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From the Archives School Bus Fire - Davison Ave. School, 2010 Story & Video by Ex-Captain Steve Grogan
At 4:17 AM on Sunday, November 7, 2010, the Lynbrook Fire
Department, under the command of Chief Raymond Burke, was dispatched
by FIRECOM to a reported bus fire behind the Davison Avenue School
in Lynbrook. The first arriving Lynbrook police and firefighters
found more than one buse fully involved in fire. Upon the Chief's
arrival a general alarm was broadcast because the buses were parked
next to a portable classroom. Engine Company 421 was first on the
scene, followed by Tally-Ho 423, and Truck Company's 428. Engine
Company took their first line to the front of the buses to cool the
exposure and begin the attack of the intense fire consuming
the buses. Two of the buses were totally engulfed while the third
bus was also burning. A second and a third hose line was taken from
Engine 421 by members of that company and Tally-Ho. The other fire
companies and the Medical Company stood-by. These new buses were
purchased by the Malverne School District this past September to
take district children to Chaminade and Kellenberg High Schools.
Based on the amount of fire engulfing the buses the fire was
considered suspicious and the Nassau County Fire Marshal's Office
was called to conduct an investigation. Besides the loss of the
three buses there was additional damage to the portable classroom as
the heat broke the classroom windows. Lynbrook firefighters were at
the scene for about 90 minutes.
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