On March 30, 2013, the Terryville Fire Department began receiving multiple calls for a fire in the vicinity of the defunct Lawrence Aviation property. Upon arrival, a working fire was confirmed and additional mutual aid was requested due to visible fire that was through the roof of the main building. The initial attack was an exterior operation, deploy- ing TFD L-4 and PJFD L-1 to opposite side of the building, in addition to multiple two- and-a-half-inch hand lines. “Operations East” was under the commandof Chief Young and “Operations West” was under the command of Captain McCarren. After the ladders hit all visible fire, two lineswere deployed inside of the structure to hit additional pockets of fire, however due to the collapse hazard, the hose teams were unable to fully extinguish the fire. TFD Ladder 4, along with Setauket’s tower ladder, went back into operation. With the assistanceof the Town of Brookhaven, an excavator was deployed to remove the concrete exterior wall and expose the remaining pockets of fire. Mutual Aid Departments includ- ed: Port Jefferson, Mt. Sinai, Miller Place, Coram, Centereach, Selden, Rocky Point, SoundBeach, and Nesconset. The Town of Brookhaven Command Vehicle also respond- ed to the scene and was used as the Command Post for the last several hours of the nine hour call.
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