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Is this seriously an article about a car fire ?

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Date: 1-23-16
Time: 23:07
Location: 401 Claremont Ave C/S Gramercy Place and Maiden Lane
District: Thornwood
Battalion: 11
Incident Commander: Car 2471
Channel: Fire 11
Weather: 16F, wind, snow, over 12" fresh snow on ground
Units: (See rundown below updates)
Writer: x635
Description: Dispatched as a commercial alarm
23:11 Car 2471 transmitting a 10-75, fire in a 2 story commercial warehouse of hardware store
23:17 Car 2471 reporting fire on the first floor of a 200x100 commercial building, positive water source at this time
23:24 Car 2471 reporting water on the fire
23:29 Car 2471 reporting car fire within the structure, main body of fire knocked down, checking for extension
23:34 Car 2471 request all units responding go to Gramercy Place to stage
23:30 Car 2471 requesting C&O Team
23:31 Car 2471 requesting Pleasantville Engine 91 stage on Gramercy and report to fire building to assist with ventilation
23:35 Car 2471 requesting Briarcliff Rescue 37 Cascade stage as close to the scene as possible
23:39 Car 2471 reporting fire knocked down, negative extension, all primary and secondary searches negative, still a decent smoke condition in warehouse
(01-24-16)
01:09 All Thornwood FD units in service returning
Units:
Thornwood FD Engine 88, Engine 89, Rescue 75, Tower Ladder 1, Car 2471 (IC), Car 2472, Car 2473
Valhalla FD Rescue 9 (FAST), Car 2484
Hawthorne FD Engine 155 (Standby in their quarters), Car 2191
Pleasantville FD Engine 91, Car 2372
Millwood FD Ladder 52, Car 2251
Briarcliff FD Rescue 37 (Cascade), Car 2051
Pleasantville VAC 76-B-1, 76-B-2
Mount Pleas ALS 37-M-1
Mount Pleas PD
WCDES Battalion 11, C&O Zone 3 Team

RIP. Clint Herbert who is the father of 7 children ranging from 1 1/2 to 18 years old, many of whom attend Somers schools, and also leaves behind a wife, was killed in a crash in Somers during Sunday nights icy weather . He was a Con Ed Electric Foreman and was originally from Eastchester. He's responded to many accident scenes, storms, etc in his duties as a Foreman and Lineman. He worked mainly in the Bronx but spent a lot of time in Westchester too.
We work hand in hand with the guys from Con Ed now more then ever. Help keep this post on the top of the post list by adding your condolences so the fundraiser info can be seen by more people for a little while.
Thoughts and prayers first are with him, his family and friends, and the Somers FD, WEMS, and NYSP responders who tried to save his life against all odds. Was a very hard job to work from my understanding, and obviously so.
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Notable incident is self defining. We all are way to familiar to all the problems in the local fire service. The title of this thread is "Westchester Run Totals 2015". For stats, curiosity, fun, whatever. If you want to go into the other issues, fine. Just please don't hijack this thread, start a new one.

In these departments that self-dispatch yet regularly need to request mutual aid for basic incidents, whats the protocol? I'd imagine the dispatcher still needs to contract 60 to request mutual aid. Is this assumption incorrect? If its not, what's the point of self-dispatch if you need to contact 60 for anything of substance?

I've only kept my pager at my house so I can't give exact locations but I've heard complaints from members of different agencies all over Northern Westchester and there do seem to be several pockets with spotty reception. As far as cell reception goes I've experienced lack of service in parts of Northern Westchester from the Hudson to the Connecticut border. As other members have pointed out there certainly are some areas that don't get reception.

Is it really obsolete and useless? I know here in Westchester there are areas that pagers and cell phones don't get any reception. I don't know anything about this area of Delaware, but I imagine if one of the wealthiest counties in the country has areas lacking service, other areas have similar problems.

That's what I got in it for. Who wants to fight fires when there's all that sweet paper work to do !

Date: 11-26-15
Time: 1209hrs
Location: 1 Baxter Rd C/S Titicus Rd and June Rd
District: Croton Falls
Channel: Fire 17, Fireground 6
Weather: 52F, Clear
Units: (See listing below rundown)
Writers/Reporters: x635

Description: Fire in a 3 story wood frame residential dwelling

12:12 Car 2072 on scene with fire showing from the roof, residents evacuated, 10-75 requested

12:14 Command requesting Engine 149 to leave room in the driveway for Ladder 67 to set up

12:20 Car 2072 has heavy fire through the roof, 30x60 wood frame structure

12:27 Car 2072 advising water on the fire, not under control at this time

12:30 Water fill site established

12:50 Command advising main body of fire knocked down

14:01 Command advising fire under control, overhaul and investigation in progress

Units:
Croton Falls Engine 147, Engine 148, Engine 149, Ladder 67, Tanker 8, Rescue 28, MA-16 Car 2072 I/C, Car 2073
Bedford Hills Tower Ladder 57 (Initially FAST, went to work), Utility 6, Car 2031
Somers FD Tanker 16, Rehab Unit, Car 2441
Goldens Bridge FD Tanker 1
Yorktown FD Rescue 16 (FAST), Car 2531
Mahopac FD Engine 18-2-1 (Initially relocated to CFFD HQ, then redirected to scene)
Katonah FD Engine 116 (Relocate Croton Falls HQ)
Brewster FD Engine 11-2-5 w/ 11-8-1 (Hose reel unit)
North Salem VAC 72-B-1, 72-B-2
Lewisboro VAC 67-B-1 (Standby in the quarters for North Salem VAC)
WEMS 45-M-2
North Salem Police
WCDES Battalion 17, C&O Zone 5

**Please PM me with any updates or corrections**

That's what I got in it for. Who wants to fight fires when there's all that sweet paper work to do !

That's what I got in it for. Who wants to fight fires when there's all that sweet paper work to do !

1) The land owned by the Bedford Fire District is actually located on the corner of Old Post Road and Southbrook Rd, directly across from Greenwich Road. Not at Route 172 and Route 22.
2) Bedford is in committee to replace Engine 110, a 1987 Seagrave Engine. The members of the department and district feel that replacing the engine is what they need to better serve the community.
3) As a Chief of a neighboring department that has an excellent social and working relationship with the Bedford Fire Department I can say that the departments in our area (especially the 13th and 16th Battalions) train multiple times a year and we run through as many "Water Supply" and structural firefighting scenarios as we can plus we all run together on a regular basis.
We all know the resources the BFD has to offer. Engine 109 is the scene engine, going directly to the seat of the fire. while Engine 108 lays to or from a water source, while the mutual aid tankers nurse or set up for shuttle operations. The Chief Officers of BFD have done a great job for pre planning all of their box alarms for Greater Alarms. On any reported Structure Fire in their district, they get at a minimum of a mutual aid Ladder Company and Tanker, and as the incident envolves so do the resources called in their predetermined Greater Alarm polices.
4) In this time with all of the talks of how Fire Departments should be consolidating, sharing resources is the most economical and fairest option for the taxpayers of the Bedford Fire District and the Town of Bedford.
5) Lastly, in regards to the Pound Ridge Incident, The Chief called the resources he felt were necessary for THAT incident, and in no way was he trying to "shaft" BFD out of the mutual aid assignment.
Thanks for reading and have a great Thanksgiving!
J.Nickson
Asst. Chief BHFD

Date: 10-29-15
Time: 20:30hrs
Location: 189 Union Ave
District: Tarrytown
Units: Tarrytown FD Engine 76, Engine 77, Engine 79, Engine 80 Tower Ladder 78, Ladder 37, Car 2461 (I/C), Ardsley Engine 164 (FAST), Tarrytown VAC 81-B-2, Battalion 14

Description: Kitchen fire with extension into walls of a wood frame single family residential dwelling. Fire knocked down inside 2nd story walls before it reached the attic and eaves.

Date: 10-29-15
Time: 23:30hrs
Location: 854 North Broadway "The Little Spot" resturant
District: North White Plains
Units: North White Plains FD Engine 74, Ladder 47, Valhalla VAC 82-B-2, Mount Pleasant Medic 37-M-1, North Castle PD

Description: Car into structure. Minor injuries, but significant structural damage. NWFD shored up the structure so the vehicle could be removed safely and without any further damage.

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You do understand ISIS and the current refuge crisis in Syria wouldn't exist had we not invaded Iraq and later interfered in the Syrian civil war right?

Here's a link to the study http://www.larchmontgazette.com/2009WP/2009graphics/firereport.pdf
To sum it up, by consolidating 10 of the southern Westchester departments and cutting down from 28 engines and 14 ladders to 19 engines and 14 ladders, all of which would now be manned by 4 firefighters. While it is true that a department like New Rochelle wouldn't see much of an increase in firefighters stationed in their city, they would have a greater number of firefighters responding to alarms as now the first due companies will be whatever is closest. An example given by the study is a structure fire in the north end of NR would now get units from Scarsdale, Eastchester and Hartsdale before units from the south end of NR as they are actually closer. Read for yourself and make your own conclusion.

It's hardly fair to bring up one detail of an incident and just say "well that was dumb of them". I haven't heard many of the details of this fire so I'd be interested. What mutual aid units were sent? Was anyone requested and not able to respond? Where there any other incidents in the county at that time causing departments to not be able to send mutual aid?
A 4 alarm fire is a massive incident, even if the entire county were merged into one department I'd imagine that during a 4-alarm incident some areas would be lower on staffing than usual.

It's hardly fair to bring up one detail of an incident and just say "well that was dumb of them". I haven't heard many of the details of this fire so I'd be interested. What mutual aid units were sent? Was anyone requested and not able to respond? Where there any other incidents in the county at that time causing departments to not be able to send mutual aid?
A 4 alarm fire is a massive incident, even if the entire county were merged into one department I'd imagine that during a 4-alarm incident some areas would be lower on staffing than usual.

Date: October 25, 2015.
Time: 14:43
Location: 291 North State Road btwn Stafford Street and Copley Court
District:
Units: E92, E93, E94, TL40, R37

Description: Reported structure fire, 2-story duplex apartment, report of person trapped
Multiple callers
14:44 10-75 requested
To Fireground:
Ossining (E99, TL42)
Croton FAST (R18)
Millwood (L52)
Battalion 12
Station Coverage:
Pleasantville (E91 to BMFD HQ)
Chappaque (TL27 to BMFD HQ)
2051 reporting occupant is out of the building
Firefighters have effected the removal of the occupant, minor injuries, EMS to transport to WCMC
2051 reporting fire on the second floor of a 20x50 duplex
2051 reporting fire has been knocked down
2051 requesting C&O
Battalion 12 reporting fire under control, Approx. 15:08

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2015/10/25/briarcliff-firefighters-rescue-resident-house-blaze/74592802/

It's hardly fair to bring up one detail of an incident and just say "well that was dumb of them". I haven't heard many of the details of this fire so I'd be interested. What mutual aid units were sent? Was anyone requested and not able to respond? Where there any other incidents in the county at that time causing departments to not be able to send mutual aid?
A 4 alarm fire is a massive incident, even if the entire county were merged into one department I'd imagine that during a 4-alarm incident some areas would be lower on staffing than usual.

Here's the list from the county for all to see.
http://www.docdroid.net/tQjsxbK/65-061firefightereligiblelist102015.pdf.html

Here's the list from the county for all to see.
http://www.docdroid.net/tQjsxbK/65-061firefightereligiblelist102015.pdf.html