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Person found dead after house fire in Kent
By ROB RYSER
(Original publication: February 14, 2007)
The Journal News
KENT - One person is dead after a fire destroyed a single-family home on Route 301 in the Kent Cliffs section of town overnight, the Kent Fire Department said.
It was not clear at 7 a.m. who the person was, Kent Fire Chief Michael Christiansen said. The Putnam County coroner was still at the scene.
The blaze had completely taken over the home by the time the fire department got the 911 call at 3 a.m.
There was no chance for volunteers to enter blaze to look for occupants.
"The fire was from the floor to the roof," Christiansen said.
A cat and dog were also discovered dead, the chief said.
The fire was quickly put out after firefighters arrived.
No firefighters were injured, the chief said.
Route 301 remained closed at 7 a.m. from Peekskill Hollow Road to Ninham Road.
Check LoHud.com for updates and read more about this story tomorrow in The Journal News
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NYSP can issue anywhere in the state, the MTA PD can do anywhere in Orange, Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Fairfield, New Haven, NYC or LI.
Just out of curiosity, where did you read MTA was limited to those counties?
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Seeing as he isn't the prosecutor it would be fine. The DA would prosecute... He's just the issuing officer. The ticket would more likely than not go to the state, not his department. As long as all the proper paperwork is done it should be OK.Well, State's vary on who handles the prosecution of Traffic Tickets. Even in New York, it varies by what part of the state your talking about.
But, as was mentioned, since he isn't contesting the ticket, there is no true "prosecution" role to be played.
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Mohegan VAC planning on doing another CME Sunday this year? It was a nice way to knock out 16 CME's last year...
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Date: 02 Feb 07
Time: 1440 Hrs
Location: Rt 9A at Scenic Drive West
Frequency:
Units Operating: CFD, CFD*EMS, CPD
Description Of Incident: MVA rollover with extrication.
Writer: INIT915
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His attorneys, pushing for life in prison without parole, claim there were mitigating factors in Wilson being brought up in a chaotic, disjointed childhood with parents addicted to drugs and alcohol.Am I the only one tired of hearing BS excuses like this? What kind of household do you need to grow up in to know this is inappropriate behavior?
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3 Carmel police officers hailed as heroes at Mahopac fire
By TERENCE CORCORAN AND ROB RYSER
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: January 27, 2007)
MAHOPAC - A pre-dawn fire yesterday at a condominium complex off Route 6 sent a boy to the hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, authorities said.
But the 5:15 a.m. fire at the Woodcrest Gardens condominiums might have turned deadly if not for three Carmel police officers who ran from door to door, waking people during the blaze, which destroyed one apartment.
"Their quick, decisive action more than likely saved the lives of several residents," said police Lt. Brian Karst.
Officers Stephen Kunze, Thomas Raffaele and Neil Brown were told moments after they responded to the burning apartment that residents of the adjoining units had been evacuated.
They decided to check anyway.
Kunze broke into one apartment that was filling with smoke and woke a sleeping couple, Karst said. Raffaele and Brown found a man sleeping in another apartment where flames were coming through the walls.
Tom Broderick, one of many people who was roused from a sound sleep, had high praise for the officers.
"They did a great job," said Broderick, 49, who works for the Westchester County Department of Public Works and has lived there 12 years. "Their concern was getting everyone out, including animals, and they were tremendous. If someone said there's a cat in that apartment, they went back and got the cat."
The fire destroyed unit D-8 and damaged some adjacent units, including Broderick's, D-2, which had smoke damage.
Neighbors said a woman and her two children lived in the burned unit, although information on their identities - and the boy's condition - was not available. The boy was taken by ambulance to Putnam Hospital Center.
With temperatures as low as 3 degrees, more than 100 responding firefighters were hampered by frozen hoses and slippery conditions. Water froze as soon as it hit the pavement.
About three dozen evacuated residents huddled in buses that the Mahopac school district sent to keep them warm.
The officers kicked in the doors to apartments where no one answered, to make sure the units were vacant. Steve Sciacchitano, a 29-year-old carpenter who lives near the burned unit, was house-sitting for his parents in Southeast when the blaze broke out. His door wasn't kicked in, he said, because he had left it unlocked.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation yesterday, although Karst said it was not suspicious. Mahopac fire officials said displaced residents were staying with relatives and had declined offers of help from the Red Cross.
The complex has 72 units, including studio and one- and two-bedroom apartments.
There are six two-story buildings, each with 12 units. One was built in 1965 and the others in 1976. The complex sits on a 12-acre parcel off Route 6 at Mount Hope Road on a hill behind the Spain Insurance Agency offices.
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Journal News
5 die in Fishkill house fire
(Original publication: January 19, 2007)
FISHKILL, N.Y. (AP) - Five people were killed in an overnight house fire, state police said today.
Two adults and three children died in the blaze in the Dutchess County town of Fishkill shortly after 3 a.m., according to state police.
No other information was immediately available about the victims or the cause of the fire.
Fire, police and rescue agencies were still at the scene this morning.
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Journal News
5 die in Fishkill house fire
(Original publication: January 19, 2007)
FISHKILL, N.Y. (AP) - Five people were killed in an overnight house fire, state police said today.
Two adults and three children died in the blaze in the Dutchess County town of Fishkill shortly after 3 a.m., according to state police.
No other information was immediately available about the victims or the cause of the fire.
Fire, police and rescue agencies were still at the scene this morning.
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L45 - 1 Career FF
E130/39M2 - 1 Career Fire Medic
E131/35M1 - 1 Career Fire Medic
E132 - 1 Career FF (Sometimes)
E133 - 1 Career FF (BLS Engine)
E134 - 1 Career FF
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Date: 12/23/06
Time: 16:20 Hrs
Location: I/F/O 138 Watch Hill Rd
Frequency: Multiple
Units Operating: NYSP, Montrose Fire, Cortlandt EMS, Cortlandt ALS
Description Of Incident: NYSP 3K53 en route with (2) Troopers to a domestic dispute involved in a PIAA. Units reporting (1) Trooper with compound arm fracture.
Writer: INIT915
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On the highway, these HELP trucks are great. The are always assisting us, and all the guys I work with are professional and hard workers.
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Same, I've only seen Crown Vics with Blue Flashers (some halogen, some LED) I dont know if they went back and changed the halogen filters, but I would think the ones with LED flashers are new units. Next time I'm home, I'll look across the street and try to get a look. (I live across the street from SP Tarrytown)They're (SLOWLY) changing all existing lightbars, in addition to turning out all new cars with the blue lenses, or blue LED's in the cases of the new units.
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Troop "H" is HQ. No patrol vehicle's turn out of there, just H plates to signify it is a pilot use vehicle that will be traveling around the State, gauging Member's interest.
Tentatively, they will replace the Camaro’s initially, perhaps after that replacing all patrol vehicles.
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If the EMT and Driver cannot communicate face-to-face regarding making very simple radio transmissions, maybe some agencies should consider integrating that into their training programs.
We all have those partners who we don't look forward to working with, but I would think if there is such a barrier as outlined in this thread, some significant changes are needed.
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Firefighter admits torching chief's house
POSTED: 10:46 a.m. EST, November 3, 2006
CNN.com
WEST BRANCH, Michigan (AP) -- A former volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty to a series of arsons, including torching a home owned by the local fire chief -- her mother.
Rita Neveau pleaded guilty Wednesday in Ogemaw County Circuit Court to three felony counts of arson. She formerly served with the Richland-Logan Township Fire Department, where her mother is the chief.
Police have said Neveau suited up to help fight many of the blazes she later confessed to setting. The fires in the area of Prescott date back to 2003 and include two at her mother's home and the burning of a camping trailer owned by her brother.
A tearful Neveau told the court she was motivated to set the fires by abuse she said she suffered as a child. Defense attorney Jon Macdonald said his client didn't mean to hurt anyone.
Neveau, 33, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when sentenced December 6.
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Firefighter rushing to call strikes pedestrian in Mahopac
By ROB RYSER
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: October 27, 2006)
MAHOPAC - A woman thought to be in her 60s was struck today by a car driven by a volunteer firefighter responding to an emergency call.
The woman was flown in a helicopter to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla in unknown condition after the 9 a.m. accident on Bullet Hole Road, police said.
She had fractures in her leg and head injuries.
Police did not identify the woman or the driver.
It was not clear whether the driver would be charged.
The driver was coming over a crest and was unable to stop when he saw the woman in the middle of the road, police said.
CHECK LOHUD.COM FOR UPDATES AND READ MORE ABOUT THIS STORY TOMORROW IN THE JOURNAL NEWS.
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Officer reportedly shot in Beacon
Authorities are investigating the apparent shooting of a Beacon police officer at a housing project this afternoon.
The police officer was apparently shot at the Forrestal Heights housing complex on Walcott Avenue in Beacon, Dutchess County, around 2 p.m. today, authorities said.
The unidentified officer was apparently transported by police cruiser to St. Luke’s Hospital, across the Hudson River in Newburgh. Apparently, the officer was wearing a protective vest, police said.
Source: Times Herald Record
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Three injured, rescued in Ossining fire
By SHAWN COHEN
THE JOURNAL NEWS
Journal News
(Original publication: October 26, 2006)
OSSINING - Three people were overcome by smoke and had to rescued by firefighters after a fire tore through the second floor of a four-story building on Spring Street this afternoon.
The victims became trapped on the third floor of 45 Spring St. and were taken to Phelps Memorial Hospital, Ossining Fire Chief Mauro Santucci said. Flames were raging out of the building's windows and spreading to the adjacent structure at 43 Spring St. as the firefighters arrived shortly after 3:30 p.m., but the fire was quickly contained.
Arson investigators were on the scene and the cause has not yet been determined, Santucci said.
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Date: 10-26-06
Time: 5:30 PM
Location: Cortlandt Town Center
Frequency: 155.505
Units Operating: NYSP 3K49, 3K59, 3K55, 3K83
Description Of Incident: Foot pursuit of a shoplifter. Suspect ran from Wal Mart towards Home Depot, then into Marshals. Subject taken into custody in Marshals.
Writer: INIT915
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Date: 26 OCT 06
Time: 8:55 AM
Location: Sprain Brook Parkway S/B, between I-287 and Grasslands Rd
Frequency: Multiple
Units Operating:
NYSP - 3K11(Sgt), 3K12, 3K15, 3K18, 3K21, Troop M BCI Unit
WCPD - Sam-1, 25-Car, 25-Mike
Greenburgh PD - Multiple Patrols
NYPD - Off-duty NYPD Lt
Description Of Incident: NYSP 3K18 investigating a 2-car PDAA, advises over the air, foot pursuit into the woods. 3K21 advising units about 1 mile into the woods, with 1 in custody.
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I think it varies a little depending on where in Yonkers you are.
American Burn Association Verfied Burn Centers: (only 2 in the entire State)
NEW YORK
New York
William Randolph Hearst Burn Center
7/13/06 to 7/13/09
Valhalla
Westchester Medical Center Burn Center
5/4/06 to 5/4/09
(This is different from NYS recognition for EMS purposes. This is the gold standard among Burn Centers themselves.)
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Ape Scolded for Pulling Fire Alarm
AP
DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 24) - When firefighters responded to an alarm at a local research center, they found no fire and one guilty ape.
A bonobo named Panbanisha pulled the fire alarm last Friday at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, said apologetic researchers.
"It's my understanding that she's been told not to do it again," Trust spokesman Al Setka said.
The fire alarm is on a wall in an area used by the apes and members of the scientific team. Panbanisha, a 25-year-old female, is one of seven bonobos at the facility, and was among the first group to arrive in April 2005. Bonobos are among the most human-like of the great apes.
Setka said Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a lead scientist studying the behavior and intelligence of bonobos, scolded Panbanisha.
Fire department spokesman Brian O'Keefe said Monday it was the first known case of an animal setting off a fire alarm in Des Moines.
The center, on a 230-acre site, also has three orangutans.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.
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Not having read the BLS protocols on this, what is the rational behind knowing the BGL?
Any new treatments for BLS to administer, or still limited to the oral glucose?
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Well, from your post, I thought you were implying they had no jurisdiction in other counties. Thats what I read from it.