SOUTH PLAINFIELD
POLICE VS. FIRE
 Benefit Softball Game
Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 6pm-10pm
SP Junior Baseball Club Field 4
HOME RUN DERBY!!!

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FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO AN INITIAL REPORT OF SMOKE IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF NEW MARKET AREA LATE TODAY. ENGINE 6 ARRIVED IN THE AREA AND NOTICED SMOKE SHOWING THROUGH THE BACK OF HOLY REDEEMER CEMETARY COMING FROM A HOUSE ON CHERRY STREET. RESPONDING UNITS REDIRECTED AND LOCATED A RUBBISH FIRE WHICH HAD EXTENDED TO A DETACHED SHED. ENGINE 6 ARRIVED AND STRETCHED THE APARTMENT LOAD TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING FOR SUPPRESSION. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY PLACED UNDER CONTROL.

TRUCK 7 WAS DISPATCHED TO A SECOND ALARM ON WEST 5TH STREET TODAY.  UPON ARRIVAL, MEMBERS WERE ORDERED TO DIVISION 2 TO OPEN UP.  TRUCK 7 MEMBERS UTILIZED THEIR SAWS AND OPENED UP THE FLOOR TO EXPOSE THE BODY OF FIRE TRAVELING BETWEEN THE FLOOR JOISTS.  THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS WERE UTILIZED.  PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SEARCHES WERE NEGATIVE AND THE FIRE WAS PLACED UNDER CONTROL BY COMMAND. 

A SMALL FIRE WAS KNOCKED OUT AND CONTROLLED BY THE BUILDINGS FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM EARLY TODAY AT 1001 DURHAM AVENUE. FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO THE LOCATION ON A REPORTED ACTIVATED FIRE ALARM AND FOUND LIGHT SMOKE ON THE THIRD FLOOR.  THE BUILDINGS FIRE PUMP AND SPRINKLER SYSTEM WERE ACTIVATED.  CLOSER INVESTIGATION LOCATED AN ACTIVATED SPRINKLER HEAD ON THE THIRD FLOOR CONTROLLING A SMALL FIRE IN AN OFFICE.  THE SYSTEM WAS SECURED AND OVERHAUL AND SALVAGE OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED.  THE FIRE WAS PLACED UNDER CONTROL AND TURNED OVER TO THE FIRE INSPECTORS FOR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES. 

ENGINE 6 AND RESCUE 1 WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORTED CAR SMOKING AFTER AN MVA AT CLINTON AND CHERRY EARLY THIS MORNING.  CENTRAL ADVISED THAT EMS WAS ON SCENE AND WAS NOW REQUESTING A DOOR POP.  UPON ARRIVAL, COMMAND REPORTED TWO VEHICLES INVOLVED WITH ONE TRAPPED.  RESCUE SETUP ON CLINTON AVENUE AND REMOVED THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR TO ALLOW ACCESS FOR EMS.  THE PATIENT WAS PACKAGED AND PLACED ONTO THE COT FOR TRANSPORT TO THE TRAUMA CENTER. 

FIRE, EMS AND POLICE UNITS RESPONDED TO THE THE FRONT STREET CROSSING EARLY THIS MORNING ON A REPORT THAT A TRAIN HAD STRUCK A VEHICLE.  ARRIVING UNITS LOCATED ONE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET DOWN THE TRACKS THAT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT.  ONE PATIENT HAD BEEN EJECTED AND WAS EVENTUALLY AIR LIFTED TO THE TRAUMA CENTER.  A SECOND PATIENT WAS ALSO TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.  THE EVENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATING BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO LINDEN AVENUE FOR A REPORTED FIRE IN THE LIVING ROOM.  ARRIVING UNITS NOTED SMOKE SHOWING ON ARRIVAL AND THE WORKING FIRE SIGNAL WAS TRANSMITTED BY DC MOCHARSKI.  ENGINE 6 STRETCHED A LINE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR FOR SUPPRESSION AND TRUCK 7 OPENED UP AS NEEDED.  INITIAL REPORTS WERE PROVIDED BY CENTRAL OF A POSSIBLE OCCUPANT STILL IN THE HOUSE.  ALL SEARCHES WERE NEGATIVE.  THE FIRE WAS PLACED UNDER CONTROL AND TURNED OVER TO THE BUREAU FOR INVESTIGATION. 

FIRE UNITS RESPONDED INTO A DUMPSTER FIRE LATE TONIGHT. A 40 YARD DUMPSTER WAS LOCATED FULLY INVOLVED AT THE REAR OF THE OCCUPANCY. THE WORKING FIRE SIGNAL WAS TRANSMITTED AND ENGINE 6 WORKED THEIR WAY INTO THE COMPLEX AND STRETCHED THE APARTMENT LOAD TO THE FIRE. A SUPPLY LINE WAS HAND STRETCHED. THE FIRE WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND PLACED UNDER CONTROL. NO FURTHER ACTIONS WERE NECESSARY.

TRUCK 7 RESPONDED INTO A SECOND ALARM ON GARFIELD AVENUE WITH PLAINFIELD FIRE UNITS. TWO LARGE 1 1/2 STORY GARAGES WERE ON FIRE WITH EXPOSURE PROBLEMS. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY KNOCKED DOWN AND UNITS WERE HELD FOR OVERHAUL.

FIRE UNITS WERE KEPT BUSY LATE TODAY WITH A LARGE AREA OF BRUSH IN VETERANS PARK. ACTORS USING FIREWORKS LIT OFF A SECTION OF BRUSH AT THE BACK END OF THE PARK. A SUBSTANTIAL WIND PUSHED THE FIRE TOWARDS SOME EXPOSURES. ENGINES 4,5 AND 6 TOOK IN THE JOB AND SHUTTLED WATER FOR THE SUPPRESSION EFFORT. THE FIRE WAS PLACED UNDER CONTROL AFTER 30 MINUTES.

Truck 7 was special called to a third alarm fire in the 900 block of North Avenue in Plainfield late today. Heavy fire was showing on arrival of the first Plainfield engine from side A of a two story mill type structure measuring 200x900. Thick smoke blanketed the street as Plainfield firefighters pushed into the structure. Truck 7 setup on side A and immediately threw a ground ladder to the roof. Truck 7 members made the roof and began vertical ventilation through a number of large penthouse windows. Interior crews were successful in darkening down the main body of fire and all searches were negative. A third alarm was eventually called for relief purposes. The fire was placed under control and turned over to the Union County Fire Investigation Squad. Union County Mutual Aid coordinators were on scene. (Photos courtesy of Jason Garcia/Westfield Fire Department)

FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO AN AUTOMATIC ALARM FOR A CHEMICAL COMPANY TODAY AND WERE GREETED WITH SMOKE COMING FROM BUILDING #3 ON ARRIVAL.  OCCUPANTS ADVISED THAT THEY HAD A PALLET ON FIRE CONTAINING FOUR DRUMS OF BARIUM PEROXIDE.  THE WORKING FIRE SIGNAL WAS TRANSMITTED AND HAZMAT WAS S/C TO THE SCENE.  ENGINE 6 DROPPED A FIVE INCH LINE INTO THE JOB AND STRETCHED AN ATTACK LINE AND A BACKUP.  ONE ENGINE FROM NEW MARKET WAS S/C TO THE SCENE.  THE PALLET AND DRUMS WERE REMOVED FROM THE BUILDING AND STAGED ON THE RECOVERY PAD ON SIDE C.  COMMAND CONFERRED WITH HAZMAT AND DECIDED TO APPLY COOLING WATER TO THE CONTAINERS.  AFTER TWENTY MINUTES OF WATER APPLICATION, HAZMAT MADE ENTRY AND SECURED THE MATERIALS.  THE INCIDENT WAS PLACED UNDER CONTROL AND TURNED OVER TO THE OCCUPANTS FOR CLEANUP. 

FIRE UNITS RESPONDED TO A REPORTED ROLLOVER ON ROUTE 287 EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE NORTH BOUND LANE. ARRIVING FIRE UNITS LOCATED A VEHICLE ON ITS ROOF WITH THE PASSENGER SELF-EXTRICATED. FIRE UNITS SETUP ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE NEW PURPOSED POLICY IN MIND AND PROVIDED LIGHTING AND ASSISTANCE TO THE STATE POLICE. ONE OCCUPANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

ENGINE 6 RESPONDED INTO METUCHEN FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE EARLY TODAY ON AMBOY AVENUE.  METUCHEN FIRE WAS ON SCENE WITH AN APPARENT BASEMENT FIRE AND ENGINE 6 WAS ORIGINALLY DETAILED AS THE FAST TEAM.  THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY PLACED UNDER CONTROL AND ENGINE 6 WAS REASSIGNED TO INTERIOR OPERATIONS. 

FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS ATTENDED THE SECOND LIVE BURN OF THE YEAR TODAY HELD AT THE MIDDLESEX COUNTY FIRE ACADEMY.  OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE TAXPAYER BUILDING.  A VERY WARM DAY PRESENTED ITS OWN PROBLEMS AS THE TEMPERATURE HIT 92 DEGREES EARLY IN THE OPERATION.  ENGINE AND TRUCK OPERATIONS WERE CONDUCTED AND REHAB WAS SETUP AND MANNED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH PLAINFIELD EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.