Hempstead Apartment Fire 09/29/2020

On Tuesday, September 29th at approximately 2pm, the Hempstead Fire Department was dispatched to an unknown type fire at the intersection of Hendrickson Ave & Fulton Ave. Chief of Department Boles [80] and 2nd Assistant Chief Mott [82] were quickly on the road and were advised by Fire Alarm Central that they were receiving calls for an apartment fire at 600 Fulton Ave. Both Chiefs arrived on scene and Chief Boles transmitted a Working Fire for a confirmed apartment fire on the 3rd floor of the building. Engine 2 was quickly on scene and began standpipe operations to attack the fire while Ladder 2 began truck operations. The fire was quickly extinguished by crews on scene and placed under control in approximately 30 minutes.