILL REPLACE 21 AND ALLOW 21 TO RELOAD
1032
22
NET
10/8 BACK TO SCENE
1037
22
NET
10/97 AT UNIT 21
1051
21
76 & 770
UNIT 22 IS PUMPING AND UNIT 21 IS OUT
1057
21
NET
UNITS 21 & 44 10/19 CENTRAL
1102
44
NET
10/10 CENTRAL
1103
21
NET
10/10 CENTRAL
1123
15
NET
10/19 WITH LOAD OF HOSE
1131
15
NET
10/10 CENTRAL
1202
15
NET
10/8 TO FIRE SCENE
1206
11
NET
10/8 1100 BLOCK TEXAS AVE. : CAR FIRE: INCIDENT # 524
1219
21
NET
10/8 TO # 4 TO FINISH RELOADING
1219
11
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
1221
11
NET
10/10 CENTRAL
1233
21
NET
10/6 # 4
1413
15
22
DISENGAGE PUMP AND STAND BY
1422
13
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
1424
15
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
1521
76
NET
CARBIDE HAS BROKEN DOWN ALL EQUIPMENT AND LEFT SCENE AT 1515
1538
19
22
BREAK OUT YOUR TRUCK
1543
22
NET
10/19 CENTRAL
1550
22
NET
10/10 CENTRAL
1622
NET
106
REQUEST INFO ON ALL CLEAR
1623
65
NET
FIRE STILL GOING ON WITH A CONTROLLED BURN
1626
NET
ALL IMAS
ALL CLEAR
1706
20 & 111
770
CAN WE LIFT ROAD BLOCKS?
1706
770
  NO
1710
NET
LMFD
T.C. RELEASES L.M. FROM ALERT WITH MANY THANKS
1922
65
NET
T.C.R. TANK FIRE IS OUT