Broward Marine Fire - (Fort Lauderdale, Florida - September 5, 1996) » Fire Department Dispatched

The first alarm was at 12:52 a.m. and Engine 2, Quint 2, Engine 3, Engine 8, Battalion Chief 102 and Battalion Chief 402 were dispatched. (See Appendix C for breakdown of the six alarms.) Engine 3 requested a second alarm prior to arrival. Engine 29, Engine 49, Ladder 35, the air support unit - Support 13, Battalion Chief 302, and Division Chief 2 were dispatched on the second alarm.

Upon departing quarters at Station 2 on Andrews Avenue, 37 blocks away, a col - umn of heavy black smoke was observed in the vicinity of the marina. Battalion Chief 102 requested a third alarm transmitted at 12:59 a.m. Responding on the third alarm were Engine 35, Engine 47, and Ladder 49. Mutual aid response on the third alarm were the Port Everglades fire boat and the Coast Guard fire boat.

A police unit already on the scene reported heavy black smoke. Calls describing heavy smoke, flames and explosions continued to come into 911; dispatch updated all com - panies en-route of reports of explosions and large flaming embers floating over the area.

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