fireboyny

God bless him!

Date: 4-15-12

Time:18:37

Location: 2621 Quaker Church Road

Frequency: Fire 46.26, Fire 17, 453.5625-YHFD Repeater

Units Operating on Scene: (Yorktown FD: E270, E272, E273, R16, 2531, L51, U83, "Fire PD") (YVAC/Yorktown Medic: 34M2, 86B1) (Bedford Hills FD: TL57, 2031, FAST) (WCDES: Bat17) YPD

Units Relocated to YHFD Station 1: (Somers FD: E181, 2441) (Mohegan FD: L10)

Weather Conditions: Cloudy 70 Degrees F

Description Of Incident: Structure fire on the 'C' side of the structure

Reporters: fireboyny, x4093k, larchmont_boy

18:37: Yorktown Dispatched for Possible Structure Fire @ 2621 Quaker Church Road

18:39: 2531 On Location, Fire on the "C" Side of the structure, 2 story wood frame, 10-75 issued

18:45: (Mohegan FD - Ladder) and (Somers FD - 1 Engine) paged to cover YHFD @ station 1

18:54: 2531 requesting Yorktown Fire Police to the Scene for traffic control.

19:07: 2531 reporting Fire K/D, holding all units for overhall

19:50: 2531-Situation under control, Bedford Hills FAST can go back in service

20:10: 2531- Yorktown Units back in service, releasing all mutual aid

Links: NYCfire.net , YHFD Box Assignments Yorktown Patch YHFD Article

Date:4-10-12

Time: 00:33 - 03:46

Location:380 DOWNING DR - Turco's Supermarket

Units Operating: (Yorktown FD: 2533, E272, E273, 2531 L51) (Yorktown Medic / YVAC: 34M1 86B1) (WCDES: BAT17, CC24, WCHD, C&O zone 4) (Croton FD: FAST, E119, 2081, 2086) (Bedford Hills FD TL57, 2034, 2031) (DOH)

Units Relocated to Yorktown HQ for Standby: (Somers FD: E181, 2444) (Mohegan FD: TL35)

Description Of Incident: Originally Paged out as a dumpster fire. Fire extended from the compactor area on to the structure. Note: Yorktown was dispatched to a separate dumpster fire in the area (COMMERCE ST/DOWNING DR)earlier that morning.

Google Maps

YHFD's article

YHFD Assignments by BOX

Journal News Article

Yorktown Patch Article

Reporter: fireboyny

Date: 3-6-12

Time:08:30:23

Location: 2957 CROMPOND RD - FDR STATE PARK

Frequency: Fire-17, 46.26

Units Operating: [YHFD: 2533, E272, R16] [WCDES: 2001, CC1,] [NYS Park PD]

Weather Conditions: 50 Deg-F, Wind NNE @ 5-10mph

Description Of Incident:POWDER HAZE IN BATHROOM BY PARKING LOT 1

Reporters: fireboyny, drgripsthrowawaytowel

Writer: fireboyny

NYSPP calls in a report of a "powder like haze" in the restroom by parking lot 1,

Park police noticed the haze in the bathroom and called it in as per their protocol

08:20:23: Tones went out for Yorktown chiefs at 830.

As per 2533 : Tone out as a hazardous condition response

E272, R16 signed on responding, E273 was turned around and placed back into service to stand-by in quarters for the duration

2533 arrived on scene, requested a rep from county hazmat respond

Hazmat rep determined the situation to be non-hazardous and all units went back into service.

Will update once additional information becomes available.

If anyone has additional information, please PM

Date: 2/27/12

Time:10:21 ET

Location: Daytona International Speedway (Turn 3)

Departments: Speedway Fire, Speedway Medic, Speedway Facilities,

Description: Race car looses control, crashes into Jet Dryer causing an explosion. Approximately 200 gallons of Jet fuel ignite. Units clear about 1.5 hours later.

Links: Washington Post,Fox Sports, Youtube

Writer:fireboyny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW7b8l9iqjc

While we're on this topic are the DOT help truck drivers (State Farm Help Trucks) trained for any sort of EMS situations? Do they have the ability to communicate with 60 control, or local police?

To tell you the truth the southbound bridge has always troubled me. The guide rails for a heavily traveled roadway by cars that average speeds in excess of 60 mph appear to low for comfort. I am sure there are safety specs that back up their design especially given the fact that it was recently rehabbed and luckily no one has catapulted over and into the drink below but with the speeds, tight lanes and number of high profile SUVs on the road it sure looks like a "dive team response" waiting to happen.

Does anyone know if Police / Fire departments have control over the digital signage? Or perhaps 60 control, or is it controlled thru some DOT garage?

I know this was touched upon in the Yorktown Station 3 thread but thought it would be appropriate to give it its own thread:

Just wondering what everyone thinks about the AMVET bridge overhaul in Yorktown and how it will effect responses? Seems like once the project is over it will be much more friendly to emergency service workers. According to Yorktown Patch, the following improvements are planned besides the bridge overhaul:

Installation of 31 Blue tooth traffic sensor<li>Installation of 7 traffic cameras<li>Placement of 29 portable message signs<li>Installation of 3 median barrier gates<li>On-site tow truck service for morning and afternoon 3-hour peak travel periods<li>Construction of 10 emergency pull off areas<li>Alternate emergency route signage

Seth made a great point, This is something that normally doesn't come across most FAST teams minds,... I Hate to say it but it would be interesting to see how various FAST teams would react to a situation such as this

So the engine was driven by a Captain. 253-4 is no longer "Captain", he is "Engine xxx Driver". S/He cannot act as both positions. Now, if they do not have enough members/drivers to fill those spots with the current station for a daytime alarm, how do they propose this new station will be staffed? I'm not terribly familiar with Yorktown demographics/geography/zoning etc, but it seems like the southern part of town is mostly residential. So even if they recruit new members that live near Station 3, I would think most of them would be at work, again, not staffing for daytime alarms. Unless they propose a live in station system, but no living/bunk areas are being provided.

The Southern Part of the district is primarally residential, (wooded) with the exception of the IBM Watson Research Center, located within a mile of the "Proposed" Firehouse.

strang: If you don't mind me asking, how is he no longer a Captain because he was the Chauffeur of an engine? He is still a firematic officer, and takes the role of I/C until a "higher" officer is on location.

RIP Buddy,

Any word on funeral arrangements?

And already Al Sharpton (The Tri State Area Racist) is commenting about the American's who oppose this...

2534 is a Captain.

253:1-3: YHFD Chiefs

253: 4-5: Captains

253: 6-9: Lieutenants

As per yorktownfire.org:

Chief Clint Loretta (Car 2531)

1st Assistant Chief Chet Swirski (Car 2532)

2nd Assistant Chief Doug Gollogly (Car 2533)

Captain Jason Swart (Car 2534)

Captain Paul Dillon (Car 2535)

Lieutenant Jeff Slotoroff (Car 2536)

Lieutenant Derek Grisanti (Car 2537)

Lieutenant Tim Mentrasti (Car 2538)

Lieutenant John Lembke (Car 2539)

http://www.yorktownfire.org/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=301

I have heard increasing talk lately about electronic accountability systems ranging from proximity systems to radio "keying" and I was wondering of the very few departments which have this technology, what you guys think of it, and in general, can a system like this be trusted over "Old Fashioned" accountability systems such as tagging?

So use the money to build a new station 1, if they are in such dire need.

Station 1 is owned by Yorktown Heights Engine Co. #1, NOT the Fire District. Station 2 (and future station 3) are owned by the fire district

Just a little off topic, but weren't there "suggestions" that Yorktown was also going to switch to County PD?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????????

Isn't that what every apparatus operator is taught to do before they are cleared or at least ask the dispatcher where the hydrant is????

I agree, I hate it when Volunteer firefighters are held to lower standards, especially by officers of the volly dept...

however, I do think there should be some sort of legislation mandating that ALL hydrants that are not in service have a not in service collar on them. My neighbor has an old hydrant he uses as a mailbox post and I know that the Water Dept. tagged it w/ one (although any FF who thinks that a wet barrel hydrant from the 30s with a mailbox attached to it is an operable one should be "checked out")...

the 60 calls per year explain why their appratus are in mint condition.

Besides that, it is obvious that the departments are well funded, as nothing is really out of date (at least from what I see in the photos), actually ive seen some departments in central NY that receive several hundred calls per year that don't have anywhere near the equipment pictured above...

interesting, would be interesting to compair the accuracy of this with the machines used by ems. Personally I think this would be more of a target item for someone with cardio issure rather than emergency services...,

I thought they burned propane to "protect" against most of this, much like indoor forklifts...

you would think

I hate to say it but it will either take a severe illness or fatality for this to change.... Its sickening to know that the government will work up a sweat to overprotect the fish, but when it comes to situations like this, the government doesn't do crap....

thanks, great to know...

also, I like the Mc Bulk CO2 label...

although it is obvious some sog were not followed (at least sog that exist in my department), I actually think they got lucky parking where they did, who knows what else could have been in its way

###1: ###1 to 60-control

60 Control: 60 control is on

###1: Fire K/D, Overhauling at this time

60 Control: 60 recieved, Fire Knocked Down, Overhauling at this time

UNKNOWN: UH CHIEF, WE'VE GOT HEAVY FIRE VENTING OUT OF THE BC SIDE OF THE HOUSE

###1: ###1 TO 60 CONTROL, DISREGARD MY LAST UPDATE, IVE GOT HEAVY FIRE VENTING OUT OF THE BC SIDE OF THE HOUSE

Like the trunk setup. Just Out of curiosity, is there any NFPA standards regarding Utilitys, or "cars?"