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Date: 10/27/12
Time: 1651 hrs
Location: Veteran's Park/Marina
Frequency: NFD
Units Operating: C2,T2, R1, E3, E1 w/ Marine 212(zodiac), NPD Dive Team/Patrol/ Detectives, NEMS
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, warm
Description Of Incident: Car submerged in harbor with people still inside
Reporters: soboss34
Units dispatched for reported car into water at Veterans Park marina with occupants(unk #) still in vehicle. Multiple phone calls. While units enrt, dispatch updated with civilians entering water attempting rescue of occupants. Updated from dispatch that car is now completely submerged with no one removed. FD units on scene entered water and took out rear window of vehicle-removed one male/one female unconscious and both in cardiac arrest. FD searched rest of vehicle with negative results. CPR initiated and NEMS ALS on scene beginning treatment. PD divers entered water and cleared vehicle and surrounding area. Vehicle removed by heavy tow. Occupants transported to Norwalk Hospital by NEMS.

Today a special drill was held at the Westchester County Department of Emergency Services Fire Training Center.
The goal was to determine different ways to deliver high volumes of foam and/or F500 while maintaining a large standoff distance.
The following depts were involved:
ConEd, Millwood FD, New Rochelle FD, Pleasantville FD, White Plains FD and Westchester DES.
Procedures/equipment tested and/or reviewed:
Around the pump foam delivery via master stream Foam Delivery Methods Transfering F500 from the county trailer directly into an engine or portable pond. High volume attack using a remote foam source (3% foam @ 500 gpm applied from 225 feet away, with the foam source 150 feet from the deck gun - Note: The system we were testing can place the foam source up to 3,000 feet away from the deck gun.)
The 2 1/2" line is providing a foam solution of 30gpm foam & 30gpm water

Using 5 gal pails in a high volume system (at 500 gpm you need 1 pail every 20 seconds) NRFD's foam bin allows unopened pails to be just dropped in and they are split open and foam pick up tubes are then used in the bin,
Using an Tower Ladder to deliver foam (3% Foam @ 500gpm from 30 - 40' elevation) Note: above that hight the back pressure prevents the eductor from picking up the foam.

I would like to thank all participants and a special thanks to Commissioner Cullen for making this drill possible.

Date: 10/26/2012
Time: 1230hrs (12:30pm)
Location: Bronx River, IAO 5 Railroad Ave (@ Cassidy Excavating Inc)
Frequency: 46.26 (Dispatch), Fire 11, Fire 19, FG, 156.015 (MPPD)
Units Operating: (Valhalla FD: 2481, 2482, E82, E83, R9, U59), (North White Plains FD: 2321, 2322, E74), (WCDES: 2001, 2003, Bat 11, Hazmat 1), NYCDEP, NYSDEC Spill Response Unit, County Health Dept., Mt Pleasant PD, Mt Pleasant Building Dept.
Weather Conditions: Mostly Cloudy, 62 Degrees
Description Of Incident: Heating oil spill into Bronx River, Staging area located at Lakeside at TSP.
Reporters: firedude, fireboyny
LoHud Article: http://www.lohud.com...|text|Frontpage
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The new rig looks great! This is NOT my photo...

Pierce Sleepy Hollow, NY 25937 by Pierce MFG, on Flickr

Here we have the flag being flown from TL-44, Engine 120 turning up the block during 1 of its rides, a wide angle of the road with 120 leaving and 119 arriving, Engine 118 from the front and side, and Car 2082 from the side and front.

Here we have 55 B2, the recruitment table inside the fire house, some helmets, 55 B1 from the side and rear, and Tower Ladder 44 from the rear

In this batch we have Rescue 18 along with a look inside of some of the compartments as well as a demonstration. There is also a Hose Cart from 1908 and turnout gear that was worn from 1940-1950.

After I went to the Somers FD Open House, I took a ride down to Croton to check theirs out. In this batch we have Tower Ladder 44 with the flag flying off of it from a distance, a wide shot of the Harmon House.

She arrived today in the Village!
All are welcome to come tomorrow or Saturday during the block party and Haunted Hayride to see her. She will be parked at Beekman and Lawrence both evenings. We wish to show the public their new fire engine.
The photo above was taken on Monday right before she left Wisconsin.
On behalf of Columbia Hose Co. #3 and the truck committee, I wish to publicly thank the Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees and the residents of the Village for their support in the acquisition of the truck. We hope that they are all as proud of her as I am. I also want to specifically thank Chief John Korzelius and Chief Driver Jack Tornello for all of their efforts.
We hope to have here in service in about a month. If you would like to know anything about her, feel free to contact me.
-Captain Carlos Romero
Columbia Hose Co. #3
Engine 87

This is a tour of their new rig...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOxtVi-kBWs

Snowicane?

Some photos of the wake.
Photos are by Tania Savayan/The Journal News
http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=BH&Dato=20121024&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=310240129&Ref=PH&odyssey=mod%7Cdefcon%7Cimg%7CFrontpage&nclick_check=1

I hope we get a nice snow storm, honestly lol..

In this group we have 45 Medic/Westchester EMS, Utility 5 and the container in which they did a live burn demonstration in. It was your basic contents of a room and how the fire reacts, etc.

Here we have all the compartments inside of Rescue 20.

Last weekend I took my 4 year old nephew up to check out the Somers Open House and take photos. In this spot we have a spot where people were able to get the feel of what holding a hose is like and practiced shooting water at a target. The little kid is my nephew, who thought that was so cool! The live burn was just the icing on the cake for him.
We also have the former Utility 34 and Utility 89 along with one of the helmets from the first assistant chief.

The scumbag has been captured in Jamaica Queens. He has two gunshot wounds unknown if he was shot by police.

I thought they were joking about this when I was told this at AMLS yesterday. Lets face it, it IS the punch line to a blonde joke!

the last ones
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If there was a job in Port Chester, that's where we'd find you. The fireground will never be the same. Rest easy, Charlie.


68 Munson Street - July 29, 2007

Date: 10/22/2012
Time: 1230hrs (12:30pm)
Location: 28 Highclere Ln (X Columbus Ave)
Frequency: 46.26 (Dispatch), Fire 11, MPPD, FG
Units Operating on Scene: (Valhalla FD: 2482, 2483, E82, R9, U59), (Hawthorne FD: 2192, 2193, L56), (Thornwood FD: 2471, 2473, TL1), (WCDES: Bat 11, C&O Zone 3), MPPD
Units Opperating on Standby: (North White Plains FD: 2322, E74 - in own HQ)
Weather Conditions: 60 Degrees, Mostly Sunny
Description Of Incident: Fully involved car fire next to structure, with minor extension, 2 L/S/O.
Reporters: firedude
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Date: 10/22/2012
Time: 1230hrs (12:30pm)
Location: 28 Highclere Ln (X Columbus Ave)
Frequency: 46.26 (Dispatch), Fire 11, MPPD, FG
Units Operating on Scene: (Valhalla FD: 2482, 2483, E82, R9, U59), (Hawthorne FD: 2192, 2193, L56), (Thornwood FD: 2471, 2473, TL1), (WCDES: Bat 11, C&O Zone 3), MPPD
Units Opperating on Standby: (North White Plains FD: 2322, E74 - in own HQ)
Weather Conditions: 60 Degrees, Mostly Sunny
Description Of Incident: Fully involved car fire next to structure, with minor extension, 2 L/S/O.
Reporters: firedude
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i should have said this in my first post, but losing Chucky is striking me pretty hard. I had the privilege of being Chucky's partner for a few years on Tuesday overnight working Medic 37 prior to my deployment to Afghanistan. He was schedule to be my partner on Tuesday Medic 31 when he came back from his injury, but they were having a tough time nailing down what was actually hurting him. This is a devastating blow to not only Empress but to all of Westchester County emergency services. He was extremely involved in both EMS as well as the volunteer fire dept. I think being Chucky's partner made me a better paramedic and I sorely miss him. He always had our backs and was the best of the best. I can always remember trading story's of his PortChester jobs vs my Pearl River Jobs, nothing was ever too small for him to give his expert opinion, and he always did have the better way to do it. I wish I told him more how much I truly valued his partnership on the ambulance, as well as his friendship. While I was deployed he always made sure to check in on my wife, and include her in the Perry Ave party's he had, or just going out to the bars. I could go on forever, about him, and i could make a list a hundred miles long of things i would give up, or change just to have him back for one more second. Please keep him and his family in your prayers and hearts cause right now he's up there teaching God how to buff the big ones.
we lost one of the good ones today.
RIP my partner, my friend, and most of all my brother. Love you guy

Date: 10/22/12
Time: 07:17
Location: 340 Illington Rd (Map) (YHFD box alarm assignment map)
Frequency: 46.26, Fire-17, County Ops-1, YPD
FD Units Operating: (Yorktown: E270, E271, E272, E273, R16, T14, 2531), (Pleasantville:T57) , (Pocantico Hills: T12), (Millwood: 2252, 2253, E-247, T-15), (Somers: T16, E181), (WCDES: BAT10, BAT17 C&O-Z4), (Bedford Hills: 2033, T5) (Ossining: 2331, 2334, E-98, U-51, FAST) (Croton; T10) (Katonah: T6) (Mohegan: L35)
FD Units standing by @ YHFD HQ: (Montrose: TL8) (Mount Kisco: E104)
PD Units Operating: (YPD, NYSP, NCPD, WCPD, DEP,)
EMS Units Operating: (YVAC: 86B1)
Weather Conditions: Clear, 48 Degrees-F
Description Of Incident: Reported fully involved structure fire
Reporters: fireboyny, peterose313, Larchmont_Boy
07:16: Time of Dispatch, (Possible structure fire, reported fully involved)
07:17: 2531 Requesting 1st alarm assignment with 2nd alarm tankers
07:23: 2251 On location, 40X80 Wood Frame, Heavy Fire on the 2nd floor and attic
07:25: 3rd engine in is to Reverse lay down the driveway
07:34: E270 approaching the scene
07:35: T10 approaching the scene
07:39: Katonah unable to respond, Millwood's tanker taking their place
07:40: Bat-10: On Location
07:43: Ossining FAST on scene
07:47: Disregard, Katonah T6 responding
07:49: 2081: Acting as water supply officer, taking over County ops 1
07:50: 2531: 2 hand lines in operation, heavy fire, switching to defensive operation
07:50: All tankers to switch to ops-1
07:51: Bat 10: Requesting C&O
07:51: T14 On location
07:51: C&O zone 4 Dispatched for responce
07:56: Con-ed Electric requested
07:58: Millwood's fill site has been established,T14 to set up fill site at IBM)
08:17: C&O Zone 5 dispatched for responce
08:23: Units overhauling at this time
08:40: 2531: Fire under control, knocking down hot spots at this time
09:00: Bat 10:All mutual aid tankers released
09:09: Bat 10: Units standing by at YHFD HQ, report to the scene for manpower
09:11: Mount kisco - 1 engine relocate to YHFD HQ
09:11: Montrose relocate ladder to YHFD HQ
09:20: E181, L10 on location, manpower report directly to fire scene
09:50: Ossining units back in service
11:23: Yorktown and Millwood units back in service
Links: lohud, patch,daily yorktown, mid hudson news, News-Day
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