The Long Awaited - Dutchess County 2008 Top 10

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Dutchess County 2008 Top 10 List

Incidents were selected by a panel of EMTBravo.com moderators based on, with no factor holding any more weight than another, size and scope of incident, response to incident, loss of life, effect on response, training and operating policy. Rank of incidents was voted on by EMTBravo.com moderators.

1.) Poughkeepsie River Church Fire - October 30th: A 116 year old church in the center of the city caught fire during construction work, spreading fast, completely consuming the main structure. This incident brought a multi-county response.

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2.) East Fishkill Fatal Car v. Snowplow - February 1st: A tragic, devastating accident took the life of 2 children's mother, her friend, one of her children, and critically injured her almost 2 year old son. The child was transported by ground to St. Francis for stabilization due to weather, and then transferred to WMC for definitive treatment. He survived to present the EMS Person of the Year award to the Paramedic who treated him, at St. Francis' 2008 Annual Trauma Conference (See This Link)

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3.) LaGrange FreshTown Fire - April 5th: A patrolling NYSP unit noticed smoke coming from the store, and had 911 dispatch for an FD response. Upon further investigation, noticed flames, had 911 dispatch an FD response, beginning a long duration incident with a nearly half-county region response. This fire was believed to be an arson job.

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4.) City of Poughkeepsie "Abandon Ship" - June 6th: Initial dispatch for a possible structure fire with persons trapped. Quickly went to a 10-75, followed soon after by a 2nd alarm, eventually ending as a 3rd alarm. County 911 received a cell call from a person reporting to be still trapped in the building which was later cleared up and deemed to not be in the building (by a 2nd cell call, and a search of the residence). Multiple other calls in the district went out around that time, including a rollover MVA, and later a shooting. VERY busy night for City 911 and our own x129k!!!

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5.) Wappingers Church Fire - May 11th: A new church being constructed opposite the original caught fire. Due to the open-ness of the structure (merely framing) the fire was a fast burning one, leveling the entire structure. This fire generated a response by the FBI and other government agencies (as is standard), to rule out a hate crime, yet it was determined to be accidental.

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6.) Arlington Mountain Brook Apts Fire - September 6th: Original dispatch for a mattress fire brought a 3 Alarm response when first arriving units found heavy smoke showing from all ends of the top story of one apartment building.

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7.) LaGrange LOOP Bus Garage Fire - May 18th: A fire that started in one bus in the county's bus garage spread to 8 other buses, generating a nearly half-county response.

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8.) Northern Dutchess/Southern Columbia County - Explosion/Working Fire/Medivac - August 31st: A gas leak led to the structure exploding, severely injuring several occupants. Two medivacs transported patients to trauma centers, and two other patients were transported by ground.

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9.) New Hamburg - Adjacent Structure Fires 2nd to Lightning Strike - June 10th: During a large storm rolling through the entire southern half of the county, 2 separate private dwellings, adjacent to one another, both experienced fires after lightning struck a transformer, and somehow managed to break and ignite gas lines running to each residence.

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10.) IBM Poughkeepsie/Arlington - Christmas Morning - December 25th: Early Christmas Morning, IBM Emergency Control and Arlington Fire were dispatched to a report of a shed on fire on the roof of IBM Building #3. Upon discovery of a large plume, a 2nd alarm was quickly transmitted. A quick knockdown was made, despite tough access to the location.

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**Honorable Mention** Tivoli MVC MCI - June 22nd: An MCI was declared due to lack of resources to handle the 5 critical patients from this MVC.

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**Special Mention** Although not an incident, our own fdny2817 was presented with the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award, for his innumerable contributions to the firefighting field, and to the community abroad.

Craig Elderkin recipient of the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award

Dutchess County Top 10 Submission Thread - http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php?showtopic=29384