Buffalo FD 3rd Alarm - 115 Lafayette ave

Preliminary Signal sent to investigate ringing alarms and smell of smoke from multiple residents. Engine 19 on scene with a working fire in a 3 story Apt bldg 240x80. B-44 updates with heavy fire in 1-4 corner on 3rd floor. Crews make entry with 2 lines. 2nd alarm sounded for manpower. Multiple residents assisted in exiting building. Truck 5 & B-47 secure utilities. Truck 7 exits roof due to sagging and now fire through roof. Defensive Operations in 1-4 corner while interior crews work lines to pinch off fire. Heavy fire through roof now brings in a 3rd Alarm by orders of B-56. Advancing fire on 3rd floor and cock loft breaches 2 firewalls allowing fire to travel across #1 side of bldg. Truck 6 attempts to trench cut roof but unable to due to conditions. Crews make second attempt at trench further down and were successful. Heavy damages to building. Multiple FF's with minor injuries. Multiple relief crews from next platoon brought in to overhaul and hose pick up.
5 -2½", 4 -1¾" Lines in use - 5 Towers airborne and flowing
ON Scene:
Engines: 19, 37, 26, 2, 36, 21, 22, 32, 38, 33, 31
Trucks: 4, 13, 6, 2, 7, 5, 14, 10, Rescue 1
Chiefs: B-44, B-47, B-43, B-56, B-51, B-52
Support Staff: F-20, 40, 9, 11, 12, 10, 72, 76, 39, 48, MCI, FC-1, MR-1, Fuel Truck, ESU Smart Team
Platoons: 1st & 3rd
Date: 3-11-2017
Time Out: PS - 01:04 hrs, Balance of 1st Alarm: 01:09 hrs
2nd Alarm: 01:12 hrs, 3rd Alarm: 01:39 hrs
Under Control: 07:37 hrs
Damages: $ 1.95 Million

[@sethtriggs]

I'm so sad, this was such a gorgeous building! But wow great job BFD getting everyone out okay!

[@beetragg]

Nice footage! I like the rundown at the beginning also. Thank you

[@murthad02]

Most all of my videos have a rundown to start the video....helps to take up space to fill where I put the initial audio

[@garykolo8650]

It was a nice looking building.

[@ziomararosado7394]

I live across the street from that building

[@jamesfraser4173]

Buffalo Fire, is F11 an investigator unit?

[@murthad02]

Yes... F10, 11 & 12... plus A & B's of those...

[@BassmanII]

This could have easily gone right to 4 alarms.

[@murthad02]

Ya...it wasnt far off. 4th Alarm would of been 4 Engines.

[@joehampton4170]

@@murthad02 ⅓

[@edloeffler9769]

The City of Buffalo"s everyday roster is 9 trucks, 19 engines, 1 heavy rescue, 5 battalion chiefs, and one division chief along with an air unit and several support units. If you look at the number of units used at this fire, a 3rd alarm pretty much empties the city. Off-duty FF's get called in to use reserve rigs and fill empty houses.

[@ItsRyanPuleo]

I live down the block from it first time I ever saw something major happen to that building its sad. Any idea of what they are going to do to the building? Plus I was trying to find some pictures or videos up above to see what the roof and the picture above looks like even though the roof is gone

[@murthad02]

I do have 1 pic taken from the bucket of Truck 13

[@ItsRyanPuleo]

Erie County NY Fire Incidents how can I see it? Twitter ? Facebook?

[@murthad02]

I see 3 FB accounts with your name...not sure which one is correct

[@ItsRyanPuleo]

Erie County NY Fire Incidents the first one. The other 2 are fakes

[@murthad02]

The one that says Buffalo Bills QB...?

[@ziomararosado7394]

I live across street from that building