Port Chester major incident?

[x242Steve 1]

So earlier I heard something about a water main break, in the area of Grace Church Street/Midland Ave...

Then there were a couple of water condition calls.

Then I left the scanner for an hour or so.

Now I'm hearing Rye, Rye Brook, Port Chester and Harrison PDs all in the Village of Port Chester re-directing traffic, and that some officers are using Taxis to get around for some reason...

Anyone have any first-hand info??

[EJS1810 7]

Sounds like no water in Port Chester. 60-Control just toned out Goldens Bridge Tanker 1, Bedford Hills Tanker 5 to relocate to Port Chester. Croton Falls Tanker 8 to go on standby in quarters. This could get ugly

[cas2383 22]

Yes a large break has left i'm presuming most if not all of the south end of PC high and dry for the time being. Drove past it before looked pretty ugly.

Edited August 30, 2005 by cas2383

[x242Steve 1]

As per News 12:

Con Ed contractor broke a 16" water main.

Angelo and Dooz: you guys were on TV for a few seconds in the typical "Firemen talking to each other" shot.

[Guest DFFD227]

Hope someone got a pic of Bedford Hills Tanker in Port Chesters Firehouse, that must have been a site to see.

[Mini-Attack9 39]

At 20:10 Pound Ridge Tanker 3 requested to the Village of Port Chester

[cas2383 22]

Hope someone got a pic of Bedford Hills Tanker in Port Chesters Firehouse, that must have been a site to see.

Along with Golden Bridge's Tanker someone may be posting shots soon.

[rescue40LT 0]

Some contracting company was digging up the road at Boston Post rd & Main st . The operator hit a large water main and it flooded most of the surrunding buildings

commercail and resd. The operator was lucky not to hit the gas main a couple feet over !!!!

R40 and Eng 58 where oprt. at the scene

around 430 the put the whole dept on stand by.

the also called in 2 tankers m/a bedford hills and goldens bridge.

Thanks for the help guys!!!!!

[ems-buff 81]

so is it over ? did anyone get any shots

[EJS1810 7]

2318 60-control just toned out South Salem for a crew for Tanker 2

[mtd452 0]

Approx 2320 hours Tanker 2 was requested to respond to Port Chester Fire House for water conditions

Approx 2325 hours Tanker 2 and 2451 respoded to Port Chester

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JJ... OUT!

Edited August 31, 2005 by mtd452

[x242Steve 1]

So.... how many of you "up-county" guys on the Tankers have never been to Port Chester before in your lives?

[DMA327 12]

A few years back Croton sent our tanker to Mount Vernon when they had a water main break, what a mess!

[PCFD-2393 0]

Tankers that responded to Port Chester:

Bedford Hills,Goldens Bridge,Pound Ridge,Round Hill,and South Salem...

We Took 2 at a time,then rotated them out......Stand-By was going to be a long process..

At about 01:00hrs-water turned on and South Salem went back to quarters..

We had water,but pressure was a problem....

Once again,THANK-YOU!!!

2392........

[mfc2257 464]

Few years back Millwood Tanker 15 and at least one other covered the City of New Rochelle for a similar problem.

Incidents like this reinforce the need for down county departments to train (occasionally) on how to run a water shuttle. It's not as simple as bringing in a tanker from the north. If there was a major incident where a full water shuffle needed to be established, I am curious to know how long it would take to get several drop tanks set up and connected with siphon strainers, a fill site up and running (if the entire city is down the haul is going to be long) etc.

[NoWestFF 21]

242Steve: We knew Port Chester was on our Westchester County map, but it was nice to have directions to the Grace Church Street firehouse. Even better was the police escort from PCPD's motorcycle patrol. Probably a once-in-a-lifetime event to have PCPD escorting GBFD Tanker 1 through town (I realize I may regret this statement one day).

Thanks to the PCFD chiefs and crews of station #2 (E-61 & E-63) for making us feel welcome.

[cas2383 22]

I would also like to commend the tanker crews on the speediness of their response, for standby only during the day/night with also having a long drive down to boot. Hope you enjoyed your stay(s).

[Guest]

thanks all for coming to cover i have pics of everything will be submited to emtbravo 2nite ics will be up soon

[Shantz02 0]

Back when the water main broke under Lake Isle, the old Bedford Hills Tanker 5 was down here in Pelham.

Kinda makes you wonder if some of us down-county depts. should get together and mutually purchase a tanker or two.

[ajsbear 11]

Shantz02, you do not need to buy tankers, however you do need to understand tanker operations. I came from fighting fires in Mt. Vernon. There you have a good hydrant system with a good supply of water. I am now in Northern westchester/Putnam where there is really no hydrants. Here we have limited water supply with tankers. Its real different when your on the nob and you run out of water. Fighting fires with a limited water supply you use different tactics to fight the fire. You need a water officer running the tankers, supply pumpers, pool drops and so on. Tanker ops are a whole different thing. While its not the normal for departments down county if the water system fails, you need to know what to do.

[Shantz02 0]

Ajsbear,

I am fully aware of that. Once you have to bring your own water, everything is completely different. It was just a thought, I doubt i will ever see it happen in my lifetime (Im still fairly young so that gives me a while, at least i hope). It just seems as though if we had one or two of them around, we wouldnt need to pull resources from up north each time someones system has a failure. Like i said, just an idea thrown out there.

[Guest rat1140]

i got plenty of pics i will be getting them on a cd tomm and i will try and post them by tomm night what a mess also got a pic of the 2 tankers in front of the south end firehouse

[PCFD-2393 0]

Just to clarify,

Port Chester was not "high & Dry"..If you are familiar with PC,the southend area

known as edgeland,had low pressure..The hydrants worked,but like I posted earlier,low pressure..The tankers were for a secondary level of protection,"Just in case".

If a situation warranted,we could have laid a line from the area north,of the affected area, into the south end, to obtain a large volume of water,if needed.

Or,use a hydrant on the Rye line,(this area is close to Rye line),if needed.

The plan was,if anything occurred,to show up on the scene,with an ample supply of water for an intial attack,as the additional PCFD,companies stretch a

supply line....The reason for all companies to stand-by...

If 1 engine was hooked up to a hydrant,there was an ample supply,the problem was if we needed more....

Once again,I wish to Thank all the Departments who responded with thier tankers...

THANK-YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION....,2392...........