Sailr322

Awesome Photos!!! Here are my photos….

Some pictures of the fire going on in Elmsford taken with my iPhone.

By an occasional EMTBravo poster, too!! Do ya get a rep point for a save?

Date: 6/15/2012
Time: 16:22
Location: 22 Woodside Avenue (Cross Knollwood Road)
Frequency: 46.26, Fire 14, FG 2
Units Operating: [Elmsford FD:]; [Ardsley FD: L50, 2013]; [Hartsdale FD: E170]; [Valhalla FD: R9 (FAST)]; [Fairview FD: E174, R3]; [Tarrytown E80, 2462]; [Ossining FD: 2334, E99, U51 (FAST)]; [Hawthorne EMS: 63B2]; [Plesantville VAC: 7602, 7605 (Rehab)]; [irvington FD: L36]; [WCDES: EMS B11, FD B12]; [Greenburgh PD]; [Elmsford PD]; [Con Edison.]
Units Relocated: [Tarrytown FD: L31]; [Pocantico Hills FD: E189]; [scarsdale FD; E56]
Weather Conditions: Warm, dry
Description Of Incident: Working fire in a 25x50 2-story P/D. House fully involved on arrival. Extension to B Side exposure which is a 2.5-story similar. Crew entered the B Side exposure and found fire in the attic. Master streams used to quickly knock down the fire in the original fire building.
Reporters: Sailr322
Writer: PFDRes47cue
16:20 - Elmsford FD toned out for structure fire.
16:22 - Elmsford FD, Valhalla FAST, Fairview Engine, Irvington Ladder, toned out for 10-75.
16:23 - Hartsdale Engine and Hawthorne EMS requested to the scene.
16:29 - Exposures on B and C Sides, 25x50 2-story wood frame fully involved, fire in the exposure as well.
16:30 - 2163 standing-by in EFD HQ, L50, E80, L36 requested to the scene, E189 to EFD HQ
16:31 - Pocantico Hills one engine to the scene.
16:32 - L50 responding to the scene
16:33 - E80 and L36 responding to the scene
16:38 - L50 requested to expedite to the front of the structure
16:39 - L50 and 2013 on location
16:42 - E80 and 2462 on location, L31 standing-by in EFD quarters
16:43 - R3 on location
16:47 - Con Ed cut power to the whole block
16:48 - All hands working, first structure is fully involved exterior operations underway, all units interior attack on the second structure
16:50 - Ossining FAST, Battalion 12, and a rehab to the scene by IC
16:51 - E175 to EFD HQ, Pleasantville Rehab and EMS Battalion 11 to the scene
17:12 - E56 out at Fairview
17:19 - Operation at 1 hour, all exterior operations on both first and second building
17:25 - Battalion 11 on scene
17:41 - Battalion 12 back in service
17:43 - Pleasantville Rehab setup and in service
18:04 - E56 returning to Scarsdale
18:19 - All exterior attacks, all hands still working, duration of incident 2 hours
19:25 - As per Battalion 11 releasing: Irvington, Tarrytown, and Ardsley units from the scene

Not only did the restaurant NOT pick up my bill, they gave me the VICTIMS bill!!
OK kidding, but no they did not get the tab. Based on my consumption Hx, it could have been a bank breaker for them.
I have forgotten how to quote previous posts, but that guy a few posts back is right- the on -duty LVAC medic got the obstruction out with the magills after he looked, I looked and he looked again. That occured after we got pulses back with CPR and back blows.
My guess is that dieing kind of relaxed his airway which allowed our CPR and attempts at BVM'ing to get in enough air to quicken and strengthen his heart rate and contraction.
Being a medic, I am always skeptical of pre-arrival "saves", so I am even skeptical of mine. I know I felt for a pulse and found none, and there was ZERO respiratory effort. With CPR we got a pulse quite fast, and during the "analyze" of the AED no shock was indicated, so in retrospect, I bet he had cardiac activity, but due to hypoxia it was slow and weak and we just did not/could not detect it. If you are in doubt of a pulse, then you gotta get to work, and that is what we did. I have seen CPR stopped in many cases of "hey I gotta pulse!" only to find out it was, well, wishful thinking. Was this a true arrest save? not sure. Was it a life save, yea, I think it was because if no action was taken during the response, the pt would have progressed further down the road to death, in all likelyhood past the point of no return. Since he had stopped breathing before I even got to him, the Grim Reaper must have gotten a decent head start on EMS. But in the end, we prevailed. I'd name the on duty guy, but I don't know how he'd feel about it. He gets a lot of credit too.

Great work Bill! Another awesome off duty save!!

Nice job Bill...from an old LVAC JAFO!!

John, only you would be concerned about food lol.
I never got my meal paid for after picking up your food while working KEC-625 ;-).
Again, nice work Bill, way to step up.
Oh, don't want to leave anyone out, so nice job to Anyone else involved in this incident.

Why no mention of the medic who was working and who actually cleared the airway? Seems like that was the key here...

People drink moonshine up here?

Really like the finished product. Hope it serves you guys well!

Wish I could have grown up with rigs like these to have those memories too!

Great work Bill! Another awesome off duty save!!

Picture taken on the ramp of Station 1,Old Mam'k Road.
The rig is a 1955 Seagrave which was in reserve status at the time. Originally assigned to station 5 , Robertson Ave.

Additional White Plains FD photos on this previous thread.http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/40515-white-plains-fd-updated-ladder-33-tiller-working/

Professionalism when it counted the most!
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Nice photos!