Firefighter Brenner held the roof position and lowered Firefighter Scharf to bring both he and the civilian to safety. “We were met with fire on the first floor of the church – we had high heat at the door – at that point we heard someone scream ‘help me, help me.’ At that point in time – our roof team deployed a roof rope rescue,” said Lieutenant Michael Stack of L-176.įirefighter Andrew Scharf (L-176) and Firefighter Todd Brenner (L-176) determined that a roof rope rescue was necessary to bring the civilian to safety. Firefighters from L-176 strategically repositioned their truck’s aerial ladder to use it as an anchor to rescue the civilian by performing a last resort rescue tactic – the roof rope rescue. Afterwards, Firefighters were alerted that a civilian was present on the third floor window surrounded by heavy smoke. L-176 and Ladder Company 120 (L-120) were on scene within minutes and reported a heavy smoke condition.įirefighters from L-120 brought an elderly woman to safety from the second floor. On Sunday, March 5th Firefighters of Ladder Company 176 (L-176) performed a rare roof rope rescue to save a civilian from a fire on Rockaway Avenue in Brooklyn.Īt 7:33 a.m., FDNY received a call for reports of fire on the first floor at a house of worship in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

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