Walden (Orange County) - 5th Alarm Structure Fire - 6/20/2015 - FF Injury/Collapse

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Date: 06/20/2015
Time: 20:45
Location: 3 Orange Avenue x State Route 52
District: Walden Fire District
Units: Walden units, Coldenham Truck 205 (FAST) & Rescue 208 t/s, Montgomery Truck 221 t/s, Maybrook Engine 218 t/s, Pine Bush Truck 234 t/s, City of Newburgh Engine 1 (FAST) t/s, Goodwill Engine 311 t/s, Orange Lake Engine 326 t/s, Wallkill (Ulster County) 1 engine t/s, Walker Valley (Ulster County) 1 engine t/s, Bullville Engine 252 s/b Walden Station 1, Vails Gate Truck 482 s/b Walden Station 1, Campbell Hall Engine 900 s/b Maybrook, Middle Hope 1 engine s/b Goodwill, Plattekill (Ulster County) Engine 47-40 s/b Coldenham, Gardiner (Ulster County) 1 engine s/b/i/q for Walden, Town of Montgomery EMS (BLS) t/s, Mobile Life Support Services (ALS & SORT) t/s, 36-4, 36-11, 36-12 & EMS-17 t/s, Village of Walden Police t/s

Additional Units Called, Unable to Fill: Winona Lake (requested for truck and fire police t/s), Cronomer Valley (requested for engine t/s), Salisbury Mills (requested for engine to s/b Coldenham) & Washingtonville (requested for engine t/s)

Description: Working structure fire in a brick 3-story mixed use (commercial & residential) building, fire through the roof with initial report of victim trapped (later rescued). During the incident there was a collapse of the roof and partial third floor causing immediate exterior only operations. 1 Walden firefighter went into cardiac arrest on scene, CPR was administered and they were transported. As of 6/21/2015, he is in a medically induced coma. An additional firefighter suffered more minor injuries due to falling down stairs.

All photos obtained from Orange and Rockland County Fire Facebook page, unknown photographers.

1st Responder Broadcast Network article

Edited June 21, 2015 by idlewildvfd

[idlewildvfd 88]

There was a re-kindle at this scene earlier today. There was an additional collapse of one of the structure's walls and 2 patients were transported by EMS secondary to that collapse. Coldenham Truck 205 was requested t/s on an automatic response.